Little 'Nator
Tröegs Independent Brewing in Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
Bock - Heller Bock Regular|
Score
6.93
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that is Little ‘Nator. Simple but complex. Contemporary and classic. The rascally cousin of our revered Troegenator. We built this beer using the best malts and techniques for a crisp finish with a touch of hops. Layered with notes of crusty bread, stone fruit and delicate floral hops. It’s a lager-lover’s way to usher in the changing seasons.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
From Beer Drop, freshest by July 16th 2025.
Pours a clear amber, nice finger of foam, very good lacing, good retention.
Smell is big caramel and brown sugar sweetness. Grainy, no discernible bitterness.
Taste is sweet caramel, brown sugar like sweetness, grain, bread. Taste is like a Bock.
Good mouthfeel, I would drink this again.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 4.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6.5
Taster at the KoP Yard House. Pours a clear, amber color, with a small, beige head. The nose is apple juice, toffee, pecan, nutmeg, and water chestnut. Sweet and fairly juicy, with a mild, acrid bitterness. Light to medium body, slick, and rough. Fair and interesting, but not great.
Kleg (3852) reviewed Little 'Nator from Tröegs Independent Brewing 10 months ago
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5
12 oz. can from the brewery. Thanks Ashley! Pours a crystal clear deep bronze color with a small khaki head and decent retention. Light, scattered lacing. Looks just like their Nugget Nectar. Very faint caramel malt aroma. The taste follows the nose, with sweet caramel malt flavor and a smooth, clean, mellow finish. Simple profile. Similar to an American Marzen. Medium body. Medium-light carbonation. Not bitter. Really good beer.
gave a cheers!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pour is a clear copper with a large tan head. Aroma is caramel malt and a little treacle. Flavor is caramel and treacle with a hop bitter bite at the end. Sweet to start but dry to finish. I don't know if this is too style but it is a nice malty beverage.
Mansquito (19100) reviewed Little 'Nator from Tröegs Independent Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can from my brother: pours clear amber with a beige head. Aroma is malty, some caramel. Taste is sweetish, low bitterness. Easy to drink.
gave a cheers!
ben4321 (11522) reviewed Little 'Nator from Tröegs Independent Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draft at The Bar on 22, 3/12/24. Clear copper-, reddish color, off white head. Bready, grainy. Fairly sweet / malty. Good bit of dark fruit. Pretty solid.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Dark red-brown with a medium sized foamy beige head. Sweet with toasty malt and dark & golden fruit. Long finish. Medium bodied and smooth
cheap (9533) reviewed Little 'Nator from Tröegs Independent Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle, pours like a red ale, orangish brown. Nose of malts and caramel. First taste is a good old solid bock beir, fer sher. Troegy is always on style, hard to find a troegy that's off style. My experience is they put thought into their creations and this is no different. In the middle, this is a clean true bock with no real bitter bite, yet maintains that high end kick yer seeking with style. A little tad of that darker roasted malt seem to find its way into the finish. Pretty good overall beer experience for a bock. One of the better maibocks I've had. Right up there with Blue Canoe Bock to the Future, Horny Goat Baby Got Bock, Victory St. Boisterous, Schell Maifest, Battlefield Brew Works Chocolate Bock & Nova Paka Valdštejn 16° !! Very good rock hard concrete rigid finish. You go girl!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce bottle. Orange brown color. Small creamy beige cap. Toasted malt aroma. Flavor is sweet malt, toasty and light. Mildly fruity and earthy. Some spicy hops on backend. Decent. Dare I say this is a “Session Maibock”?