Tree House Brewing Co. (January 2016)

We've all been doing 16oz curls in preperation for days like tomorrow.

 

I'm planing a trip for 2/4 and I just realized that's the day before EBF starts and I'm hoping it will be business as usual and I will be able to get some cans and maybe a growler or two.

 

I'm in TH withdrawal. I haven't had any since New Years Eve. This weekend I drank some other IIPAs and it was quite disappointing. Hopefully, Thursday will work out. I'm actually hoping for some non limited beers to keep he lines reasonable.

 

I remember reading somewhere recently (Twitter I think) that Nate and crew were trying to think of ways to improve on this Saturday issue.

Not long ago, Saturday morning canning runs were a regular occurrence resulting in high limits of 1 beer, and lower limits of whatever was left over from previous days. But over the last few months they've been doing a canning schedule of Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday, with an additional run Friday during weeks with 4 batches. I could see them pushing that Friday run to Saturdays with the hopes of being able to offer more than 2-4 cans pp on the weekends. Fingers crossed for those of us who can't make it out during the week!

 

Based on the weather forecast, looks like I might be coming through a day early now, so that would put me there on Friday night. Hopefully that works out better for me. Random question... are those teku glasses regularly available or limited?

 

I have one so I typically don't go out of my way to check the inventory, but I feel like those are readily available during all of my trips. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong though!

 

Tekus seem to be there pretty regularly.

 

Case limit on Eureka tomorrow! Bold move considering how busy they've been lately, haha

 

If history repeats itself most people will not buy the full allotment, or crowds won't be huge because it isn't an IPA. The few times they did a case limit on eureka w/ citra (early november was most recent IIRC) it lastes longer than most of us would expect. Curious to see how it goes, because it seems like alot has changed in the last month.

 

They have another run for tomorrow planned though and good chance it is an IPA.

 

I'm guessing Haze this week. Seems like it's been a while. Also betting on another batch of Double Shot for growlers sometime soon.

 

Ya i know, it will just be interesting to see how fast eureka sells out this time around. When they did a case limit on eureka w/ citra in early november, it went on sale on a wednesday with julius, and eureka still lasted until saturday.

 

Do you think it takes longer to sell because it's a full case limit and people don't want to carry a full case out or because it's $3 per can for a 4% beer? I for one know that in my temporary mini fridge (until I decide to take my commercial cooler from my father-in-law) doesn't quite fit an entire case of 16 oz cans.

Also, not complaining about the price because I love Eureka, but it's just interesting because I've seen other beers (Heady, albeit back in the day when they were selling at the brewery) for the same price and the ABV is double.

 

Tough sell for sure in the middle of Jan.

 

I personally would not want a case of Eurkea. It's literally the BEST session beer out there, but it's still a 4% blonde. It's amazingly flavorful for what it is, but doesn't compare to other TH offerings. I can see maybe buying a whole case in the summer during the height of beach, BBQ, concerts, etc.

The best case I've ever had was 8 Julis, 8 Green & 8 Haze....that was awesome!

 

My first guess would be becasue it's not an IPA so people aren't as excited about it. The other reasons you mentioned are most likely a factor also. I personally LOVE that beer, might have been my favorite beer of the summer, that being said, it would probably take me alot longer to go through a case now in 20 degree weather vs. day drinking in 80 degree weather.

 

I'm first to admit that I love Tree House, but these two things are pretty annoying to me - the location and the constant lines. I love good beer, but I hate waiting in line. All the more power to them because they are making an amazing product, but I've probably only spent 10% of what I would like to spend because of these two factors.

 

I'd easily crush a case of this at a campground or in the backyard during the summer. In fact, I was pissed that they only limited me to 12 cans of this for last memorial day. You could literally drink half a case consecutively and still be good to go.

 

I'm not sure there's a single beer I'd buy a whole case of at this point unless I was in VT for non-brew reasons and ran into the opportunity to get a case of HT but didn't have time to make any other stops. There's so many good options close by that every time I have a big stock I inevitably want to buy something new before I'm finished with what I already have. It'd be different if I could only get to a place like TH or Trillium or up north once in a great great while but for me it's way more fun to grab a couple four packs every time the opportunity comes up than it is to constantly drop 70+ $$ on beer.

 

Sapasaurus Rex has returned:

We're rolling. SAP!! Expecting 500 cases. 8 cans per person | Available at noon.