April 22, 2013

Full Moon Firkin – Thursday, April 25

Filed under: Full Moon Firkin,Nugget Nectar,Troegs NewsJHerb @ 1:08 pm

I saw it written and I saw it say, “Pink Moon is on its way.”

Once again the full moon is upon us, so on Thursday, April 25 we’re giving you one last chance to enjoy Nugget Nectar before it vanishes until 2014. To entice you even further, each firkin has been dry-hopped with an additional hop variety: Cascade, Chinook, Columbus, Nugget and Simcoe. Five firkins, five different hops. The first customer through the door who orders a pint will have the honor of tapping the first firkin.

Love the full moon, love the firkin.

 

April 15, 2013

Our bottle caps. Your imagination.

Filed under: Troegs NewsJHerb @ 12:23 pm

Many people have no idea what to do with a bottle cap once they open a beer. We had the same problem at Tröegs Brewery, so a few years ago we started a bottle cap art contest to cut down on the mess around the brewery. We are pleased to announce that the Art of Drinking Tröegs contest is back up and running in 2013! The rules are simple: make art using Tröegs bottle caps. Don’t limit your creativity. Your art can be flat, it can be 3-dimensional, it can be anything you envision and can make into a tangible piece of artwork (as long as you use Tröegs bottle caps). The grand prize winner will receive a $500 cash prize.

Entries will be accepted until midnight on September 1, 2013. For more details, please click HERE.

 

April 8, 2013

Introducing The HopCyclone™

Filed under: Brewhouse,Cellar,Nugget Nectar,VideoJHerb @ 11:13 am

We are pleased to introduce the newest rage in hop transportation technology. Enter a better beer dimension with the Tröegs HopCyclone™!

 

 

March 11, 2013

The Robot!

Filed under: Cellar,Troegs NewsJHerb @ 10:31 am

Check out this sneak peek of our new robotic bottling automation line…

The Robot is ready to begin its new job at Tröegs Brewery!

The Robot’s purpose in life is to load bottles into cases boxes. It essentially picks up bottles on the upper conveyor level and then places them into a case box on the bottom conveyor. Sounds easy enough, right?

These pick-up heads grip the bottles tightly, ensuring a safe commute to their final destination – the case box!

The Robot will facilitate more packaging in less time and also protect the bottles and beer labels to ensure no glass damage when the bottles are placed into cases. The Robot is speedy and efficient!

 

February 20, 2013

What makes DreamWeaver Wheat so dreamy?

Filed under: UncategorizedJHerb @ 11:13 am

Open-top Fermentation!

Our open-top fermentation room is specifically designed to ferment DreamWeaver Wheat Ale. While these tanks look like huge, foamy glasses of fresh beer, they also serve a purpose. During what is known as “high krausen,” the freshest yeast rises to the top of the tank, creating a frothy head that runs down a spillway into a collection tank. By skimming this yeast, we can reuse it for the next batch of DreamWeaver to ensure the freshest yeast possible for a more pronounced pepper and clove flavor – all hallmarks of our GABF Gold Medal-winning DreamWeaver Wheat.

 

February 13, 2013

Tröegs Brothers’ Vault: Part I

Filed under: VideoJHerb @ 2:26 pm

We’ve unearthed a hidden vault within the walls of Tröegs Brewery. What secret lies inside? Uncover the mystery with us…

 

 

February 11, 2013

The Infüz-O-Matic 5000

Filed under: Brewhouse,Scratch Beer,Troegs NewsJHerb @ 10:24 am

From the mind of John Trogner, we are pleased to present an apparatus that will change the landscape of our Scratch Beer series forever…

The Infüz-O-Matic 5000

Our brewing team adds special ingredients to our upcoming Cocoa Stout Scratch beer release.

This prototype was constructed to extract the essence of a variety of ingredients and infuse the bold flavors directly into our beer. For this particular batch, we added 4lbs. of cocoa nibs and 2lbs. of cocoa powder per barrel, plus thirty vanilla beans and copious amounts of Cascade hops directly to beer via the Infüz-O-Matic 5000. The Cocoa Stout will be available in the Tasting Room in mid-February around Valentine’s Day. Come taste for yourself and savor the flavor!

 

January 4, 2013

Excerpts from Tröegs Tales – January 2013

Filed under: Nugget Nectar,Troegs NewsJHerb @ 2:35 pm

Pucker Up with Nugget Nectar
With The Mad Elf entering hibernation mode, now seems a fitting time to unleash our revered mid-winter seasonal, Nugget Nectar. With a heady collection of American hops, Nugget Nectar will rekindle your romance with the succulent humulus lupulus overload you’ve come to expect from this bold Imperial Amber Ale. “Nugget Nectar was inspired by fresh new hops rolling in from the harvest,” said John Trogner. Nugget Nectar is intensified with whole flower Nugget cones added to our hopback vessel and dry-hopped with our patented HopsCyclone™ technique. Keeping freshness in mind, we are shipping Nugget Nectar as fast as it is packaged. You can expect cases, six-packs, and bombers to start appearing in Central Pennsylvania in mid-January and expanding through our eight-state distribution area over the following four weeks. Draft Nugget Nectar will be released in mid-February and into early March.

PIPA in Perpetuity
After what appeared to be an unfortunate hop shortage, we are pleased to announce that Perpetual IPA is now flowing at retailers and our own General Store. Due to the overwhelming demand of our newest year-round beer (and thanks to the abundance of Citra hops from this year’s yield), we’re increasing production to ensure all you hopheads that Perpetual IPA is poised to flow indefinitely. Thanks for making this beer fly off the shelves!

Full Moon Firkin
The date and approximate time of a specific full moon can be calculated from the following equation:

d = 20.362955 + 29.530588861 x N + 102.026 x 10–12 x N2

For those of you who are mathematically challenged, our “Full Moon Firkin” series continues into 2013 with its first event scheduled to occur on Saturday, January 26. We will tap firkins of Nugget Nectar and Perpetual IPA for a special side-by-side tasting beginning at 3 p.m. Attributed to Native American folklore, the name “Wolf Moon” is derived from hungry wolf packs heard howling outside the natives’ villages during January’s full moon. In anticipation of the throngs of hopheads this event is likely to attract, we feel it is rather fitting to offer up this dog-eat-dog throwdown between two of our hoppiest contenders that will leave you foaming at the mouth!

Band of Brewers
Tröegs Brewery’s very own award-winning brewery band, Starsan, is set to come off a lengthy hiatus to participate in the inaugural Philly Beer Scene Band of Brewers event! This special charity concert will pit six local PA breweries against each other in a no-holds-barred, Battle of the Bands-style showdown. Participating breweries include Weyerbacher, Yards, Dock Street, Sly Fox, Victory, and of course Tröegs, who will be playing for the Gift of Life Organ Donation Program in memory of Danny Glover. Band of Brewers will take place at World Café Live in Philadelphia on Sunday, February 10 beginning at 1 p.m. and will also include draft beer and a special firkin from each participating brewery. For more information and to purchase tickets, click here.

 

December 12, 2012

¿Impending Descent? is upon us

Filed under: Scratch Beer,VideoJHerb @ 11:50 am

 

December 4, 2012

Tröegs 2012 “Beer” End Review and December News

Filed under: Scratch Beer,Troegs NewsJHerb @ 9:10 am

Tröegs “Beer” End Review

With another year rapidly coming to a close, let us look back on 2012 and get nostalgic for a moment as we celebrate the first full year of Tröegs in Hershey, PA while providing a brief glimpse into the coming year.

We gave hopheads a reason to celebrate when we made Perpetual IPA a year-round offering, our first new year-round beer since JavaHead Stout. We also opened our Snack Bar in May to provide visitors with fresh, simple and local menu items to complement our hand-crafted beers.

We also hosted a few memorable events in 2012. We were pleased to be a part of the first-ever HydroWorx underwater marathon in September to help raise $350,000 for the Eagle Fund, an organization providing high-quality care and rehabilitation to our nation’s wounded warriors. Plans are already under way for another underwater marathon in 2013. Also, The Harrisburg Brewer’s Fest celebrated its 9th anniversary and boasted sold-out attendance at both sessions. To date, the festival has raised over $800,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Expect another fantastic festival in 2013 with over 50 participating breweries pouring a wide variety of craft beers from around the country.

Finally, we capped off our first year in Hershey with a huge win at The Great American Beer Festival in Denver, CO, where we took home three gold medals for HopBack Amber, DreamWeaver Wheat, and Sunshine Pils. As if that wasn’t enough, we also won Mid-Size Brewery of the Year! (read more…)

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