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Troegs To Rock Out Some Hopback Amber In New Brewhouse

John Trogner (@jtroegs)  mentioned today that 3 new fermentors have arrived

, and this week they are going to be brewing Hopback Amber at their new location in Hershey, PA.

 

http://www.troegs.com/our_brews/hopback_amber_ale.aspx

Are Fegleys And Troegs Going To Play Nice?

Maybe the elves won’t be doing battle this Christmas. About 6 months ago, Troeg’s Brewing (Harrisburg, PA) has filed a cease & desist order against Bethlehem Brew Works (Bethlehem, PA), makers of Fegley’s beers. Troeg’s Mad Elf — a Belgian strong dark ale with Continue Reading →

Troegs Scratch #48 On Sale Today

Troegs Brewing’s Scratch series has a new member as of today – #48.

Fest Bier is it’s name.

Hops: Magnum, Tradition
Malts: Bohemian Pils, Munich, Vienna, Special B
Yeast: Weihenstephan Lager

Availability: 12oz bottles. Tap room release

5.4% ABV, 25 IBUs

Troegs Gets Lucky, Stays Dry

The northeast has had some flooding issues.  Harrisburg current home of Troegs Brewing and their new site in Hershey, were threatened by flood waters.

John Trogner mentioned today that the brewery got lucky…

The brewery stayed dry and all is safe as of now. Continue Reading →

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Fat Scratch Fever: Troegs & Fat Head’s Collaborate

What better way to get to know your new brewing equipment than to brew a collaboration beer with the brewery you bought it from right!?  That is exactly what Fat Head’s  is doing with Troegs.  As earlier discussed by BSJ, Fat Head’s purchased Troegs’ brewing equipment from their old Harrisburg, PA facility when they moved to their shiny new one in Hershey, PA.

Yesterday Chris & John Trogner and Matt Cole & Jeff “Moose” Musselman  got together at Troegs in Harrisburg, now affectionately known as T1.  They brewed what will soon be Scratch #51, named Fat Scratch Fever.  At Matt’s request, the beer will be a hoppy one, a variation of Head Hunter IPA, with some changes in the hops.  Fat Scratch Fever will be available in early November at Troegs in Hershey, PA and both Fat Head’s locations.

PS – Check out the pallets of Mad Elf on the right!!

by Reid Ramsay
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Troegs Says Goodbye To Harrisburg With Scratch #49

Troegs Brewing will close their doors on their Paxton Street location Saturday, October 8th at 4pm after 14 years.The brewery is setting up shop at their brand new (chocolate adjacent) location in Hershey, PA.  Scratch #49 will be available starting Friday, October 7th at 10am at the Paxton Street tasting room.  #49 will be a wet hop ale available on draft when the tasting room opens and in bottles (cases and six packs) as they come off of the line.

A note from Troegs –

If the walls of our Tasting Room could talk there would be a never-ending supply of hilarious stories and great memories. In Tröegs’ early days we would sit in that room on Saturday afternoons hoping someone would come in. Many of those early customers still remain and we’ve made new one as well — so much so we expanded the room three times to welcome… you. Thanks for all your business over the last fourteen years. It has been a pleasure to serve you. We look forward to showing off the new digs in a few weeks and hope that we don’t have to deal with crazy snaking lines around the tasting room ever again. We will miss everything about Paxton Street — except the occasional flood waters!

 

by Reid Ramsay
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1st Batch of Mad Elf Brewed In Hershey Tomorrow

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!  Troegs revealed today via Twitter that they would be brewing their first batch of Mad Elf of the season at the newly opened Hershey facility tomorrow.

Mad Elf is a big 11% ABV, cherry filled,  belgian strong dark ale that graces us with its presence each holiday season.  It is brewed with Pennsylvania honey, west coast cherries, belgian spicy yeast, Saaz and Hallertau hops, and Pilsner, Munich, & Chocolate maltsOh yeah, and check out Chris and John Trogner working on the hickory bar in the new tasting room in Hershey above!

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Troegs Brewing

Troegs To Rock Out Some Hopback Amber In New Brewhouse

John Trogner (@jtroegs)  mentioned today that 3 new fermentors have arrived

, and this week they are going to be brewing Hopback Amber at their new location in Hershey, PA.

 

http://www.troegs.com/our_brews/hopback_amber_ale.aspx

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Bethlehem Brew Works, Fegley's Brewworks, Troegs Brewing

Are Fegleys And Troegs Going To Play Nice?

Maybe the elves won’t be doing battle this Christmas. About 6 months ago, Troeg’s Brewing (Harrisburg, PA) has filed a cease & desist order against Bethlehem Brew Works (Bethlehem, PA), makers of Fegley’s beers. Troeg’s Mad Elf — a Belgian strong dark ale with cherries. Arrives at Christmas time each year.  Bethlehem makes Rude Elf’s Reserve, a Belgian strong dark ale with spices.  Both beers contain images of an elf, with a close color scheme.

Not the first time Bethlehem has delt with Elf lawsuits though.  (Lawsuits are anything but small! HA!)  Rude Elf’s Reserve has been known by another name — Rudolph’s Reserve, but changed it after a similar lawsuit in 2004.  Fegley’s owns a trademark on the Rude Elf’s Reserve beer name.

Troeg’s believes that due to Mad Elf’s existence — they own the term elf when referenced to ales & lagers.

Fast forward to this week.   This surfaces.  The Peaceful Elf.  “An All-American Collaboration Ale”  Now with no other information available, one could only assume the breweries are working towards playing nice.

Speculation.

correction: Fegley’s owns a trademark, not a patent.

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases, Troegs Brewing

Troegs Scratch #48 On Sale Today

Troegs Brewing’s Scratch series has a new member as of today – #48.

Fest Bier is it’s name.

Hops: Magnum, Tradition
Malts: Bohemian Pils, Munich, Vienna, Special B
Yeast: Weihenstephan Lager

Availability: 12oz bottles. Tap room release

5.4% ABV, 25 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Troegs Brewing

Troegs Gets Lucky, Stays Dry

The northeast has had some flooding issues.  Harrisburg current home of Troegs Brewing and their new site in Hershey, were threatened by flood waters.

John Trogner mentioned today that the brewery got lucky…

The brewery stayed dry and all is safe as of now.  we are still waiting for electricity.  Our building was an island… we got lucky.  Harrisburgians are looking at quite a clean up…

More on the flooding in Harrisburg via PennLive.com

by Reid Ramsay