Nugget Nectar release info

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  1. jmdrpi

    jmdrpi Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,245) Dec 11, 2008 Pennsylvania
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    From Troegs facebook post this morning:

    Get ready to squeeze those hops for all they're worth, because Nugget Nectar is almost here! How will you take your Nugget in 2015? Draft and bottles drop in Central PA on Monday 1/12 and cans hit on Monday 1/19. Street dates for draft and bottles are as follows:

    Jan 12 - Tröegs Brewery, Central PA, Philadelphia, and Lehigh Valley (bottles & draft only)

    Jan 19 - Pittsburgh/Western PA, State College, and NEPA/Scranton

    Jan 26 - DC, Maryland, and New Jersey

    Feb 2 - Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia

    16oz. pounder cans will hit the Central PA market on Monday 1/19 and trickle out to all remaining markets over the next two weeks.
     
  2. jmdrpi

    jmdrpi Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,245) Dec 11, 2008 Pennsylvania
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  3. kbuzz

    kbuzz Initiate (0) Jan 22, 2011 North Carolina

    Those cans look beautiful...
     
  4. bluehende

    bluehende Initiate (0) Dec 10, 2010 Delaware

    especially nice color for this time of year. Kind of makes you think of spring.
     
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  5. NeroFiddled

    NeroFiddled Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,122) Jul 8, 2002 Pennsylvania
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    One of my favorite beers! Oddly, I've never thought of it as a seasonal... I just drink it when I see it!
     
  6. kbuzz

    kbuzz Initiate (0) Jan 22, 2011 North Carolina

    Yep - I feel the same way about Hopslam...nice bright green...spring colors.
     
  7. Kanger

    Kanger Initiate (0) Sep 3, 2013 New York

    :slight_frown: Almost another month until NYC.

    Can't wait!
     
  8. BoardwalkBock

    BoardwalkBock Pooh-Bah (2,017) Aug 18, 2012 New York
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    February 2nd? Really? Ugh. That means I will see it around a week later than that, since everything seems to take forever to get to my area. It wont be fresh anymore!:wink:

    Oh well.
     
  9. Kadonny

    Kadonny Pooh-Bah (2,582) Sep 5, 2007 Florida
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    Please, please, please get those fresh kegs to our distributors asap...........PLEASE!
     
  10. needMIbeer

    needMIbeer Pooh-Bah (2,178) Feb 5, 2014 Virginia
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    had this for the first time next year and loved it.. definitely looking forward to grabbing some of those cans!
     
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  11. jmdrpi

    jmdrpi Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,245) Dec 11, 2008 Pennsylvania
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    How was the time traveling?

    Since everyone seems to always say "last years batch was better", then you should be in for a treat with this years! :wink:
     
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  12. needMIbeer

    needMIbeer Pooh-Bah (2,178) Feb 5, 2014 Virginia
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    HA! I obviously totally spaced :grinning:
     
  13. oneraindog

    oneraindog Crusader (440) Oct 6, 2003 Pennsylvania

    The beer for your market will be packaged about a week prior to shipping. Staggered release keeps the beer as fresh as possible.
     
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  14. BoardwalkBock

    BoardwalkBock Pooh-Bah (2,017) Aug 18, 2012 New York
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    I did not know that, very cool.

    The fresh comment was sarcasm. Poking fun at those people who are obsessed with freshness.
     
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  15. ninjembro

    ninjembro Zealot (748) Jun 17, 2014 Maryland
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    Aww man, another week for cans

    That's fine though, starting Tuesday I work 9 straight days so wouldn't get much of a chance to enjoy anyway. Being able to enjoy them on my 4 days off out of town will be fantastic after those days of work.
     
  16. jmdrpi

    jmdrpi Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,245) Dec 11, 2008 Pennsylvania
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    I only drink my IPA's right from the bright tank. After that it's a drainpour, man. :rolling_eyes:
     
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  17. Kadonny

    Kadonny Pooh-Bah (2,582) Sep 5, 2007 Florida
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    My fresh comment is totally warranted. Last year kegs were dated early December and they didn't hit the market until mid January.....so why on earth would any brewery sit on those kegs for six weeks before releasing them to the public? The answer is probably that they had a release date and they wanted to stick to that. So you got beer that was already 6 weeks old before you even had a a chance to drink it. I don't care how you cut it, that's a disgrace. Make fun of my freshness obsession all you want, but it matters, especially with this beer.
     
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  18. mikeburd1128

    mikeburd1128 Maven (1,409) Oct 28, 2011 New Jersey

    Right. And for me, it's not even so much that I'm complaining about 6 week old beer. That's okay by me. If I'm browsing at the store and I see a 6 week old IPA, I'm probably not going to be scared off. But to say that 6 weeks is the freshest I'm seeing it - that's a problem. I definitely won't be all that excited to buy too much of it because I know I don't have that much more time to enjoy it.
     
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  19. TheNightwatchman

    TheNightwatchman Initiate (0) Mar 28, 2009 Pennsylvania

    I'm definitely waiting for cans.


    I also wouldn't assume that the beer you're getting is going to be old. They keep bottling batches. It isn't like all of it is bottled/canned at once, and slowly released over the next few months. Just check the dates. If they are 6 weeks old, just wait. I know that's disappointing, but you will find fresher bottles and cans at some point.
     
  20. Kadonny

    Kadonny Pooh-Bah (2,582) Sep 5, 2007 Florida
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    I'm not saying this will be the case now and forever more for NN, I'm really hoping it was an isolated problem and someone at Troegs figured it out. HOPEFULLY!
     
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