(Courtesy Tröegs Independent Brewing)

Winter’s waning, and American craft brewers are already looking to spring with a smart roster of lagers you’ll want to chase down.

Road Trip! (Hershey, PA) –  At the end of 2025 Tröegs Independent Brewing introduced a new “Pennsylvania Only” year-round that’s worth making a road trip for.

Inspired by the universal appeal of easy-drinking lagers brewed during the pre-Prohibition era, Tröegs Pennsylvania Lager is a 5% ABV American Lager  built on 100% malted barley with no filler. Using decoction mashing, open fermentation and a local heritage yeast the brewery has delivered a “clean easy-drinking lager for beer geeks and for those who just need a beer.”

“Lagers have been a huge part of our DNA since the beginning,” says Tröegs co-founding brother and brewmaster John Trogner. “Beers like Troegenator and Sunshine Pilsner really helped to build our brewery, and they continue to delight today.”

Like many of the family-owned brewery’s  beers, Pennsylvania Lager came up through Tröegs’ 3-barrel Research & Development brewhouse known as the Scratch Lab. “Our Scratch Lab is where we get to tinker with the latest flavors, ingredients, and brewing techniques,” Trogner added. “After seven different test batches, we landed on a final recipe everyone loved.”

(Courtesy Three Floyds Brewing)

Blinded By The Light (Munster, IN) –  Three Floyds Brewing, a brewery renowned for the big hoppy IPAs and bold Imperial Stouts is stepping “beyond the craft beer category” with a more traditional style of lager. Brewed with Indiana corn grits, and they do grow a lot of corn out that way, Floyd’s Deluxe 4.5%  ABV “lighter-style premium lager” that checks all the crisp, clean and refreshing boxes.

“When we began to develop Floyds Deluxe, we weren’t making a craft lager – we were creating an American lighter-style lager,” said Cory Just, Three Floyds’ Marketing Director. “While that distinction might seem subtle, it’s a critical point of differentiation reflected in every aspect of this brand, including its packaging. Unlike our usual maximalist approach, this isn’t an intensely hopped-up brew. It’s a light, clean, and exceptionally well-crafted beer, carefully lagered for 8 weeks.”

Get Lucky (Bend, OR) – 10 Barrel Brewing has a new addition to its year-round portfolio that’s a West Coast take on a Japanese classic, that is finally seeing wider distribution.

(Courtesy 10 Barrel Brewing)

Now receiving a national launch after earning well-deserved reputation as a taproom fav, 10 Barrel Money Cat (best beer name  ever!) is a 4.8% ABV Japanese-inspired Rice Lager, a crisp amalgamation of subtle sweetness, mild bitterness, moderate carbonation and a low, floral hop aroma

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