Been on a sort of low key abv beer ride lately ramping up for a NE trip coming soon. I read an article about Hamm's being the "best" of the macro lagers. I gave it a go. I now consider it my no hangover beer. We had a pretty big family outing last weekend, which tends to be 3 days of boozing. People and friends thought I was sick or something drinking ML and Hamm's. I felt perfect the next mornings after, even after consuming many. Anymore, there is just too much sweetness in craft beer, that I dont feel I want more than 1-2. I'm reverting back to college days I guess. The hops or sweetness, I just dont know. My stomach doesnt agree a lot of times.
Treehouse opened it's new facility in Sturbridge w/ a silent opening Saturday and release yesterday
read about in on BA and it sounds like a bit of a crap show but they're yielding 1000+ cases out of large batches now
looks great from what i've seen in pics
currently only doing releases at new location, no growlers or pours currently
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I know we were talking via PM but this is too funny not to share.
What did I get my family member into. I told them yeah "just show up on a Saturday and get me some cans". That was small town small minded of me. I even told them "just drive by. Maybe no one is there". They have a darn parking attendant lol.
This is crazy. I have some family who will be in the area on a Saturday. I did some digging and they stop canning on a Friday and whatever is left over from the week, gets sold.. Well Saturday came and went and they were out of cans. Pours only.. So pours are still happening. I'll be there on a Sunday. Not open.
Their biggest push was on Thursday of this week with about 1,000 misc. cases of various IPAs. They were all but gone by Friday evening. Friday had another release. SO even more than 1,000 cases. And people aren't getting anything more than just 3-9 cans of each. This is hype to a whole new level and I'm throwing family to the wolves here. Maybe next week will be different. Its sad though. The 9-5 weekends off family man is totally screwed by the college aged free lance beer drinker. I havent even started my trip and I'm already turned off by the lines.
Convincing family to not hang out with friends on a wedding day and go wait in line on a Friday is just crazy talk. But hype forces your mind to think of the possibilities even for a second. Totally selfish behavior. This is not what I got into when the brewing explosion happened around 2010. We were brewery crawling from place to place with no real set idea of what we were doing but enjoying the ride (with no lines, mind you). Simpler times I guess