Tröegs Introduces Leaf Seeker West Cost-style IPA

I brought you an early peek at this beer back in Feb, 2025, and now this from Tröegs Independent Brewing in Hershey, Pennsylvania:

HERSHEY, PA – Tröegs Independent Brewing announces the release of Leaf Seeker IPA. This West Coast-style IPA joins the brewery’s lineup of seasonally rotating beers alongside favorites such as Field Study and Blizzard of Hops.
 
Leaf Seeker takes cues from the bold, hop-forward beers that emerged in the early days of the craft beer movement. Of course, Tröegs is no stranger to this beer style, as its Perpetual IPA continues to be the best-selling craft brand in the brewery’s home state of Pennsylvania.
  
“West Coast IPAs are experiencing a recent renaissance of sorts,” explains Tröegs co-founding brother and brewmaster John Trogner. “With Leaf Seeker, we wanted to connect the dots between those big, hoppy IPAs from California and Colorado with our own East Coast culture.”
 
Like many of Tröegs’ beers, Leaf Seeker began in the hop fields of the Pacific Northwest’s Yakima Valley.
 
“We go to the Yakima Valley every year to make sure we get the right hops,” says Trogner. “To me, it’s the most important ingredient selection we do. We have so many hop-forward beers, so the stakes are high.”
 
The most recent trip yielded an abundance of Citra, Chinook, and El Dorado hops, all of which combine to infuse Leaf Seeker with notes of sticky citrus, dank pine, and tropical fruit.
 
Balanced by a backbone of pilsner and Vienna malts, Leaf Seeker weighs in at 6.4% ABV and has just the right amount of bitterness for peak peeping when autumn emerges.
   
Leaf Seeker West Coast-style IPA is available on draft and in 12-oz. bottles and cans across the brewery’s entire distribution footprint.  
 
Leaf Seeker precedes the release of Tröegs’ Perpetual Exploration seasonally rotating variety pack for fall. Each 12-pack features three cans each of Perpetual IPA, Graffiti Highway IPA, Leaf Seeker, and the forthcoming Oktoberfest Lager.
 
Beer drinkers can find Leaf Seeker, 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.