Limited Sierran Nevada selections in CT?

In my little corner of NH, I haven't seen a Sierra Nevada product under 4 months old in years. Granted, I haven't even bothered to check, probably in years.

 

It’s not just you. Outside of Celebration, I haven’t seen a single non-annual beer from SN in years. We used to get all of the northern and southern hemi IPAs, kellerbier, summerfest, etc. but not anymore. What’s even more insane is that we received fresher and more consistent product in NY before they expanded to NC.

 

Where in CT are you?

 

I've found the staples - Pale ale, Torpedo, and hazy little thing. I've been trying to find Juicy little thing but I may need to search in MA. Also, haven't seen anything about Bigfoot this year.

 

I haven't seen Bigfoot in northeast CT, probably in a few years for some reason. A friend got it for me at Worldwide in Southington.

 

Atomic Torpedo is 19.2oz. in CT. Website has more info. It was recently included in the Big IPA case they were selling recently at Costco along with the limited Ruthless Rye. (Delicious btw).

Narwhal hits shelves for sure when it’s that time of year. 2023 Bigfoot is on shelves at Total Wine Milford now. (1/24 dated 19.2 oz. cans of Atomic Torpedo as well) I don’t think we get a lot of Narwhal/Bigfoot when they do show up. Any worthy bottle shop here will get some.

Pale, Torpedo, hazy, juicy, little thing, powder day, hoppy variety pk., celebration, Narwhal, Bigfoot is the bulk of it here.

Cheers

 

Juicy Little Thing is on shelves here in S.CT.
Bigfoot is trickling out as well.

 

This was pretty accurate for me during Celebration season. The beer finder on SN's site is decent as well..

https://finder.vtinfo.com/finder/web/v2/iframe?custID=SNB

 

It's funny, after I visited the Asheville facility this fall I was looking for the Pale Ale (one of my all time faves) recently and I could only find a fairly old six pack and some bombers at a bodega-level packie nearby.

 

I remember being able to find it without any problem. I've found it once in the last 3 years in NECT and it was at Northeast Wine and Spirits.

 

You know, it seems to me that a lot of brewers' website once had rather useful info on them, like their distributor(s) by state, w/phone numbers and emails, as well as emails for their reps based on region. Now, it seems, most are more interested in "entertaining" websites than informative ones.

I don't know, the Beer Finder apps are interesting bits of tech*, but, really, why not just tell us who the distributor is and we can ask our local store to get the beer? Why drive 25 miles away, past numerous retailers, because some store has (or had) it? If one retailer has a beer in a distributor's region, any store can get it.

* Not that they all work well. In the thread about a Boston guy wanting Stroh's, @pbrian posted a link to Pabst's Stroh's Beer Finder. Since I do recall Stroh's in NJ, I typed in my zip code and the "nearest" store was in West Virginia according to the site. I looked at the map and saw a number of hits in PA. Hmmm...

 

The Sierra Nevada website in the past listed the Distributors they work with on a per state basis. Back in 2017 I posted:

"On the Sierra Nevada website they list over 300 distributors that they work with."

I suppose they no longer think this information is useful?

Cheers!