Tree House Brewing Co. (November 2015)

Great decision.

 

there's no killing or stomping allowed. The can/growler line really only exists at opening. After that, you may comfortably, and without fear of reprisal, just walk straight to the can tables

 

I knew that they would be having Good Morning on tap soon, but I was hoping it would be during a week that I would be able to go. It's going to be an absolute shitshow tomorrow with Julius and Good Morning on. I'm kinda glad I can't go because I'd easily drop $200+ and seeing that I just bought a house, my bank account wouldn't like that very much.

 

Tomorrow is going to be an absolute shit show!

 

Was there Thursday night and basically nobody was there at 530. I saw some large barrels (felt like they were not there last few visits) right near the can line. Turn to my fiance and say "I bet that's Good Morning right there.". Out in 20 minutes with cans and growlers. Guess I was right. Haha. Oh well, I was 20th in line last "surprise release".

 

1,300 means it should last the day I think. Unclear if any cans will last though

 

I haven't made it to Tree House yet, but I've read a lot about how early to get in line but never about what sort of wait to expect if you can't get there until later on a Saturday. How bad is it? It seems like if you were ok with just getting cans, going after opening might even be the smarter course, since you're not waiting with the general line? But how long would someone arrviving at noon or 1 have to wait for their growlers? And is there no general tasting area?

 

Late afternoon there will be no wait, there are also may not be any cans left

 

So they do have cans available this weekend? I'm confused.

 

According to the website, they have 120 cases of Julius and 80 cases of Alter Ego. The website says limits are 6pp of Julius and 8pp of Alter Ego, but at the brewery yesterday I'm pretty sure it was 6 of each. That would imply cans for 400 people if everybody maxed out. Given that Good Morning is on and it'll probably be a zoo today, it's unlikely those cans last all day but if you're there now you'll get some.

 

Are you able to buy glass for the good morning fill once you get to TH?

 

yep

 

http://treehousebrew.com/how-it-works/


If you are getting new glass you just turn in your card and the folks behind the bar will take care of the rest.

 

Tree House BrewingCo ‏@TreeHouseBrewCo 3 minutes ago
300+ cards handed out. Filling ~ 110. 20 cases of Alter Ego left. 80 cases of Julius left

 

Tree House BrewingCo ‏@TreeHouseBrewCo 2m2 minutes ago
Alter cans gone. 50 cases of Julius left.

 

My wife and I were there at 9:10am and were 46/47 in line. We were out with cans and growlers at 11:03 as they opened a little early which was a blessing seeing as it was pretty chilly/windy there today.

As usual, they started taking bottles and tickets from the first 20 or so in line. They then let the first 50 people in for cans and growlers around 10:30 and collected the cards while people were in the can line. They continued to let people into the building in small groups. The line was still well out the door and along the back of the parking lot when we left.

 

I arrived at 10:20 this morning and was #166. I knew to expect a crowd, but I was pretty surprised by the turnout! that said, I was in the building getting cans at 11:15 and had my growlers by 12:30. Can't wait for my first sip of GM!

 

I was right behind you. I was #170, same experience.. Got there at 10:20ish, out by 12:30. I figured it'd be much longer, the TH crew has it down to a science for big releases.

 

Anyone want to speculate how much will be left for Thursday?

 

716 cards so far were passed in as of 45 minutes ago. I'll guess a little more than 500 fills left for Thursday.