Trillium Brewing Company (August 2016)

I'm confused how Peach (40 cases at 4 bottles pp) lasts 5.5 hours, but Blueberry (35 cases at 2pp) doesn't make it an hour. Did everyone JUST find out that Trillium makes delicious fruited beers?

 

Sold out in Canton and now sold out in Boston? In an hour flat. Wow.

 

That is crazy, doesn't sound like the line was ever more than 30-40 ppl deep if that.

 

The Peach Soak drop was on July 5 -- a Tuesday -- and one day after the holiday. I imagine a lot of people were out of town that day, had just gotten back, etc.? But honestly, who knows... Hype was built up after Blackberry, Raspberry and Peach -- and deservedly so.

I'm definitely surprised, though, at how quickly this sold out. When I got my Peach Soak, I was literally in-and-out of Fort Point at 1:40 p.m. -- that was my plan again today, but looks like I need to adjust in the future...

 

Yup, just got to Fort Point and it's gone. At least I still have a couple peaches at home. Nice day to take a useless trip in from alewife though, good weather

 

Peach wasn't announced on social media until about an hour before the release I think. This was up at 8am. That must be the difference.

 

Gone in FP too.

 

It was nice to see that the folks who didn't get any at Fort Point were mostly bemused and a little impressed rather than angry.

 

It's a holiday in RI today. Maybe lots of people made the short trip for a quick sell out

 

Disappointed, as I was just about to head over there. Someone on Untapped posted that his bottle exploded in his living room however.

 

I got in line at 12:10 in Canton, line was about 40 - 50 people at that point. Got bottles at about 12:40. I was told there were 24 bottles left at that point. (Hopefully my bottles don't explode...)

On another note, I wish they'd can Secret Stairs. A nice beer, but I hate the format. I know they are only canning the hoppy beers, but I think this beer would be better served in a smaller format.

 

Whoa whoa whoa what?!? Exploded?

Mine are sitting in the middle of my office! D:

 

bottle was returned to us and we replaced with another.

to be clear, the bottle did NOT explode, was foaming out from under the cap. the cap wasn't fully/well sealed and at room temperature. best we can tell, the cap wasn't properly lined up when it was attempted to be sealed. we have hand filled and capped these wild batches. But future batches, including the two we packaged today in Boston, will be mechanically filled/capped. human error likely led to a less than perfectly placed cap in this case. While these wild/sour beers are carbed to higher levels, these bottles are capable of holding many volumes higher than what this beer was carbonated to.

We have tugged on the caps, shaken up bottles to get a better feeling that this wasn't a chronic problem. and we've opened several other bottles, the carbonation levels are right where we'd expect them to be.

thanks! JC

 

My wife got the last 2 bottles in Boston. She was in front of me in line . Both bottles made it home safe.

 

I was in front of you guys in line! I could feel the disappointment in the air as they handed her the last two bottles and announced they were out.

 

Skimpy Sparrow today.

 

Heading to a concert in Boston on Friday. Definitely stopping by Canton on the way to get me some delicious beer! Can't wait! So excited! Should be there for around 2:45 and if the "Up Next" on the website is any indication of what I can buy this week....oh boy!

 

I acquired a bottle of Apricot Stonington. Fabulous!

 

Drove down from Andover at lunch and scored a mixed case today - my 6th I think since the rapture (Admittedly I've given away/shared/traded probably half of that). Once again scored an under 10 minute Stillings garage stay and avoided any and all parking costs....with only a minute to spare...and that was from the 6th floor....was back in Andover in a little over an hour round trip. I keep pinching myself - is this really happening?

 

Drinking my spoils from my trip to trillium over the weekend. Galaxy dry hopped fort point is out of this world and double dry hopped scaled. Is not far behind. This place deserves all the success they get. Unbelievable beers. My mini frig will not hold much more than trillium and treehouse going forward. Though I must say not sure how trillium is able to have more beer consistently available considering how close they are to a major city. Once treehouse opens their new brerey that is going to be a fun mass road trip every month or so to hit them both and stock up on world class beers.