Not sure how you get paid for the real Budweiser but if do, goody for you.Matches your poor taste in beer.
Also every time you drink a Czechvar, I still get paid. Sorry for partying.
Now I know how I gained instant credibility with FfldCntyFan when we tailgated at the Houston FB game, I had brought Spaten Octobefests!!
This is exactly how I feel about Treehouse. They've done an amazing job of creating and CULTivating their brand. Yeah, their beers are good, but a lot of breweries have caught up in quality and have made their beers more accessible to the public without overextending their capacity.
When it comes around here once in a blue moon I snap it up, I still love it. I remember I hated the first one I ever tried, I hadn't made the leap yet. The guy who got it for me took it as a personal insult.
While I’m not a massive Treehouse fanboy like @HuskyHawk, I have immense respect for what Nate and the crew have done there. The customer experience is incredible, right down to the cleanliness of the bathrooms. Yes, there have been some bad batches over the last few years, but for the most part, their beers are consistently very good, they offer an abundance of styles at a level of quality few breweries can match. If you want to be honest, you have to say that a lot of breweries have actually sacrificed quality as they’ve expanded and dumped vast quantities into distribution. Equilibrium’s once-amazing IPAs are now overpriced shelf turds that collect dust. Other Half’s regular rotation beers are now average at best. The list goes on.
I thought it was going to happen during the height of Covid. Instead, craft breweries quickly pivoted, offered delivery, increased production, and specialty craft beer sales skyrocketed in 2020 and 2021. I am hearing about small craft breweries opening in CT every other week and it blows me away.
Spot on about Equilibrium and I think you’re right about Other Half. Do you think they may be expanding too quickly to maintain quality? Their on-site experience hasn’t been quite as great during a couple of recent pick-ups, which is sad considering they are my favorite brewery. I think TH is the best in terms of consistency…esp across the breadth of styles they offer and on-site experience. Their coffee products are also very good in my opinion…
This one just arrived at my packy in Stamford. Looking forward to picking some up tomorrow.
I have no evidence (other than lack of flavor and body), but I believe in the case of EQ, they simply prioritized profit before product when they moved from the original location, expanded and decided to go the distro route. Amazing that their beers can now be found in about 30 states. I remember standing in a hundreds-deep line five years ago this month to get cans of Vulgar Display of Flower. Now, I wouldn’t drive a mile to my go-to to buy their IPAs. They still create scarcity for their stouts, which are exceptional.
No beer that is great on site seems to survive the transition to wide distribution. Certainly not IPAs. I think stouts and some lagers are still great in distro, but NE IPAs just aren't the same.
I really think Treehouse and Hill Farmstead are the best breweries in the country. Treehouse May lag on sours. But I don’t car much for sours. They crust traditional English and German styles, even with hop variations.
Marlowe and Coles Road make great beers, this one would be right up my alley.
Didn’t realize you had purchased it. Twelve percent appears to have stolen your photo for their June 15 Instagram post!!!!
Ha ha...that IS their IG photo.
