Golden Nugget
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company in Decorah, Iowa, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - New England / Hazy Rotating|
Score
7.44
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We’ve mined and secured a winning combination of Golden Promise Malt mixed with Nugget, Simcoe & Amarillo hops to bring you our beloved Golden Nugget India pale ale. trust us, there’s a nugget of goodness in every sip!
2012 & 2013 vintage - 6% abv
2012 & 2013 vintage - 6% abv
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
7 November 2025. At Hal 16 (Dok Brewing). Shared with Bene & Dries!
A: hazy yellow, big, foamy, white head.
A: pineapple, peach, citrus rind, pine, sherbet.
T: sweetish peach & pineapple, bitter citrus rind; sherbetty malt, shallot.
F: piney hops, juicy citrus rind.
P: medium body, fluffy texture, soft carbonation.
Solid juicy but bitter NEIPA.
A: hazy yellow, big, foamy, white head.
A: pineapple, peach, citrus rind, pine, sherbet.
T: sweetish peach & pineapple, bitter citrus rind; sherbetty malt, shallot.
F: piney hops, juicy citrus rind.
P: medium body, fluffy texture, soft carbonation.
Solid juicy but bitter NEIPA.
Tried
on 07 Nov 2025
at 15:26
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Speciaalbierpakket. Aroma is fruity hops with juicy tropical fruits, grapefruit, citrus, soft herbal notes, orange, resinous hops with pine. Flavour is moderate sweet with a bitter finish. Body is medium. Nicely juicy with pine, great IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Feb 2025
at 12:19
8.6/10
Yum!
Tried
on 12 Oct 2023
at 16:25
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Canned@Man in the Moon, Stockholm. Yellowish golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity, some nectar, dry wood and mild toffee. Flavour is toffee, fruits, some mild spiciness as well as some sugary notes.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2022
at 01:15
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours light hazy amber with a small white head. Aromas of citrus, malt, herbs, dank notes, tropical fruit. Taste is plant, dank, hoppy, grassy, citrussy with some sweeter tropical fruits.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2019
at 16:55
8/10
Tried
from Can
on 01 Nov 2019
at 20:43
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Deep robust copper and bronze coloured body with a light hazy glow, but mostly clear here, all with a dense, two to three centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of malt, light grain, a dose of flowers and more grassy hops with some lighter citrus and perhaps a dose of resinous scents - but this is mainly about the malts as well as the grass and floral notes. Medium-bodied; Dense malty bite at first with some biscuits and grain and a lighter hoppy element that shows some curacao and full oranges along with some piney and floral notes, but this is much more malt-forward than hop. Aftertaste shows the more metallic and almost astringent with the malt showing first and then some smoother and softer, fruitier hops hit towards the end - nice and robust/balanced. Overall, an enjoyable IPA, but definitely not anything special nor worth searching for - this is respectable, but perhaps a bit too malt-centric for me, and definitely not a hazy IPA. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Knightly Spirits in Orlando (Orange Blossom Trail), Florida on 19-April-2019 for US$3,32 sampled at home in Washington on 29-June-2019.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jun 2019
at 18:12
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can. Cloudy orange-gold with a small white head. Tropical fruit, floral notes, bit of melon, Good stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jun 2019
at 05:51
7/10
Tried
from Can
on 29 May 2019
at 18:26
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pint can. Pours hazy yellow. Lemon, lime, papaya, pineapple, herbal, stone fruit. Good body. Good.
Tried
from Can
on 27 May 2019
at 01:46