Rugged Trail Nut Brown Ale
Tröegs Independent Brewing in Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
Brown Ale - American Rotating|
Score
6.45
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With Rugged Trail, we’ve reimagined a Tröegs classic by incorporating some favorite American hops for an invigorating spin on this otherwise traditional English style. This Nut Brown Ale boasts a deep bronze hue, rich nutty flavor, and earthy hop profile.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft. A pretty decent brown, reminiscent of a new castle. Poured brown, hoppyiness & nuttiness.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 May 2025
at 00:48
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Early rating from Beer Buddy app
Tried
on 17 Apr 2022
at 01:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pint glass from the brewery. Dark brown medium bodied beer, lightly carbonated. Bitter finish.
Tried
on 04 Jul 2016
at 18:21
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a cloudy amber with off white head leaving spotty lacing. The aroma is toasted malt and nuts. Medium mouth feel with sweet malts, cocoa, toast, sweet finish, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2015
at 13:43
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Growler brought home from brewery.
This was poured into a mug.
The appearance was a nice looking dark brown color with a slim finger’s worth of white foamy head that dissipated within less than thirty seconds.
Slim stringy lacing roams around the glass.
The smell had a sweet to nutty and slight caramel malt roaming around decently.
The taste was exceptionally sweet through the nutty/caramel maltiness. A super sticky caramel balanced aftertaste leads to the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. A nice sweet sticky carbonation rolls over my tongue.
Overall, I say this was a pretty good English Brown ale that I would have again.
This was poured into a mug.
The appearance was a nice looking dark brown color with a slim finger’s worth of white foamy head that dissipated within less than thirty seconds.
Slim stringy lacing roams around the glass.
The smell had a sweet to nutty and slight caramel malt roaming around decently.
The taste was exceptionally sweet through the nutty/caramel maltiness. A super sticky caramel balanced aftertaste leads to the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. A nice sweet sticky carbonation rolls over my tongue.
Overall, I say this was a pretty good English Brown ale that I would have again.
Tried
from Growler
on 02 May 2015
at 23:31
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Angenehmer Malzantrunk, der eher trocken als süß ausfällt und sich daher auf das Malz konzentrieren kann. Dabei steht eine leichte Fruchtnote im Vordergrund, dahinter eine in Teilen wässrige Röstigkeit. Später tauschen diese Aromen die Plätze. Im Mittelteil ist das Bier besonders wässrig, die Aromen dünn; etwas säuerlich. Gute Ansätze verlaufen bei diesem Bier leider zu oft im Nichts. 12/8/8/7/8/7
Tried
on 05 May 2011
at 08:16
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Decent beer. Brownish pour. Nose and taste of nuts, malts and some maple. Rated 4/24/03
Tried
on 07 May 2010
at 20:50
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Refrigerated 12 oz. bottle poured into a glass. Pours dark brown with very little head and very little lacing. Aroma is lightly nutty. The taste is nice roasted malt, some bitter roasted nuttiness and a little more hoppy than some of the other english style brown ales that I have had. Pretty good for the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2009
at 20:27
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Pours clear brown with only a dusting of a head. Caramel in the nose as well as roasted nuttiness. Taste is sweet caramel and bitter nuttiness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2009
at 09:29
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
(Draught) Dark brown and almost clear. Small white head. Strong malty aroma. Medium bodied and still watery palate with lot of carbonation. Malts, roastedness and bitterness in taste. Malty and bitter aftertaste. This beer is easy to drink and taste is ok but bit boring.
Tried
on 24 Oct 2009
at 07:31