Tröegs Introduces Daylight Chaser Dark IPA

I brought you a peek at this beer back in Aug, 2025, and now this update from Tröegs Independent Brewing in Hershey, Pennsylvania:

HERSHEY, PA – Tröegs Independent Brewing announces the release of Daylight Chaser. This dark IPA joins the brewery’s lineup of seasonally rotating beers alongside Field Study, Leaf Seeker, and Blizzard of Hops.
 
“Springtime in this region can be dark and feels like it will never arrive,” explains Tröegs co-founding brother and brewmaster John Trogner. “But the snow begins to melt, the days get longer, and you start to get excited for that first warm day. This beer is meant to help snap out of the cold and build that anticipation.”
 
Daylight Chaser starts with a complex malt bill incorporating pale, caramel, and black malts as well as an addition of wheat to produce a dusky hue and rich, toasty malt backbone.
 
To brighten the flavor and aroma profiles, a combination of Simcoe, Mosaic and Citra hops adds radiant notes of blood orange and papaya.
  
Clocking in at 6.3% ABV, Daylight Chaser yearns for the warm glow of longer days ahead and is a sign that the equinox is near.
 
“With Daylight Chaser, we wanted to capture the optimism of the season,” adds Trogner. “It’s a dark beer, but the color is deceiving. The hop character is really bright and shines through in the flavor and aroma. And after the recent snowstorm, we think everyone is dreaming of the warmer days ahead.”
   
Daylight Chaser Dark IPA is available on draft and in 12-oz. bottles and cans across the brewery’s entire distribution footprint.  
 
Daylight Chaser is also included in the forthcoming Perpetual Exploration variety pack for spring. Each 12-pack features the new seasonal beer alongside year-round favorites Perpetual IPA, Graffiti Highway IPA, and Troegenator Double Bock.
 
Beer drinkers can find Daylight Chaser, Perpetual Exploration, and other Tröegs beers near them using the Tröegs Brew Finder. 
 

About Tröegs Independent Brewing:

Tröegs Independent Brewing is a family-owned brewery in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The brewery was founded in 1996 by brothers John and Chris Trogner. Tröegs is known for its award-winning tours, local ingredients, and experimental beers.

Known for:
Perpetual IPA: Pennsylvania’s best-selling IPA
Tröegenator: A dark, malty, and crisp beer
Scratch Series: Hundreds of experimental beers
Tours: Award-winning tours that include smelling grains, tasting new beers, and sampling seasonal food

Local ingredients:
Tröegs uses local ingredients like grain, honey, and fruit.
They buy more than 225,000 pounds of local ingredients each year.
They bake their own bread, ferment local vegetables, and dry and cure meats.

Community collaborations:
Tröegs partners with local organizations to improve the community, such as bike rides that fund local trails.
They also brew beers to help preserve land along PA’s Kittatinny Ridge.

Tours:
Tröegs offers guided production tours on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Tours are $12 per person (21+ only) and last one hour.

You can call the Tour Desk at (717) 534-1297 x 104 with questions.
We’re a bunch of family, friends and kindred spirits who share a love of great beer. Together, we make Tröegs.

Founded in Pennsylvania in 1997 by brothers John and Chris Trogner, Tröegs is driven by a sense of adventure and curiosity.

You might know our Perpetual IPA, the best-selling IPA in Pennsylvania. Or the dark, malty and crisp Tröegenator. Maybe you’ve tried one of the hundreds of experimental Scratch Series beers we’ve brewed. Or taken the “Best Brewery Tour in America” here at our Hershey home.

Whether you’re already a member of our extended family or you’re just getting to know Tröegs, there’s always something new to discover. Crack a Perpetual and stay awhile.

Family-owned. Independently crafted.
In the past 25 years, Tröegs has grown from two brothers to 250 people, but we’re still very much a family business. Because we stay true to our core values of independence and family ownership, we’ve kept the small-brewery DNA we all hold dear.

Perpetual exploration
Our small-batch Scratch Series and 3-barrel Scratch Lab are where we do the work needed to understand the “why” at the intersection of ingredients, technique and flavor.

Local ingredients
We live and brew in fertile central PA, and we’re proud to support our local farmers. Every year, we buy more than 225,000 pounds of local grain, honey and fruit to use in our beer.

Community
From bike rides that fund local trails to new beers that help preserve critical forests, our partnerships improve the places where we live, work and play.

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