Red Nectar Ale clone

So I've been tinkering with a red nectar ale clone, as it is one of my top five favorite commercial beers.

Nectar Ales

Here is a side-by-side of the clone versus the real thing.



I need to slighty tinker with the finishing hops, but I'm happy with the results so far.

I also am quite enamored by this brew (their IPA is also fantastic). Care to share the recipe?

I guess no...

Oops - was traveling and didn't notice you asked for the recipe

8lb 2-row
1lb munich
1lb 60L
0.5lb 90L
0.5lb flaked barley

0.75oz chinook @ 60
1oz cascade @ 5
1oz Mt. Hood @ 5

Mash @ ~153*F

WLP001 with a starter

If you make it, let me know what you think.

AZ_IPA said:

Oops - was traveling and didn't notice you asked for the recipe

8lb 2-row
1lb munich
1lb 60L
0.5lb 90L
0.5lb flaked barley

0.75oz chinook @ 60
1oz cascade @ 5
1oz Mt. Hood @ 5

Mash @ ~153*F

WLP001 with a starter

If you make it, let me know what you think.

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Haha, shoulda put a little at the end. I just wanted to bump the thread in case you were out of town....
Thanks!

Is this similar to Troegs Nugget Nectar? I'm trying to find a clone recipe for that and don't know where to start.

Did you use the search function? I know I have seen some threads about it. One recently had info from Troegs from an interview.

I couldn't find it with the search function on this forum, but when I Googled it I found a clone from HBT, haha. Thanks

Sippin37 said:

I couldn't find it with the search function on this forum, but when I Googled it I found a clone from HBT, haha. Thanks

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I've given up using the search function on the iPhone app, it never works. On the other hand, I've never had a problem with the search function on the website. If I need to do a search on my phone, I'll pull up HBT in safari.

Just racked this to secondary and the color looks amazing. It smells great too. Thanks for posting the recipe. Cheers.

Glad you like it so far. One of my favorites, and need to brew it again.

I know this is a long dead thread but I just tried this. Ended up using 1056 since lhbs was out of 001. I ended up with a much higher efficiency than expected so the color was more brown than red and the abv is too high but I like it. Mine obviously isn't spot on but it does have similar notes to the original.

I've now made this 2x in the last few months and I love it. Had to make a couple changes due to availability. I couldn't get Crystal 90l so I added 4oz more of 60l and 4oz of 120l, and swapped the Chinook for NB.

8 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 72.7 %
1 lbs 4.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 2 11.4 %
1 lbs Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 3 9.1 %
8.0 oz Barley, Flaked (1.7 SRM) Grain 4 4.5 %
4.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 5 2.3 %
0.75 oz Northern Brewer [7.80 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 6 20.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Cascade [6.80 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 7 4.6 IBUs
1.00 oz Mt. Hood [5.80 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 8 4.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) [50.28 ml] Yeast 9 -