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Very GGGreennn from Treehouse. It’s so ridiculous how easily drinkable these hop-saturated DIPAs have become. Stupid good.
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In San Diego for vacation and went to North Park Beer Co - expensive but great beer, food, and the swag is cool also.

www.northparkbeerco.com

North Park Beer Company

Welcome to North Park Beer Company, your Award-Winning neighborhood brewery. Ales & Lagers, Friends & Neighbors: those are the pillars of what North Park Beer Co is all about.
www.northparkbeerco.com www.northparkbeerco.com
 
In East Haven, I found Marlowe Artisanal Ales "Black Out Jinx" stout in cans. This is huge for me!!! Cures a fix that has nagged me for months. And there was more behind the 4-pack I snagged!!

#marlowehoneyhole
 
HobokenHusky said:
In San Diego for vacation and went to North Park Beer Co - expensive but great beer, food, and the swag is cool also.

www.northparkbeerco.com

North Park Beer Company

Welcome to North Park Beer Company, your Award-Winning neighborhood brewery. Ales & Lagers, Friends & Neighbors: those are the pillars of what North Park Beer Co is all about.
www.northparkbeerco.com www.northparkbeerco.com
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North Park is seriously legit. Probably the hottest west coast brewery right now. They just brewed a collab with Fidens out there.
 
preparing to break everybody's heart tomorrow... we'll see if I get to side project... or not
 
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Dove said:
In East Haven, I found Marlowe Artisanal Ales "Black Out Jinx" stout in cans. This is huge for me!!! Cures a fix that has nagged me for months. And there was more behind the 4-pack I snagged!!

#marlowehoneyhole
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Forgot to add, these were canned last Decmber. I was a bit nervous. Stored them in the fridge upside down ,just because. And, they still taste fantastic.

Giggety.
 
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Props to Franciscan Well in Cork. A pretty decent New England style Pale Ale and a really fun location. Had Neopolitan style pizza too, which was decent if a bit soggy. If you’re crowded on a Tuesday night, you’re doing something right.
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HobokenHusky said:
In San Diego for vacation and went to North Park Beer Co - expensive but great beer, food, and the swag is cool also.

www.northparkbeerco.com

North Park Beer Company

Welcome to North Park Beer Company, your Award-Winning neighborhood brewery. Ales & Lagers, Friends & Neighbors: those are the pillars of what North Park Beer Co is all about.
www.northparkbeerco.com www.northparkbeerco.com
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Ahh you should’ve posted before going, I went to around 100 breweries over the 7 years I lived there and could’ve helped a ton

NPBC is definitely one of the better spots. You get any food out of the kitchen?
 
karstenkibbe said:
North Park is seriously legit. Probably the hottest west coast brewery right now. They just brewed a collab with Fidens out there.
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NPBC is up there. I didn’t know they’ve gotten to be one of the “hottest”. I just moved back from SD in June.

Pure Project is the best and actually not far from a new NPBC location in the Bankers Hill neighborhood. Modern Times, Harland, Resident, obviously Stone probably round out my top 5 with NPBC being in that next set of 5-10 spots along with Border X, Belching Beaver, Black Plague, Fall, Embolden, Burgeon, Bear Roots, Wild Ales, and Booze Brothers

Really hurt to have Mikkeller leave. They were absolutely killing the NEIPA game 2016-2018
 
Rocktheworld said:
Ahh you should’ve posted before going, I went to around 100 breweries over the 7 years I lived there and could’ve helped a ton

NPBC is definitely one of the better spots. You get any food out of the kitchen?
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Thanks man - I was with the wife and kids so had to look for what had the best food and the bankers hill location came up as a spot to go after the zoo - food was awesome and as soon as I saw they had a collab with Troon I knew I hit the jackpot hahaha. Everyone was happy - I just loved how low key it was - granted we were there at 1 but I feel like everything good in the northeast (treehouse, Hudson valley brewing, other half) just gets packed and exhausting regardless of time of day.
 
Almost home... I'll attach a photo Sunday when I collect all my gains.

Ironically in the end while I could have made time for side project time just slipped out on me. My plans were far more ambitious than the reality.

I only wish I didn't make this trip alone. One more day in Cincinnati tomorrow. I'll give a rundown at some point.
 
Thoughts from Ireland. The pub scene is just tremendous. The pints are 550ml instead of our 473 ml, and they fill them to the top. So…it’s a lot of beer. We drank way too much beer all week (but thankfully walked a lot) and I don’t recall being buzzed at any point. These lower abv beers are certainly more bland, but they are way more conducive to fun and conversation. 3 US pints at Treehouse, (even if I avoid the DIPAs) and I’m impaired and probably need a nap. So I really did come to appreciate the way they do this.

There were some pretty good craft breweries, but the pubs are still dominated by Guinness brands and Heineken brands (Moretti was everywhere). Very few of the craft breweries were truing to make US style higher abv beers, they simply tried to up the taste at 4.5-4.8% or so. Sullivans Maltings Red, at 5% along with the Kinnegar Rustbucket I posted earlier at 5.1% were winners. Franciscan Well’s Hazy Pale too. Best craft taps were at a whiskey bar, so I didn’t try them.
 
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First time attaching a photo. Here's all the stuff i picked over my trip displayed at my local brewery hangout. (They're a small operation so I thought I could get away with this.)
 

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A guest of ours for Thanksgiving brought this. What am I supposed to do with it? I'm not drinking this.

www.whitelionbrewing.com

Marcus Camby NEIPA

6.4% ABV | UMass and NBA Legend Marcus Camby joins White Lion and creates his own line up of beers. Making its debut and his flagship; namesake - Marcus Camby NEIPA - 6.4% and juicy!
www.whitelionbrewing.com www.whitelionbrewing.com
 
HooperScooper said:
A guest of ours for Thanksgiving brought this. What am I supposed to do with it? I'm not drinking this.

www.whitelionbrewing.com

Marcus Camby NEIPA

6.4% ABV | UMass and NBA Legend Marcus Camby joins White Lion and creates his own line up of beers. Making its debut and his flagship; namesake - Marcus Camby NEIPA - 6.4% and juicy!
www.whitelionbrewing.com www.whitelionbrewing.com
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Maybe not during the UConn - UMass football game but otherwise it’s fine. His dad was a big UConn basketball fan.
 
HooperScooper said:
A guest of ours for Thanksgiving brought this. What am I supposed to do with it? I'm not drinking this.

www.whitelionbrewing.com

Marcus Camby NEIPA

6.4% ABV | UMass and NBA Legend Marcus Camby joins White Lion and creates his own line up of beers. Making its debut and his flagship; namesake - Marcus Camby NEIPA - 6.4% and juicy!
www.whitelionbrewing.com www.whitelionbrewing.com
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Camby is actually a part-owner of White Lion Brewery in Springfield. It would be a drain-pour for me purely on principle. Their beers are drinkable, but not memorable.
 
karstenkibbe said:
Camby is actually a part-owner of White Lion Brewery in Springfield. It would be a drain-pour for me purely on principle. Their beers are drinkable, but not memorable.
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Best one I had from them was a collaboration with Vitamin Sea called Lions of the Sea.

www.whitelionbrewing.com

Lions Of The Sea, NE DIPA

8% ABV | A DIPA hopped with Citra and Motueka. A phenomonal collab with Vitamin Sea Brewing
www.whitelionbrewing.com www.whitelionbrewing.com
 
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In light of the recent lawsuit filed by the single minority shareholder (who feels as though the majority owners are enriching themselves rather than paying him) against Tree House Brewing, I thought it's time to ask a question that has been on my mind for several months. Has Tree House jumped the shark? Tree House continues to make tree-mendous beers, of that there is no dispute. But I have grown tired of the silly hoops they make you go through to get them. The only availability at the brewery, the wrist bands, the artificial limits on purchases, the standing in lines, the drink tickets, etc. Standing in line for 45 minutes to pay $8 for a 12 oz. beer put me over the edge. During COVID, I put up with the rules, heck I even followed the rules to buy toilet paper from Costco. In a post-COVID world, playing these games has outweighed the enjoyment of drinking the beer. I'll drink Bud before I visit Tree House again. (OK, that's a lie. I'll never drink a Bud. But I'm still annoyed at Tree House)
 
Johnny Mac said:
In light of the recent lawsuit filed by the single minority shareholder (who feels as though the majority owners are enriching themselves rather than paying him) against Tree House Brewing, I thought it's time to ask a question that has been on my mind for several months. Has Tree House jumped the shark? Tree House continues to make tree-mendous beers, of that there is no dispute. But I have grown tired of the silly hoops they make you go through to get them. The only availability at the brewery, the wrist bands, the artificial limits on purchases, the standing in lines, the drink tickets, etc. Standing in line for 45 minutes to pay $8 for a 12 oz. beer put me over the edge. During COVID, I put up with the rules, heck I even followed the rules to buy toilet paper from Costco. In a post-COVID world, playing these games has outweighed the enjoyment of drinking the beer. I'll drink Bud before I visit Tree House again. (OK, that's a lie. I'll never drink a Bud. But I'm still annoyed at Tree House)
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Counterpoint. They keep expanding to more locations. The lines and rules are because the place is just still too busy. Pre-buying tickets online speeds the pour process. You don't see lines at Sandwich because they cap capacity. Weekdays in the winter? No problems. As for the 3 drink limit, I speculate that it is liability related (maybe from their insurers). The locations are all "must drive" except Sandwich, so they know or should know that people are driving. The beers are overwhelmingly quite strong.

That said, on a nice sunny weekend day it just isn't worth the hassle. It was absolutely mobbed last time I went. There is too much good beer now to deal with that.
 
Johnny Mac said:
In light of the recent lawsuit filed by the single minority shareholder (who feels as though the majority owners are enriching themselves rather than paying him) against Tree House Brewing, I thought it's time to ask a question that has been on my mind for several months. Has Tree House jumped the shark? Tree House continues to make tree-mendous beers, of that there is no dispute. But I have grown tired of the silly hoops they make you go through to get them. The only availability at the brewery, the wrist bands, the artificial limits on purchases, the standing in lines, the drink tickets, etc. Standing in line for 45 minutes to pay $8 for a 12 oz. beer put me over the edge. During COVID, I put up with the rules, heck I even followed the rules to buy toilet paper from Costco. In a post-COVID world, playing these games has outweighed the enjoyment of drinking the beer. I'll drink Bud before I visit Tree House again. (OK, that's a lie. I'll never drink a Bud. But I'm still annoyed at Tree House)
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The simple answer is no… and I’m not even as much of a Treehouse white knight as @HuskyHawk. But what I can say with certainty is that the customer experience at Treehousr is unmatched in the industry. It’s actually gotten easier to enjoy the experience in Charlton, not more difficult. Artificial limits? I mean, how many cans of peach Julius does one need? You can walk out of there with $1000 in cans and bottles on any given day, if that’s your jam.
 
Johnny Mac said:
In light of the recent lawsuit filed by the single minority shareholder (who feels as though the majority owners are enriching themselves rather than paying him) against Tree House Brewing, I thought it's time to ask a question that has been on my mind for several months. Has Tree House jumped the shark? Tree House continues to make tree-mendous beers, of that there is no dispute. But I have grown tired of the silly hoops they make you go through to get them. The only availability at the brewery, the wrist bands, the artificial limits on purchases, the standing in lines, the drink tickets, etc. Standing in line for 45 minutes to pay $8 for a 12 oz. beer put me over the edge. During COVID, I put up with the rules, heck I even followed the rules to buy toilet paper from Costco. In a post-COVID world, playing these games has outweighed the enjoyment of drinking the beer. I'll drink Bud before I visit Tree House again. (OK, that's a lie. I'll never drink a Bud. But I'm still annoyed at Tree House)
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I think any time expands to the ends they have risk having it all fall on their head.

If the others are right and the operations standpoint is stable they will probably be fine even if they have to sell off an asset or two.
 
Patman said:
I think any time expands to the ends they have risk having it all fall on their head.

If the others are right and the operations standpoint is stable they will probably be fine even if they have to sell off an asset or two.
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They aren’t selling anything off. Profit margins are insane and cash flow is impressive. If anything, they will continue to acquire opportunistically and strategically. Saratoga is not a final move.
 
karstenkibbe said:
They aren’t selling anything off. Profit margins are insane and cash flow is impressive. If anything, they will continue to acquire opportunistically and strategically. Saratoga is not a final move.
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I'm just saying "if". I fully admit I don't have the bigger picture... but if this guy wants assets he's going to get something to remedy his issues.
 
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