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Troegs Releases Naked Elf

The precursor to Troegs Mad Elf – Naked Elf has just been released. Mad Elf is a seasonal Belgian ale, brewed with honey, chocolate malt and sweet & sour cherries. What makes this elf naked? Troegs decontructs the madness by Continue Reading →

Zymurgy’s Best Beers In America 2012

Zymurgy Magazine, the official Journal of the American Homebrewer’s Association just published their results from the reader’s rankings.  For the 4th year in a row, Russian River’s Pliny The Elder  takes 1st place. Bell’s Two Hearted and Dogfish Head 90 Minute aren’t Continue Reading →

Stone Puts Chocolate Cherry In Rye Whiskey

Jason Fields and Kevin Sheppard’s previous homebrew contest winning Cherry Chocolate Stout will find it’s way into rye whiskey barrels soon. The beer was brewed last year as a three-way collaboration between the home brews, Stone Brewing Co, and Continue Reading →

Troegs Debuts Scratch #69

Just in time for the weekend, Troegs debuts Scratch Beer #69.  This edition is a German style bock beer.

Style: Bock
Hops: Magnum, Tradition
Malts: Floor Malted Bohemian Pils, Melanoidin

Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft. Brewery is Hershey, PA. One time brew.

5.6% ABV, 21 IBUs

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Introducing Brotherly Suds #3 [Video]

The Brotherly Suds collaboration features a host of Pennsylvania breweries coming together to make beer for Philly Beer Week.  This 3rd work of beer art is a vienna lager fermented with a kolsch yeast.  A mix of American & german Continue Reading →

Posted in Seasonal Return, Troegs Brewing

Troeg’s Mad Elf Can Go Trick Or Treating This Year

Troegs (Hershey, PA) Mad Elf will hit the streets (in bottles) this year October 15, 2012.  This festive elf is arriving early enough to go trick or treating this year. Mad Elf is a Belgian Style Ale, brewed with sweet & sour cherries, honey, & chocolate malt. It’s Christmas in a glass.

The Mad Elf is a cheerful creation to warm your heart and enlighten your tongue. The combination of cherries, honey, and chocolate malts delivers gentle fruits and subtle spices. Fermented and aged with a unique yeast, this ruby red beer has significant warming strength that underlies the pleasant character of this intriguing yet delicious Ale. The Mad Elf is a jolly and delicious beer for the holidays.

Troeg’s Mad Elf isn’t the only Christmasy offering to arrive early this year. SweetWater Festive arrives next week too.

Style: Belgian Strong Dark Ale (w/ Sweet & Sour Cherries, Honey)
Hops: Saaz, Hallertau
Malts: Pilsner, Munich, Hallertau
Yeast: Spicy Belgian

Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft. Fall/Winter Seasonal

11% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Seasonal Return, Troegs Brewing

Troegs Releases Naked Elf

The precursor to Troegs Mad Elf – Naked Elf has just been released. Mad Elf is a seasonal Belgian ale, brewed with honey, chocolate malt and sweet & sour cherries. What makes this elf naked? Troegs decontructs the madness by removing the cherries, honey and chocolate malt.

Naked Elf is an unfiltered golden beauty that displays a pronounced yeast flavor that made The Mad Elf famous as well as a touch of alcohol and some mellow malt flavors.

Style: Belgian Golden Ale
Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft. Brewery release only.  Seasonal.

8% ABV, 16 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Alaskan Brewing Company, Avery Brewing, Ballast Point Brewing, Bear Republic Brewing, Beer News, Bell's Brewing, Deschutes Brewing, Dogfish Head, Firestone Walker Brewing, Founders Brewing, Goose Island Brewing, Great Divide, Lagunitas, Left Hand Brewery, New Belgium, North Coast Brewing, Oskar Blues Brewing, Rogue Brewing, Russian River Brewing, Sam Adams, Sierra Nevada, Stone Brewing Co., Surly Brewing, Troegs Brewing, Victory Brewing Company

Zymurgy’s Best Beers In America 2012

Zymurgy Magazine, the official Journal of the American Homebrewer’s Association just published their results from the reader’s rankings.  For the 4th year in a row, Russian River’s Pliny The Elder  takes 1st place. Bell’s Two Hearted and Dogfish Head 90 Minute aren’t far behind for best IPA in the country.  Interestingly, the harder to find Pliny The Younger ranked at the other end of the list, at #48.

More than 16,000 votes were received in this years vote.  Check out the full story for brewery rankings. (T= Tied) [AHA]

 

1. Russian River Pliny the Elder
 2. Bell’s Two Hearted Ale
 3. Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA
 4. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
 5. Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale
 6. Bell’s Hopslam
7. Sierra Nevada Celebration
8. Stone Ruination IPA
 9. Sierra Nevada Torpedo
 10. North Coast Old Rasputin
 11. Firestone Walker Union Jack
 12. Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye
 13. Bear Republic Racer 5
 14. Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Ale
 15. Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA
 16. Firestone Walker Double Jack
 T17. Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
 T17. Sierra Nevada Bigfoot
 19. Stone IPA
 20. New Belgium Fat Tire
 21. Deschutes Black Butte Porter
 22. Avery Maharaja
 23. Founders Breakfast Stout
 24. Left Hand Milk Stout
 T25. Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA
 T25. New Belgium Ranger
 T25. Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale
 28. Deschutes The Abyss
 29. Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
 30. Surly Furious
 T31. Lagunitas Little Sumpin Sumpin
 T31. Rogue Dead Guy
 T31. Samuel Adams Boston Lager
34. Troegs Nugget Nectar
 T35. Lagunitas IPA
 T35. New Belgium La Folie
 T37. Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron
 T37. Founders KBS
 T37. Russian River Blind Pig IPA
 41. Deschutes Mirror Pond Pale Ale
 42. Victory Prima Pils
43. Great Divide Yeti
 T44. Alaskan Smoked Porter
 T44. Anchor Steam
 T44. Lagunitas Hop Stoopid
 T44. Samuel Adams Noble Pils
 T48. Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter
 T48. Oskar Blues Ten Fidy
 T48. Russian River Pliny the Younge
by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Stone Brewing Co., Troegs Brewing

Stone Puts Chocolate Cherry In Rye Whiskey

Jason Fields and Kevin Sheppard’s previous homebrew contest winning Cherry Chocolate Stout will find it’s way into rye whiskey barrels soon. The beer was brewed last year as a three-way collaboration between the home brews, Stone Brewing Co, and Troegs Brewing.   Cherry Chocolate Stout is brewed with 250 lbs of cocoa, vanilla beans, and sour cherries.

This was a ton of fun to brew  So far, the most memorable part about it was sampling the first wort which had been mashed with lots of specialty grains and about 250 lbs of pure cocoa.  It was amazingly smooth, velvety sweet, and rich with chocolate.  I felt like I was tasting the luscious sweetness of a chocolate river. It was a natural match to age this brew in rye whiskey barrels.  – Mitch Steele (Head Brewer, Stone Brewing Co.)

While the bottles don’t have the Quingenti Millilitre series explicitly on the label anymore, this edition joins a series of very small batch, barrel aged brews.

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Vanilla Beans, Chocolate, Cherries, Barrel Aged)
Availability: 5oo ml bottles
Arrival: TBA

11.6% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Troegs Brewing, Videos

A Video Look At Troegs Bottling Line [Video]

A video look at Troegs bottling line.  The line can fill 110 bottles per minute.  That’s 6,600 bottles an hour.  Just shy of 3,000 cases a day.

The depalletizer loads new bottles onto the packaging line. The bottles are rinsed with filtered water and then enter the filler where it is purged with carbon dioxide to reduce oxygen in the bottle. The bottle is filled with beer, receives a secondary carbon dioxide purge and then crowned to eliminate all oxygen in the bottle.

Troegs is enjoying new digs in Hershey, Pennsylvania.  Seconds from Hershey Park.

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases, Troegs Brewing

Troegs Debuts Scratch #69

Just in time for the weekend, Troegs debuts Scratch Beer #69.  This edition is a German style bock beer.

Style: Bock
Hops: Magnum, Tradition
Malts: Floor Malted Bohemian Pils, Melanoidin

Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft. Brewery is Hershey, PA. One time brew.

5.6% ABV, 21 IBUs

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Iron Hill Brewing, New Releases, Nodding Head Brewing, Sly Fox Brewing, Stoudts Brewing, Troegs Brewing, Victory Brewing Company, Videos, Yards Brewing

Introducing Brotherly Suds #3 [Video]

The Brotherly Suds collaboration features a host of Pennsylvania breweries coming together to make beer for Philly Beer Week.  This 3rd work of beer art is a vienna lager fermented with a kolsch yeast.  A mix of American & german hops join the party.  Troegs, Sly Fox, Yards, Nodding Head, Iron Hill, Victory, and Stoudts helps make this year’s suds.  It is Troeg’s Scratch #67.

by Reid Ramsay