I think it is crucial for every brewery to have a “calling card” style, a beer style or set of styles that they consistently excel at. If your brewery make awesome pale lagers, saisons, or sours than fans of that style will become regular customers, and will eventually try the other beers you create. While […]
I’ll start this review by taking one more chance to plug my recent profile of Tree House Brewing Company on The Full Pint. Thanks to everyone who read the profile, shared it on social media and passed along positive comments, it was appreciated. I’ll even take the time to thank the few people who wrote […]
My latest article for The Full Pint is a brewery profile of Tree House Brewing Company, including picks of my favorite Tree House beers! Previous Full Pint Articles: Brewery Profile: Night Shift Brewing Company Brewery Profile: Jack’s Abby Brewing Company and the Springdale Barrel Room Brewery Profile: Trillium Brewing Company NEIPAs to seek out in […]
Last Friday I took a much needed day off from work and used the free afternoon as an excuse to make a long overdue run out to Tree House Brewing Company. Tree House isn’t a horrible ride from my house, under an hour, but I rarely make the trip, my brewery visits are limited with […]
People often talk about the movies or TV shows that others can’t believe they have never seen. For example, when my wife and I started dating I was shocked that she had never seen Animal House or Caddyshack (this was quickly amended). The movie that sticks out on my list is probably Titanic, although that […]
The trend for many modern breweries is to rotate between a wide variety of beers, retiring or changing recipes that don’t work (or don’t sell well) and constantly introducing new beers to keep draft lists fresh and exciting. Many breweries make anniversary beers as part of this rotation, usually a new beer to celebrate each […]
If you look at any list of the most popular or sought-out breweries in Massachusetts I bet you’ll find Tree House Brewing Company near the top, but my trips out to the brewery in Monson or now Charlton have been pretty rare. It has nothing to do with their beer, I have never had a bad beer […]
I follow a number of other beer writers, both local and national, on twitter. Discussing everything that’s happening in the world of beer with these writers is usually a blast, even when I respectfully disagree with their points of view. There is one national beer writer who is based in Massachusetts and while I respect the work he does and many […]
This weekend I violated one of my principal rules as a beer connoisseur. I have stated that I strongly dislike the idea of waiting in line for beer, I even wrote a whole article last year about why it bothers me. Yesterday was my birthday, and on Saturday my wife was taking full baby duty and giving […]
Near the junction of the Mass Pike and I-84 is a small town called Monson, MA. If you are driving down East Hill Road in Monson (probably not by accident, it’s a bit out of the way) you’ll see a hand painted side pointing you towards “fresh beer sold here”. Inside the renovated barn on this rural road […]
