Nobby's Salted Beer
80 reviews
We love this product but just recently we have received a bad batch with a horrible taste. The first pack I returned to Woolworths for a replacement. Then the replacement was off but as I could not find the return docket I phoned their Customer Service line. They would not issue a refund or replacement product as I has cut off the date stamp/code on one the top corners - very disappointing service. Will we but other brands in the future? Show details
What happened??! I used to love these nuts, but recently they taste awful. Very much not the same quality or recipe. So sad to see the decline as they were my favourite go to for years.
Stale with a rancid taste, no crunchy fresh taste with true nut creamy taste.. totally disgusting given been purchasing nobble nuts for years.. nothing stays the same except increased prices with inferior quality of products.. looking at better options locally. Companies are more interested in profit than quality. Show details
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I don't know where you guys are buying the beer nuts from but one supplier has an absolutely horrible flavour. I have noticed that there seems to be 2 different nuts, one is very slightly larger than the other. The bigger ones are great but the… Read more
smaller ones taste like cr#p. Every 2nd or 3rd pack i buy seems to be the crappy one. Where's your quality control! Please fix it!
Follow-up · The salt and vinegar are fine, it's only the beer nuts that are disgusting. I'm not sure about batch numbers but it has been more miss than hit with this variety over the past couple of years.
Positive reviews
Still enjoy my Beer Nuts with a Beed – I love the salty flavour it goes very well with my beer in the afternoon. The salty flavour is very more ish. I am at a loss what these people are complaining about, I think they are just RIGHT. Show details
NOBBY'S ORIGINAL BEER NUTS ARE BACK! – Have been disappointed with Nobby's beer nuts in the last few years. They were small, too salty and tasted stale.The pack I bought today at Coles were perfect... plump, slightly salty and tasty with good skins. Thanx Show details
Nibbling Nobbies Nuts – Every couple of years or so I get a massive craving for Beer Nuts and I have to say Nobbys are the best choice for me. They are packed with flavour, the skin is dried perfectly and there’s not too much salt on everything, in fact they sit on the line pretty tightly cause anymore salt and I wouldn’t be able to eat them and any less I’m sure they’d loose a few customers. Thanks Nobbys! I love your nuts! Show details
Negative reviews
I have bought and loved these for decades. The last 2 packets were disgustingly rancid as though made from mouldy nuts - almost certainly no longer sourced in Australia. And most certainly never buying them again. A once reliable brand I can no longer be loyal to.
Nobby's beer nuts are rubbish. What's happened? Hard, dry and flavourless. The packet says less than 10% Australian ingredients. It must be cheaper to import this rubbish from China or somewhere than source them from Australian peanut growers (if there are any left). Sorry, Smith's Snackfoods, I won't be buying any Nobby's products again. If… Read more
anyone knows a good brand of peanuts or beer nuts (the way they used to be), leave a comment or write a review of Nobby's nuts and mention the name and where to get them.
Only 10% of Australian grown nuts now!!! They fast terrible, aren’t the size and crunchiness they used to be. Bought several packs from different locations and were the same. Show details
Recent reviews
Nobbies Beer Nuts not what they used to be – Where are they getting these small tasteless nuts from? I did have an addiction to them but I'm now having to find another brand. Tried the woollies ones but they also are tastless.
Good nuts gone bad – I was an avid Nobbys Beer Nut consumer for years. After a while some packets tasted dry and not salty or oily. I thought Woolies had left them out in the sun or some batches were just off. Sadly they are now all off. What a shame a good product has gone to poop. Anyone recommend another brand? Show details
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How to create “beer nuts of old” – Try this. Empty packet contents into bowl, add one teaspoon of peanut oil and stir for a couple of minutes with large metal spoon, such as metal tablespoon. Put into sealed container for 24 hours and then enjoy. My first attempt at this was with flavour free virgin olive oil. It worked well, but I think peanut oil - surprise surprise - takes it from one level of improvement to two levels. Cheers, Bill Show details
It's not what I paid for – I have bought a few packets of Nobys Beer Nuts lately and have found they have been dry roasted salted nuts only Not the one as I have previously bought with an oiled shinny coat like as advertised on the package If I want dry roasted salted nuts I would buy peanuts Package best before 24 sep 23 DZ V C 13:50 Show details
Putrid, horrible and awful – Thanks for ruining Nobbys beer nuts. Used to be delicious and I would buy two packets a week just for me. Not anymore, they are small, dry, rock hard, over roasted and not what they used to be. Why take something that is really good and make it really bad? Never buying again. Show details
Beer nuts no good anymore – I purchased Nobbys beer nuts that state freshness quality guarantee. They used to be so addictive now they are bland flavourless and small. Will not buy again, especially now I know that the nuts are imported! I will look for aussie grower and support their product. I miss the lovely taste of nobbys nuts of the past. Bring them back!
Awful – I thought it was just me, but these nuts used to be good. I bought another packet as I thought the first one was a one off, but the second was awful too. Avoid.
Putrid Tiny Nuts – What the hell happened to these nuts..they are less than half the size and disgusting Taste is not the same and after taste is bloody awful if i could give it a minus 5 star i would...shame on Nobby's he deserves a kick in the nobby's nut pack Why not use 100 percent Australian product and bring back the quality like it use to have...I am very sorry i wasted my money on them... NEVER EVER AGAIN !!!!!! purchased at coles in hervey bay Show details
Absolute garbage – Was one of my favourite brands. But in recent years the quality has gone down drastically. Thinking it might have improved, I bought a pack to try and sad to report it is worse than the bad ones a few years ago!!! I used to grow peanuts in my native country and know a bit about them. These peanuts seem to have way too many rancid (rotten) ones to… Read more
give that foul smell and taste. Roasting (frying?) of rancid peanuts makes them even worse and this seems to be the case here. Also, these peanuts are too dry - don't have the amount of oil in them hence more of them go rancid and quickly.
Save your money and avoid this. Not worth it now.
nuts gone bad – after many years of enjoying a great product, this is now horrible, a real shame. nobby's beer nuts are now only apparently 10% australian sourced, but also the oil or cooking/ roasting procedure has been changed, no good anymore - avoid Show details
Used to taste good, now taste bad. You have ruined this product – I'm not sure what is going on with these peanuts. Whether they're sourcing their peanuts from overseas or they've changed the manufacturing process or they've changed which oil they're roasting the peanuts in. Some years ago they used to be excellent quality nuts with excellent taste. Over time I've seen the quality of the nut decline and the… Read more
taste become disgusting.
It tastes like they were roasted in a rancid or weird oil. I'm not sure what oil this is but it tastes gross.
Switch back to whatever your previous nut suppliers, previous recipe and previous oils because consumers have noticed the taste change and we're voting with our wallets.
Stop trying to save money all the time and try making a decent product instead.
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Agree Absolute Garbage in the recent times – I used to love this product. But since recently its quality has gone down to a level of absolute garbage. Looks like some cheap imported product from a dodgy country (say 10% Australian product on package). Will not ever buy it again. Once you open the pack it give a old stale smell. No where near what it used to be couple of years ago. Do yourself a favor, do NOT buy it. Waste of money and bad taste in mouth. Show details
Won't buy again – For the second or third time I've bought these beer nuts, over a period of time, they taste and smell like burnt oil. Husband says throw them away. I thought it might have been one batch, but no it keeps happening. Show details
Absolute Garbage! Don't waste your money! – Haven't bought these for about 12 months due to them turning to crap after buying them for years. Decided to buy a packet today and nothing has changed, STILL DRY, STALE GARBAGE! I'll be taking this back tomorrow. Show details
What Have You Done?? – Been eating these for years. This packet not salty, not crunchy, not nutty and very bland. Really disappointed. This was me giving them another chance but a big fail. New brand for my pantry. Show details
Gone to crap – I have been eating these nuts since 1974. Recently the taste has changed. Thought it was just me imagining things. Then I found an old packet in the pantry, tasted great! 75% Australian content, not too bad. Looked at new packet, less than 10% local content. Taste like crap! Show details
No More Nuts – I used to enjoy a packet of Nobby's beer nuts with a few beers after work for many years and they were oily and roasted just right but they have become dry and tasteless in recent years and I have put many packets in the rubbish bin and vowed to never buy them again. Show details
Rancid – Tastes and smells rancid,DZVD 19:51 Exp 21 Mar 21, Coles happily swapped with same expiry and code but still tastes the same. Show details
Nobby’s beer nuts – What’s with the beer nuts now. Absolutely terrible won’t be buying another packet of these again. They use to be great but not anymore.
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