Tree House Brewing Co. (November 2015)

I guess around 450ish fills left
was #180 in line

 

As usual, they did a great job handling the crowd today. Let groups of 10-15 or so people in at a time in order to keep the building less congested. Cheers to the Treehouse crew on the hard work they did today.

 

Echoing the round of applause - when I saw the line (The Line, really, as it had the proportions of something that should be capitalized) I thought it was going to be a disaster. I was wrong. Things went smoothly and people were happy, cordial, and a mix of excited about the Good Morning and cold with the wind. Glad I got the chance to go.

 

Just for reference. When did you arrive, get into the building, and leave?

 

774 growler cards handed in today at Tree House. Amazing! Props to the entire crew for handling the crowd with such grace.

 

Pretty awesome that I got there at 12:30, and was out by 2:40. Literally exactly the same wait time no matter if you're number 170 or number 382, as I was. Compliments to the TH crew for an easy day and more excellent brews.

 

Showed up at 10:45. Was out by 1ish - I was too happy with the Good Morning to check the clock for exact times.

 

We'll see. Often multiple people (e.g. a couple there together) sign up for two orders on the same ticket.

 

From what I thought I overheard, especially towards the end of the night people were doubling up on tickets. I was 578/579. Got there a little after 3, was out about 530, if I remember correctly. Obviously waiting for anything sucks, but man do these guys run a smooth operation.

 

Doubling up on tickets? I don't think the treehouse crew would let that fly if they knew about it. Multiple trips through the growler line are allowed, but last good morning release they clearly stated one GM per person per day.

 

I meant purposely allowing it, like couples putting both GM on one ticket

 

Exactly, so we might not have a great estimate on how much is left.

 

On Facebook Jay said 1,000 people now have GM. So ~300 fills for Thursday.

 

They had 774 people for the 1300 fills yesterday. The 1000 counts the people who were there on Thursday for the "silent" release. So they have about ~525 fills left.

 

I was guessing that about 1000 people got Good Morning based on the number from Friday and Saturday. Saturday had 774 order forms.

 

I got my hands on GM on Saturday but my guess, based on their recent communication about having a full slate of offerings through the holidays, is that they will offer GM once more toward Christmas. Either that or some other special release.

 

In October Nate said that he only had enough of the maple syrup he likes to make one more batch "this fall/ winter." I'm guessing this current one is that batch, and GM won't be around for a bit after this.

Link to his comment: http://www.beeradvocate.com/communi...ng-co-october-2015.340105/page-2#post-4132268

 

Those barrels are not Good Morning - it's not barrel aged. I believe they're the Creature Comforts collab, but don't quote me on that.

 

It is awesome that TH releases this as a surprise release a few times a year, and 1,300 fills. If they hyped this months ahead of time and packaged it in limited waxed bottles like some breweries, this might be one of the most sought-after brews around. Instead, people like me, who have lives outside of our beer hobby, can get some! Thanks Treehouse!!

 

This has been my experience as well. I went about three weeks ago on a Wednesday afternoon and was in the door and back out in maybe two minutes. There was one guy in front of me and they were pre-packing "max" distribution cases.