Tree House Brewing Co. (November 2015)

Only a 10 minute wait today for me. Went with the girlfriend so was able to get 16 Alter Ego and 12 Julius. I wish I would have posted to the trades section before going today. I'm looking to find other great New England beers (Alchemist, Fiddlehead, HF) and especially different treehouse brews since I have a buddy visiting in a week. It would be cool for him to try a bunch and I heard a ton of people talking in line about what they had. Thanks for the advice on a first visit.

 

25% off merchandise for Veterans today, pretty awesome.

 

Was there a line at open today?

 

Yes, and when I left, prob 20 min max

 

Thanks. Just trying to figure out when to go next week. Figure I may swing up and hit Trillium at open and hit TH on the way back to NY.

 

Have done this many times from NY. I'd recommend going on a Thursday, plan to get to Trillium at 1pm (always dead after the opening rush, no line) then head down to TH to get on line by 2:45-3:00. You'll typically be out the door with cans & bottles by 5:30 at the latest, often earlier.

 

Not looking to get growlers. Really only have time to do it on a Wednesday. Hoping to be back by 5. Thanks for the advice though. Is Wednesday a bad day at Trillium for lines?

 

no, lines at Trillium do not really exist unless its a rare/not brewed frequently beer. Normal Wednesdays are walk in, walk out.

 

Trillium doesn't open until 4pm Mon-Wed just FYI.

 

Well that right there solves that. At TH before open and hope for a case of Eureka to go with whatever else they can, since it seems like 2 types of cans on Wednesdays.

 

Well said - I've got a can of Heady squirrelled away in my fridge that I'm going to drink on December 6, exactly a year after it was canned! Counting down the days!

 

Did the On Tap page remove the "more to come" for cans but not time stamp the page? Guess nothing new today?

 

Tweeted a couple hours ago no more can runs this week.

 

No more canning this week per Twitter

 

Ahhh. Oh well.

 

Guess I picked a good time to give my liver a rest

 

Call it a hunch but the AE and J cans will be gone in no time and that is going to result in a bit of a mess if growler fills are the only option. Wonder if there was a tech issue with the canning line?

 

I kinda doubt it. My guess would be Nate & Co planned ahead to have a lot of beer ready for the holiday. They've emptied the tanks the past 2 weeks and moved A LOT of beer. That makes a lot of room for new beer that'll be ready next week and the week of Thanksgiving. That's the way I read the tea leaves anyway.

 

@darkandhoppy I certainly hope you're right.

 

My buddy is up from St. Pete for the week next week and will be making his first Tree House pilgrimage a week from Saturday. Obviously they're planning around this so there's tons of cans available. Duh.