Isn't that always the case with Sierra Nevada products in NJ? I always chalk it to that their distributors (all Miller and/or Coors houses) are too busy delivering pallets of Coors Light and/or Miller Lite to bother with a few cases of SN beers. The Celebration Ale and Estate Harvest Ale that I've finally been able to find within only the last week or two were both bottled in the last week of September- so nearing 2 months old by the time they hit the shelves. My favorite, though, was once seeing both a case of Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere being delivered on the same handtruck. Don't remember now if it was in the spring or fall, but one of those cases was obviously six months old...