Tree House (2021)

Hopefully this takes some pressure off of Charlton when they finally open back up. My friends want to go to TH but don’t want to wait 50 mins to get 2 beers at the bar on saturdays

 

Well dear pong, I for one will happily avoid the cluster that is route 20 and will be going to deerfield once they are fully operational. I definitely agree btw, waiting more than a few minutes for a beer at a bar or brewery is ridiculous- hopefully the 3 locations will bring some truly positive vibes

 

Creamsicle - Julius conditioned on vanilla beans. Did they have that before? I do kind of miss the weird fruit/oreo/etc draft stuff they had been doing. Trail Cascade looks interesting too.

 

Ugh - that sounds delicious - I miss those variants as well. I really need to get to work finding TH shipper at some point - I'm already running low on what I hauled back to Pittsburgh. Exciting releases today.

 

They brewed it for an Employee only party or something like that a couple of years ago. I remember hearing good things about it but Nate commented that it was just a one off and it never showed up on draft or cans until now. Hopefully he dialed it in nicely

 

Oreo Hold on to Sunshine for the win. That made a day trip worth it for sure.

 

So the Sandwich location was open for curbside today. I was surprised to see this as I was under the impression that the natives were not happy about the location opening. I would guess the issue was more about traffic and town permitting when the brewery and tap room opens. Soften up the locals before the summer swarm.

 

ummmm HHHubriSSSS

 

I’m interested to hear about the Deerfield order & pick up process. Will it be fast and easy, or will it be “new location, same wait time.” I just realized I haven’t been to Treehouse in 3 or 4 years because of two things: too many high abv beers, and too long a wait. Not crapping on the beer at all, it’s good for sure. Just too much of...everything I don’t want.

 

Last update in the TH Line Update group had a line of 2 cars in Deerfield 25 minutes ago

https://www.facebook.com/groups/TreeHouseBrewCoLineUpdates/permalink/3024172177908825/

 

If I Tree House trucks over some Eureka Mosaic and Big Blue for 4 packs , then I will probably visit the Deerfield location tomorrow- will let you all know how it goes.

 

I tried to use the search for this, but either the forum merge or my inquiry incompetence has foiled my efforts.

Does anyone still have a link to the old Treehouse release google doc? I have a lot of line memories and "first time I ever had" memories and "remember when we got..." memories that the spreadsheet could help a lot with, as far as pinning dates down.

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mmBOt3Bia-mo5gef5A7nENRkFSBx7NCVaSXbH9RYJ78/edit

 

Anyone had creamsicle? Sounds good on paper, but not sure how it would actually turn out. I'm not into adjuncts in IPAs at all

 

Am planning on going to Sandwich tomorrow. Any feedback from people that have gone?

 

I usually make it up to TH 3-4 times a year. So I generally come back with a good haul to drink and share etc. I have noticed, perhaps more recently, that there are some beers that are just ‘meh’ and others that blow my mind like I’ve never had TH before. I haven’t been paying much attention to what is ‘freshest’ since there are so many options and maybe that is the reason. Just curious if anyone else has the same experience.

Ex. Last visit recently Alter Ego and Haze were very ‘meh’ but Juice Project Citra/El Dorado was phenomenal.

Unfortunately I had also come to the recent conclusion that the ‘core’ beers are always the best and bought too many of the ‘meh’ and not enough Juice Project. Let’s get that brewery back opened so I can sample then buy!!!!

 

Anyone have any insight on the extent that daily orders are being limited in Deerfield? I am driving through from NY back to VT on Sunday morning and really hoping I can get an order in. Thanks in advance.

 

Their beers always ebb and flow for me, it's just the nature of brewing with a shit ton of hops I think? The last batch of Green I got lacked the punch of flavor it used to have, it was really bland, even fresh. Whereas the batch of Very Green that I got at the same time had all of the flavors I was hoping for and then some.

 

Just got around to trying the maple syrup from their first release- the one with coffee and and vanilla, and I am sad but also happy that I can do something better than Tree House with my humble sugar shack. The TH maple syrup tasted like someone took a 3 dollar market basket fake "syrup" bottle and added a shot of gut rot Black Velvet whiskey and some artificial vanilla. WTF. I usually have high praise for most of what Tree House puts out, but the maple syrup is a big miss IMO. I feel compelled to share here in case anyone is on the fence about buying some... Maybe the newer batch(es) are better.... but I won't be plunking down for it again. Oh and when is the last curiosity that stood out? I am going to stop buying those for a while as well.

 

I go quite often and drink just about all styles of beers. Here are my two cents. I have been pleased with most of their core beers lately I think Green has suffered along with all the galaxy forward beers from a deterioration in Galaxy hop products. Less juice, more grainy grassiness.

The juice product beers that don't contain actually fruit (I don't like frutied IPAS) have been great, especially if you like the smooth thick mouthfeel sensation in NEIPA.

I have't had a curiosity beer in the past 6 months or so that I would buy again.

The lager game is improving with the addition of oak conditioned lagers

I am a huge fan of their barelywine program

The tarts are good enough representation of their styles I think ,but I don't buy these often

The Wild Ales are not worth the price yet

Coffee is decent, but expensive. I like the cold brew cans I have had a lot.

Most of their stouts are too sweet for what I am looking for in a stout, but I did really enjoy VB Truth and Steadfast. I wish they would come out with some beers similar to Blend 2

Lastly,
Where the hell is Bright with Nelson!!!!