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Bezzz said:
You'll never see SOS on the shelves, except at Crazy Bruce. I picked up a 4-pack yesterday in West Hartford. It helps to be a regular at the store, and many will tell a newcomer that they don't have it. Whenever I go to buy some Tito's a just ask my guy what he's got, and more often than not he's got some SOS or Captain's Daughter, etc.
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Who is your go-to store in WH? I'm not disciplined enough to stick with one, since many have a nice selection I just go to wherever's closest. Although the Harvest guys I like the best.
 
August_West said:
Its certainly worth trying it is that good. But to Rico's point 10 minutes for some FBD should definitely make you in no rush to get to Treehouse for a 4 plus hour roundtrip.
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That's the thing. We need a reality check here. We are so ridiculously spoiled with top notch beers in CT now that none of us should have to travel an hour-plus or wait in line for a great beer. I love Treehouse and agree that they are in a rarefied class with Hill Farmstead, Maine Brewing and Bissell Brothers (as I've said before, I think it has something to do with the softness of the water), but there is a lot of this that is also "grass is greener" driven, i.e., being harder to get makes it that much more desirable.
 
TRest said:
Who is your go-to store in WH? I'm not disciplined enough to stick with one, since many have a nice selection I just go to wherever's closest. Although the Harvest guys I like the best.
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I'm friends with the manager at Max Bev Bishop's corner (once designed a package store for him) and also the beer kid at Parkview Wine on Park Road. Also, Max Bev annonces when they have SOS on Snapchat.
 
8893 said:
That's the thing. We need a reality check here. We are so ridiculously spoiled with top notch beers in CT now that none of us should have to travel an hour-plus or wait in line for a great beer. I love Treehouse and agree that they are in a rarefied class with Hill Farmstead, Maine Brewing and Bissell Brothers (as I've said before, I think it has something to do with the softness of the water), but there is a lot of this that is also "grass is greener" driven, i.e., being harder to get makes it that much more desirable.
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On Thanksgiving we had a lot of different IPAs and we compared SOS to Maine Lunch. Everyone preferred the SOS. Granted, we were frying up turkey southern style and peeling fried skin off in between sips, but those were the best two. Someone brought along Narragansett Allie's Donuts Beer too. I was dubious at first, but for what it was, not bad at all.
 
I had Lunch at Plan B for one of their rare beer events, and I thought it was just OK, although I noticed that the keg kicked just a few minutes after I got my beer. I know the end of the keg is sometimes not the best quality, so I'll keep lookout for it again.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Had five Treehouse beers over the weekend. They are right there with Hill Farmstead in my opinion. Not too far from northern CT, located in Monson, MA, near Sturbridge. Expect lines.
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Tree House is the real deal, Green/Julius are Fantastic! Visiting the brewery is a 6 hour (4 hour round trip plus 2 hour line) process for me, so unfortunately I don't go as often as I'd like to.
 
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RichCTBB said:
Wood N Tap in Vernon is tapping Fuzzy Baby Ducks, SOS, Captain's Daughter, Maine Lunch and Stone #SorryNotSorry tonight at 5:30.
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Now that is worth a trip! Very nice!
 
8893 said:
Now that is worth a trip! Very nice!
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Certainly....usually these logs last about 20 minutes when their availability is so limited but with 5 premium IPA's there should be plenty of good beer to go around
 
UC313 said:
The Habenero Sculpin from Ballast Point is pretty kickass but only if you like the spicy.
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I thought I was the only one who liked it. I LOVE that stuff.
 
UC313 said:
The Habenero Sculpin from Ballast Point is pretty kickass but only if you like the spicy.
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August_West said:
I thought I was the only one who liked it. I LOVE that stuff.
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I love it, too. Most everyone else I know does not.

Prime had a Ballast Point tap takeover last night but I don't think they had that. I didn't make it there, but I'm hoping to swing by for happy hour tonight and grab a Victory at Sea porter, which I also love. Maybe a stout or two, too.
 
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8893 said:
That's the thing. We need a reality check here. We are so ridiculously spoiled with top notch beers in CT now that none of us should have to travel an hour-plus or wait in line for a great beer. I love Treehouse and agree that they are in a rarefied class with Hill Farmstead, Maine Brewing and Bissell Brothers (as I've said before, I think it has something to do with the softness of the water), but there is a lot of this that is also "grass is greener" driven, i.e., being harder to get makes it that much more desirable.
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Spoiled is relative. Most the local stores here (I live in Storrs) have few if any top shelf fresh IPAs. If they do you have to ask for them (which just perpetuates the "hard to get " thing) and possibly overpay.

Options are:go to a bar and overpay, downgrade tastes or drive 45 mins each way to treehouse or steady habit. Which I do on occasion.

If I could regularly get Sea Hag at the package store I probably wouldn't ever bother going to treehouse.
 
tdrink said:
If I could regularly get Sea Hag at the package store I probably wouldn't ever bother going to treehouse.
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Ok, fair enough. Most parts of the state are spoiled then. I am never without fresh Sea Hag and several others in my fridge because I get them at my local regularly. Current stock in my fridge includes Sea Hag, Pour Judgement, Captain's Daughter, Sip of Sunshine, various Sculpins and Jack's Abbey Kiwi Rising India Pale Lager (they are another great one imo; all lagers, but their IPLs stand up to some of the best IPAs).
 
I'll have to start asking around for Captain's Daughter; one of the guys I go to says he never has the opportunity to get it anymore.
 
BTW, for any other cider fans out there, Citizen Cider from Burlington, VT is now available in CT. Their regular cider (Unified Press) and ginger cider (Dirty Mayor) are two of my favorite ciders ever, and they have a ton of others, including ones that they dry hop.
 
Coastal in Branford always seems to have Sea Hag, and I'm only there 3 or 4 times a year.

Top 5 in my fridge right now:

Lawson's SOS
Ommegang 3 Philosophers
Allagash Dubbel
NEBCO Seahag
# by Against the Grain/Stillwater
 
3 minute line at treehouse. Very systematic since everyone is buying the same thing; the limit.

The best beer I could find in town today was Flower Child. Not bad, but a 1-1/2 hour round trip on a rainy wednesday afternoon yields the nectar of the gods. Now I feel spoiled.
 

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August_West said:
I've got the fortuitous hookup for treehouse ( two of my band mates live in monson) and they bring me the stuff pretty much every weekend. It is fantastic.
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It goes great with... you know
 
Bezzz said:
I'm friends with the manager at Max Bev Bishop's corner (once designed a package store for him) and also the beer kid at Parkview Wine on Park Road. Also, Max Bev annonces when they have SOS on Snapchat.
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Great bourbon selection at Max keeps me coming back, they did scalp me $10 a bottle for Bourbon County Stout last year, but probably my fault for not asking the price. Other than the stout I have never asked what's in the back over there.
 
tdrink said:
Spoiled is relative. Most the local stores here (I live in Storrs) have few if any top shelf fresh IPAs. If they do you have to ask for them (which just perpetuates the "hard to get " thing) and possibly overpay.

Options are:go to a bar and overpay, downgrade tastes or drive 45 mins each way to treehouse or steady habit. Which I do on occasion.

If I could regularly get Sea Hag at the package store I probably wouldn't ever bother going to treehouse.
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When I was at UConn, Sam Adams didn't come out until my Junior year, and I didn't like it (too bitter I thought). Meanwhile, we mostly drank stuff that was worse than Budweiser....Keystone, Red White and Blue, Natural Light, just horrible beers. That you are able to bring Julius and Green back to campus...wow. They need to operate a shuttle. :)
 
HuskyHawk said:
When I was at UConn, Sam Adams didn't come out until my Junior year, and I didn't like it (too bitter I thought). Meanwhile, we mostly drank stuff that was worse than Budweiser....Keystone, Red White and Blue, Natural Light, just horrible beers. That you are able to bring Julius and Green back to campus...wow. They need to operate a shuttle. :)
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What were the bar bottles that they sold at Edwards Universal in the waxed, heavy cardboard case boxes? Was it Pabst? Meister Brau? Old Milwaukee? Red, White and Blue? Rheingold? I can't remember, thankfully perhaps, but I do remember that the "furniture" in my dorm room freshman year largely consisted of those cardboard cases, which I used for chairs, and for book shelves, with boards placed in between stacked cases.
 
8893 said:
What were the bar bottles that they sold at Edwards Universal in the waxed, heavy cardboard case boxes? Was it Pabst? Meister Brau? Old Milwaukee? Red, White and Blue? Rheingold? I can't remember, thankfully perhaps, but I do remember that the "furniture" in my dorm room freshman year largely consisted of those cardboard cases, which I used for chairs, and for book shelves, with boards placed in between stacked cases.
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Piels
 
TRest said:
Great bourbon selection at Max keeps me coming back, they did scalp me $10 a bottle for Bourbon County Stout last year, but probably my fault for not asking the price. Other than the stout I have never asked what's in the back over there.
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10 for bourbon county is a good price!
 
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8893 said:
YES! That absolutely was it.

Thanks. How you knew that, I'm not sure I want to know.
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I used to shop at Edwards in the late 80's too. Those cases were used as a lamp stand and also held my bootleg cassettes at my off campus in Willington
 
Had some Fuzzy Baby Ducks last night at Maggie's...wasn't very busy in there at all. I was able to have 3 glasses with dinner. Delicious as usual.
 
beer of the month suggestions? I'm looking to get my brother a subscription- a 6 pack a month should suffice.
 
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