HERSHEY, Pa. — Tröegs Independent Brewing announced this week it's bringing back its popular double IPA, Nimble Giant, for its yearly release.
One of the Hershey-based brewery’s most-loved beers, Nimble Giant rivals Tröegs' iconic holiday ale, Mad Elf, for the excitement it generates each year, the brewer said in a press release.
Nimble Giant started in Tröegs’ small-batch Scratch Series an experiment with Mosaic hops. After half a dozen test batches, the Tröegs brewing team hit upon a hop combination everyone loved – Mosaic, Simcoe and Azacca.
“We loved our earliest trials with Mosaic,” said Tröegs co-founding brother and brewmaster John Trogner. “When we started dry-hopping with Mosaic and Simcoe together, we knew we were onto something. Fans would stop me on the street out in
public and rave about the Scratch batches.”
In the end, Nimble Giant weighs in at 9% ABV and boasts notes of tropical fruit, pine sap, and honeysuckle. Supported by a backbone of pilsner and Vienna malts, this deep orange-hued double IPA is all about the balance between malt and hops.
Nimble Giant scores an ‘Outstanding’ on BeerAdvocate and consistently hits the top ten trending beers on Untappd upon its release.
Nimble Giant is available on draft and in 16-ounce cans across the brewery’s entire distribution footprint.
Beer drinkers can find Nimble Giant and other Tröegs beers near them using the Tröegs Brew Finder.
