Tree House Brewing Co. (January 2016)

All answers are on the website.

 

Still says there doing one more canning this week....and were back to a green banner...

 

I wonder if that needs to be updated from last night as that makes four cannings this week - Green, Julius, C24, TWSS.

 

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And where do you see this? I've looked plenty of times...

 

yea I know that's why I was confused... heading there tomorrow but no way that Julius is lasting

 

http://treehousebrew.com/on-tap/

 

Looks like page has been updated re: our discussion. No chance Julius/Green/C24 cans make it until tomorrow.

 

http://treehousebrew.com/blog/2015/1/6/re-growler-fills-at-tree-house-in-the-future

It's crazy to read Nate's blog post from a year ago. It seems that Nate didn't realize just how busy they would get. I'm sure he's thrilled with business but it looks like things haven't quite gone exactly to his original vision. 12 lines of growler-only beers sounds fantastic!

 

thanks a bunch, missed it!

 

Or this part from http://treehousebrew.com/blog/2014/12/28/a-small-status-update

We will continue growler fills. It’s unlikely we will fill growlers of the beers to be packaged. Instead, we will offer growler fills of 5 BBL batches that we are working on throughout the year. Retail shop exclusives, if you will, brewed on the original Premier Stainless brew house. One-offs galore.

When they brew these now, (Le Peloton, Criterium, Echelon One), they're gone in less than a day. I guess that's a fantastic problem to have.

 

Thanks much. That all makes a lot of sense. Barring a special release that week, I think I'm leaning toward "C," with the idea that an extra can variety outweighs maybe 2 fewer cans of Green, Julius, etc., especially since I'm going to swing back through Tree House the following Saturday en route to Cooperstown for Hall of Fame weekend.

 

Do they really see 900 pp per day on a Wed? 200 cases left of 500 on Thursday... Good for them!

 

Yeah it's crazy. Cheers to the future when they can hopefully increase their production even more.

 

After what appears to have been a very quiet can day on Wednesday, it was pretty busy Thursday night. I arrived at 7:20 and line was back to the trailers. But the system remains efficient and cordial despite the sudden stress imposed on production and service in the last few months. Can line moved steadily, growler tickets were handed out to those in the can line as they neared the door (this was new for me; in the past I had always secured a spot in line and then gone inside to fill out my growler ticket). I got 16 cans (4 Julius, 6 each/C24 and Green, plus 3 750s) and was on the road in 55 minutes. Not exactly in-and-out, but certainly reasonable given the circumstances. Also, TH staff were making an effort to keep can line tight in order to get as many people as possible in from the cold. (It was about 20 degrees outside). My last visit was Dec. 16, so I passed on the holiday madness. So for me, this was very nearly business as usual and absolutely worth it for such good beer.

 

I think the pacing of the cans was a bit better this week. It turns out I'm actually in favor of lower limits. It keeps beers in stock longer and offers a nice variety on Friday. 22 cans of 4 beers is pretty awesome (though I did not partake).

 

What's the story behind the bicycling themed beers? History of bike racing in the staff?

 

Which beers are you referring to?

 

Le Peloton, cadence, echelon one, criterium, and pacer... there may be more

 

Had no clue those were cycling terms... Good to know! I've learned enough for today.

 

Saw on Twitter that Sap will be returning this winter. Hopefully, it will not kick while I'm standing in the driveway again.