Tree House Brewing (July 2015)

I understand the chances are slim with the limit of only 4 cans pp of Green and Haze for today's run, however, if anyone is interested in trading for fresh cans of Sip of Sunshine, I will be there with some this evening. Please shoot me a message here or come find me. I will be in a red Black Dog tshirt with a red and white Treehouse hat on. Cheers.

 

Looks like there will be a few cans left for tomorrow based on the empty building I saw at 7:30...looked like a few cases left of Green, maybe a couple of Haze? Just from eyeballing it anyway. The quick in and out trip today was like a throwback to the Brimfield days! A weird part of me ALMOST missed the wait in a strange way.

 

Cheers guys. It's gonna be tough drinking anything else when I get back home. Two day old Vicinity down by the Boston pier tonight was pretty damn decent too. Hoping to make it back to these parts next year.

 

@TreeHouseBrewCo: Pretty wiped out of cans. Five-ish cases of Green remain. Aiming to package Curiosity Twenty in the AM for growlers. All Mosaic DIPA..

 

First trip since the infamous out-of-beer disappointment and subsequent Triple Shot (!!!) and what a well-oiled machine they are running right now. I'm glad they adjusted the Green to 2 pp so the cans could be stretched to 70+ people. Should have brought a mule though, the 5 bottle max with 6 beers going made the decision very difficult.

Was #29 arriving just after 10 and after getting cans my bottles were ready by 30 minutes after opening! Plenty of first timers there who also enjoyed the experience. My only disappointment was no jomobono or Dean for the first time ever amongst my 5 or so trips.

The Curiosity Twenty is fantastic. I don't have any Captain's Daughter or a side by side tasting would be in order. Have a feeling that Curiosity XX (I think TH should use Roman numerals, like Super Bowls) would win based on this complementary malt bill versus what I recall from CD.

 

Finally made my first visit and won't be my last. Have had a few TH already but in limites quanities. Lucked out with 4 can releases Thurs. Maxed out on the Hoppy stuff. Green, Haze, and Eureka/citra. All three are excellent. Green is better than Julius IMO. I also think its the best beer I have tasted.

 

Curiosity 20 and Forerunner were amazing. Probably the best hoppy stuff I've had from them yet.

 

When you go how long can you expect to wait in line? On a regular day without cans being sold?

 

Cans being sold are the regular days now. It really all depends on a bunch of factors. I guess the simple answer would be 1-2 hours. Thursdays or normally the busiest days, expect to wait close to 2 hours at open. Saturdays can be busy depending on what is on, but later in the day on saturday will usually be the quickest wait times. Friday nights are usually pretty quick also. But it also depends on what is available, high can limits for stuff like julius will bring alot of people.

 

How long will an unopened 750ml growler of hops stay fresh for? Most of the "fresh" related posts on this thread appear to be can based, and my growler experience is largely CT based and TH seems to have unique bottles. I have the opportunity to get to TH on Thursday, but that's 12 days before the my trade partner gets into town. It's likely the only day between now and then I can get there. Should I stick with cans for him, or will 750s in the fridge be fine? Thanks!

 

Opinions vary, but many say their growlers are good for 3 - 4 weeks. However, breweries usually recommend drinking them within the week.

It also depends on the beer you get. I had Very Green after a week then another 750 after three weeks. The week old was definitely "fresher" with more juicy notes, while the three week old was good, just less juicy and slighty more bitter. In contrast I've had triple shot after a week and after four weeks, couldn't tell the difference.

 

Your fine. I have let a tree growler sit for 3 weeks and it was perfectly fine. They stay fresher longer compared to nebco growlers.

 

I honestly think TH growlers are at their peak 7 - 10 days after filling when it comes to hoppy stuff. Something like Good Morning or Double Shot can last months and not lose carbonation. A three month old Good Morning was one of my favorite stouts to date.

 

Thank you for the quick feedback already everyone! It sounds like for the Thursday options (Green, Haze, Curiosity Twenty) there should be no quality dropoff during the first 21 days as long as they're taken care of, which I would be sure to do.

 

Apologies if this is a bit off topic, but does Tree House sell merchandise online? I was there last Thursday and bought a t-shirt for my finacee, but bought the wrong size. As much as I'd love to use it as an excuse to drive out there again, I won't have time for another trip for a few months and was hoping I could do an exchange through the mail, or just order a new one and return the wrong size shirt when I eventually make it back. Thank you!

 

^Use the shop tab on there website^. There are somethings that can only be bought at the brewery. For exchanges you probably have to contact them.

Anyone want to guess what is coming out this week? Seems like time for a Julius return.

 

Sending you a private message now

 

Thank you @jomobono . Tree House customer service really is second to none!

 

Really hoping for some more Julius!

 

Its been awhile since Sap was released so thats my guess