What's going on with Sierra Nevada's freshness?

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  1. vasinger

    vasinger Initiate (0) Sep 28, 2012 Illinois

    I am very disappointed. Summerfest is one of my favorite beers. Since March I have been regularly checking 3 or 4 liquor stores for the first shipment. Towards the end of May I finally found some six 6-packs but they were bottled in the first week of March. A couple days later a different store got some six packs and they were the same bottling date. Then a week or 2 later a different store got 12 packs in from the same bottling date. I went to a local big box liquor store a couple of days ago and they said they haven't even got the beer in yet, let alone the canned 12 packs I was searching for. I have bought a six pack and a twelve pack so far but the age on them really diminishes the beer. I have noticed this with Sierra Neva before. Stores get in 12 packs of Torpedo that are over 3 months old. Is there a reason that SN products cant get to market quicker? I just want to find some fresh Summerfest...
     
    #1 vasinger, Jun 20, 2013
  2. teraflx

    teraflx Initiate (0) Feb 4, 2013 Arizona

    No issues like that here in AZ, In fact I think the summerfest I saw was only about 2 weeks old if I am remembering right. Same with Torpedo, all nice and fresh that I have seen.
     
    #2 teraflx, Jun 20, 2013
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  3. DinoFight

    DinoFight Initiate (0) Jan 23, 2013 Arizona

    Haven't noticed or had that issue here in AZ with Sierra Nevada. Might be more of a distributor issue?
     
    #3 DinoFight, Jun 20, 2013
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  4. Northlax3

    Northlax3 Initiate (0) Aug 19, 2012 New Jersey

    its clearly your distributor and not SN's fault.

    SN gets their beer to a ditrib within two weeks of bottling here in NJ; I'd imagine even less to IL
     
    #4 Northlax3, Jun 20, 2013
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  5. raynmoon

    raynmoon Initiate (0) Aug 13, 2011 Colorado

    Yeah,I see torpedo with bottling dates later than the day I even see it on the shelves. Now that is fresh!
     
    #5 raynmoon, Jun 21, 2013
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  6. jdklks

    jdklks Initiate (0) Aug 9, 2007 Maryland

    I would query the distributor. Not SN's fault.
     
    #6 jdklks, Jun 21, 2013
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  7. NoLeafClover44

    NoLeafClover44 Initiate (0) Feb 24, 2011 Delaware

    We tend to get SN that's about 2 months old in my area. I picked up a 4-pack of Hoptimum the day it came in and it was just over two months from bottling. As others said, it has nothing to do with SN, just local distributors.
     
    #7 NoLeafClover44, Jun 21, 2013
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  8. SnowFlowMfg

    SnowFlowMfg Initiate (0) Dec 13, 2011 California


    Move closer to California and you'll be all set. Just be sure to bring all the good beers that we CAN'T get here.
     
    #8 SnowFlowMfg, Jun 21, 2013
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  9. TychoNDC

    TychoNDC Initiate (0) Jan 7, 2013 Colorado

    I live out on Long Island, and I have found Torpedo less than 3 weeks old at Target. So I can't exactly confirm a nationwide trend in slow delivery.
     
    #9 TychoNDC, Jun 21, 2013
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  10. shand

    shand Pooh-Bah (2,240) Jul 13, 2010 Florida
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    Torpedo is typically about a month and a half old around Tampa. Saw some early this month bottled on 5/17 and I jumped on them. To be honest there really isn't much of a difference between Torpedo that's two weeks old and Torpedo that's two months old, and this is coming from a huge proponent of fresh beer. SN has a top of the line bottling system, and they bottle condition.
     
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  11. Handle

    Handle Initiate (0) Mar 16, 2009 North Carolina

    As has been said, it's a distributor issue. I was happy to find 12-day-old Torpedo 12-packs just the other day -- I think that's the freshest Sierra Nevada I've seen here in NC.
     
    #11 Handle, Jun 21, 2013
  12. vasinger

    vasinger Initiate (0) Sep 28, 2012 Illinois

    I understand it is a distributor issue, but then my question is, why do distributors treat SN differently. Almost every other breweries beers show up much quicker than SN.
     
    #12 vasinger, Jun 21, 2013
  13. dawg1969

    dawg1969 Initiate (0) Aug 9, 2010 Florida

    Also warehouse style liquor stores don't get the freshest beers. I go to localy owned craft beer stores who deal in a smaller volume, they usually get fresher brews. I can get fresh SN Hoptimun and Estate Ales also Lagunitas Maximus and Hop Stoopid. Can't find that at ABC or Total Wines
     
    #13 dawg1969, Jun 21, 2013
  14. sefus12

    sefus12 Pundit (938) Sep 7, 2006 Wisconsin
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    That's a question to ask the distributor, not a forum.
     
    #14 sefus12, Jun 21, 2013
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  15. TNGabe

    TNGabe Initiate (0) Feb 6, 2012 Tennessee

    It will be fresher soon.
     
    #15 TNGabe, Jun 21, 2013
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  16. Roguer

    Roguer Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,811) Mar 25, 2013 Connecticut
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    I've had no problem getting relatively fresh Torpedo here. Any "old" SN I've seen was a result of not selling (Hoptimum at the end of the run, for example) than it was because of a late distro.
     
    #16 Roguer, Jun 21, 2013
  17. 46and2

    46and2 Initiate (0) Mar 28, 2008 Missouri
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    So um, bring some Surly and, uh Heady? Think that is it.
     
    #17 46and2, Jun 21, 2013
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  18. Handle

    Handle Initiate (0) Mar 16, 2009 North Carolina


    Yessir! We're already seeing super-fresh Oskar Blues in NC -- can't wait 'til that's true of Sierra Nevada, too.
     
    #18 Handle, Jun 21, 2013
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  19. TMoney2591

    TMoney2591 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,139) Apr 21, 2009 Illinois
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    I can tell you from experience that certain distributors (including SN's in my area) hold back seasonals until they sell out of the previous seasonal. I've had Tumbler come rather late due to this practice. It's likely that's the case here.
     
    #19 TMoney2591, Jun 21, 2013
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  20. Luv2Brew422

    Luv2Brew422 Initiate (0) Jan 7, 2012 California

    Are you reading the julian code correctly? What is the code on your bottle? I highly doubt it was bottled the first week of march. Just an fyi, the first letter in julian dating corresponds with the year not the month
     
    #20 Luv2Brew422, Jun 21, 2013
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