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Bucket Brewery to cease brewing, close tap room
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Went to the Guild in Pawtucket for the first time tonight - Cool space, lots of open room to move around. Wash Ashore was doing a tap takeover, so we tried three of their beers - Buddha, Love and Mona. The first kind of tastes like a light beer (Keystone Light, Narragansett) with a hops finish to me, but the other two were pretty tasty. Mona had a strong hops taste - crispy, fruity, refreshing - and the Love was just a solid ale. They also had the Narragansett porter there, which was a perfectly average porter to me.
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SGreenwell wrote:Went to the Guild in Pawtucket for the first time tonight
With Smuttynose shutting down, Night Shift is going to start brewing at the guild, so that is good news for those of you who go there for drinks
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Another new brewery opening up, this time in Warwick. Beautiful Disaster. They apparently already have the license which is a big hurdle. So we shall see what comes of it.
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spookydog wrote:Another new brewery opening up, this time in Warwick. Beautiful Disaster. They apparently already have the license which is a big hurdle. So we shall see what comes of it.
Nice! Any idea on an opening time frame or location?
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spookydog wrote:Another new brewery opening up, this time in Warwick. Beautiful Disaster. They apparently already have the license which is a big hurdle. So we shall see what comes of it.
Nice! Any idea on an opening time frame or location?
I am not sure of the time frame but if I were to guess sometime in the late summer.
It's going to be at 40 Minnesota Ave (behind the Balise Dealership) at the Single Source Disaster Recovery Specialist Building.
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New chain brewpub opening up at Rhode Island mall where the Sears Auto Center was.
It is going to be BJ Restaurant & Brewhouse


So if you are scoring at home, there soon will be 4 breweries in Warwick alone...
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Apponaug Brewing (near NYLO)
Beautiful Disaster
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I'm putting this here because I know there are several posters in the Boston area, so local to us. If mods think this should be it's own thread, let me know and I'll create one. Here's a list of Boston area (well a couple are between Boston and Providence) who's beer I enjoy. Some breweries I've been to, and some I haven't. In no particular order:

Lord Hobo (Brewery in Woburn, restaurant in Cambridge, kind of in between Kendall and Central Squares, closer to Kendall).
Aeronaut (Somerville, between Porter and Union Squares)
Bog Iron (Norton, MA - closer to Providence than Boston)
Craftroots (Milford, MA - closer to Providence)
Trillium Brewery (3 locations - Canton, MA, Fort Point in Boston, and Roslindale. Plus in the summer they have an outdoor beer garden on the Green Way.
Down the Road (Everett, MA)

I'm also dying to try:

Lampligher
Night Shift

Finally, has anyone been to

Dorchester Brewing Company? I'm wondering if they are affiliated with Sam Adams at all. Sam is pretty close by I think.
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spookydog wrote:New chain brewpub opening up at Rhode Island mall where the Sears Auto Center was.
It is going to be BJ Restaurant & Brewhouse


So if you are scoring at home, there soon will be 4 breweries in Warwick alone...
Proclamation
Apponaug Brewing (near NYLO)
Beautiful Disaster
BJs
Used to travel to El Paso for work a lot and BJ's was one of our 'go to' places.
Always seemed to have a good variety of beer and pretty decent food, too.
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Tapping into a growth industry
The Isle Brewers Guild, in Pawtucket, is becoming a regional powerhouse
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steviep123 wrote:I'm putting this here because I know there are several posters in the Boston area, so local to us. If mods think this should be it's own thread, let me know and I'll create one. Here's a list of Boston area (well a couple are between Boston and Providence) who's beer I enjoy. Some breweries I've been to, and some I haven't. In no particular order:

Lord Hobo (Brewery in Woburn, restaurant in Cambridge, kind of in between Kendall and Central Squares, closer to Kendall).
Aeronaut (Somerville, between Porter and Union Squares)
Bog Iron (Norton, MA - closer to Providence than Boston)
Craftroots (Milford, MA - closer to Providence)
Trillium Brewery (3 locations - Canton, MA, Fort Point in Boston, and Roslindale. Plus in the summer they have an outdoor beer garden on the Green Way.
Down the Road (Everett, MA)

I'm also dying to try:

Lampligher
Night Shift

Finally, has anyone been to

Dorchester Brewing Company? I'm wondering if they are affiliated with Sam Adams at all. Sam is pretty close by I think.
Idle Hands in Malden makes some great beer as well. Visited their tap room once, they mostly made traditional German, Belgian and British beers but have started producing more American styles such as NE IPAs. Very nice little tap room and patio when the weather is warmer.
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rhodyruckus wrote:
steviep123 wrote:I'm putting this here because I know there are several posters in the Boston area, so local to us. If mods think this should be it's own thread, let me know and I'll create one. Here's a list of Boston area (well a couple are between Boston and Providence) who's beer I enjoy. Some breweries I've been to, and some I haven't. In no particular order:

Lord Hobo (Brewery in Woburn, restaurant in Cambridge, kind of in between Kendall and Central Squares, closer to Kendall).
Aeronaut (Somerville, between Porter and Union Squares)
Bog Iron (Norton, MA - closer to Providence than Boston)
Craftroots (Milford, MA - closer to Providence)
Trillium Brewery (3 locations - Canton, MA, Fort Point in Boston, and Roslindale. Plus in the summer they have an outdoor beer garden on the Green Way.
Down the Road (Everett, MA)

I'm also dying to try:

Lampligher
Night Shift

Finally, has anyone been to

Dorchester Brewing Company? I'm wondering if they are affiliated with Sam Adams at all. Sam is pretty close by I think.
Idle Hands in Malden makes some great beer as well. Visited their tap room once, they mostly made traditional German, Belgian and British beers but have started producing more American styles such as NE IPAs. Very nice little tap room and patio when the weather is warmer.
Thanks! I forgot about Idle Hands!
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steviep123 wrote:
rhodyruckus wrote:
steviep123 wrote:I'm putting this here because I know there are several posters in the Boston area, so local to us. If mods think this should be it's own thread, let me know and I'll create one. Here's a list of Boston area (well a couple are between Boston and Providence) who's beer I enjoy. Some breweries I've been to, and some I haven't. In no particular order:

Lord Hobo (Brewery in Woburn, restaurant in Cambridge, kind of in between Kendall and Central Squares, closer to Kendall).
Aeronaut (Somerville, between Porter and Union Squares)
Bog Iron (Norton, MA - closer to Providence than Boston)
Craftroots (Milford, MA - closer to Providence)
Trillium Brewery (3 locations - Canton, MA, Fort Point in Boston, and Roslindale. Plus in the summer they have an outdoor beer garden on the Green Way.
Down the Road (Everett, MA)

I'm also dying to try:

Lampligher
Night Shift

Finally, has anyone been to

Dorchester Brewing Company? I'm wondering if they are affiliated with Sam Adams at all. Sam is pretty close by I think.
Idle Hands in Malden makes some great beer as well. Visited their tap room once, they mostly made traditional German, Belgian and British beers but have started producing more American styles such as NE IPAs. Very nice little tap room and patio when the weather is warmer.
Thanks! I forgot about Idle Hands!
Night SHift is amazing

need to get to Idle Hands

some others to add are Notch Brewing in Salem, Riverwalk in Newburport, True North Ales in Ipswich,
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steviep123 wrote:
rhodyruckus wrote:
Idle Hands in Malden makes some great beer as well. Visited their tap room once, they mostly made traditional German, Belgian and British beers but have started producing more American styles such as NE IPAs. Very nice little tap room and patio when the weather is warmer.
Thanks! I forgot about Idle Hands!
Night SHift is amazing

need to get to Idle Hands

some others to add are Notch Brewing in Salem, Riverwalk in Newburport, True North Ales in Ipswich,
Perhaps an off season KB Brewery Tour is in order...
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steviep123 wrote:
wpbrown8267 wrote:
steviep123 wrote:
Thanks! I forgot about Idle Hands!
Night SHift is amazing

need to get to Idle Hands

some others to add are Notch Brewing in Salem, Riverwalk in Newburport, True North Ales in Ipswich,
Perhaps an off season KB Brewery Tour is in order...
Or if they end up playing in Boston...
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spookydog wrote:Another new brewery opening up, this time in Warwick. Beautiful Disaster. They apparently already have the license which is a big hurdle. So we shall see what comes of it.
This guy is brewing amazing NE style IPA's. Will join Proc, TB, and Long Live as best RI IPA brewers.
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Aslo, I havent been yet, but I heard Buttonwood Brewery in Cranston is putting out great product.
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sandman012 wrote:Aslo, I havent been yet, but I heard Buttonwood Brewery in Cranston is putting out great product.
We've been twice, and really liked it both times. Beer was good, and they have a brewery dog, Ollie, which is always cool.
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Buttonwoods Brewery is awesome. Morgan is the owner/brewer, and he seems to hit every style well put out so far. Saison, NE IPA, stout...
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FYI - It is not beer but there is a new distillery opening up this weekend over near Crooked Current. White Dog Distilling.
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Castle Island is another great brewery, south of Boston and located in Norwood, MA.

Also, Wormtown in Worcester makes one of my favorite IPAs: "Be Hoppy"
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If you are in Boston, two MA breweries will open off site taprooms downtown. Night Shift will have a tap room in the basement level of the Converse HQ building next to the TD Garden (on the water between Zakim and N Washington St bridges. It is planned to be open by late 2018. The Boston Beer Co (Sam Adams) will open in the summer of 2019 at 60 State Street near Quincy Market.



Night Shift
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Boston Beer Company
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RF1 wrote:If you are in Boston, two MA breweries will open off site taprooms downtown. Night Shift will have a tap room in the basement level of the Converse HQ building next to the TD Garden (on the water between Zakim and N Washington St bridges. It is planned to be open by late 2018. The Boston Beer Co (Sam Adams) will open in the summer of 2019 at 60 State Street near Quincy Market.



Night Shift
https://www.brewbound.com/news/night-sh ... s-building

Boston Beer Company
https://www.brewbound.com/news/boston-b ... ll-taproom
Nice - last year Trillium opened a Beer Garden on the Greenway. I think a couple of other breweries are doing similar things this summer. I'll look them up later when I have time.
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spookydog wrote:Just realized that I forgot to add Providence Brewing Company to this list. They are trying to open up in North Providence, but currently town zoning laws forbid a brewery to be there. They are meeting with the town council on 8/2 to see if they can amend the current zoning laws.
This place is opening Memorial Day Weekend.
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spookydog wrote:Another new brewery opening up in NK in the next few months...

https://beeronearth.com/
This place is supposedly opening by the end of June.
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Narragansett may be opening a taproom right next to Long Live's new space on Sprague St.
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spookydog wrote:The brewery in Newport Vineyards should be opening soon.
Opening this month. Called Taproot Brewing.
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spookydog wrote:The brewery in Newport Vineyards should be opening soon.
Opening this month. Called Taproot Brewing.
Yeah! Interested to try that one, since it is near work. We went to Providence Brewing Company this weekend - pretty good, I especially liked their stout and blood orange beer. It's oddly hidden though. It's in the basement of a plaza next to a McDonald's, with no exterior sign. It is there, though.
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NYGFan_Section208 wrote:Any idea where in SK Koppen's brewery would be?
I made a mistake. It is going to be in EG. Off of Rt4. LineSider Brewing
Opening later this summer...

1485 South County Trail (Route 2), East Greenwich
This is right by Dave's Market
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spookydog wrote:The brewery in Newport Vineyards should be opening soon.
Opening this month. Called Taproot Brewing.
Yeah! Interested to try that one, since it is near work. We went to Providence Brewing Company this weekend - pretty good, I especially liked their stout and blood orange beer. It's oddly hidden though. It's in the basement of a plaza next to a McDonald's, with no exterior sign. It is there, though.
June 20th is their launch party.

I haven't made it out to Providence Brewing Company yet. I am sure I will be checking it out soon though.
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spookydog wrote:Another new brewery opening up in NK in the next few months...

https://beeronearth.com/
This place is supposedly opening by the end of June.
Opening weekend for this place is 7/6
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spookydog wrote:The brewery in Newport Vineyards should be opening soon.
Opening this month. Called Taproot Brewing.
I went to the opening night of this place. I thought the beers were solid. Nothing tremendous, but nothing bad. They had 7 on tap. Mostly IPAs/Pale Ales. I thought the beers were all well done (I tried 6 of the 7). Prices are high (7 or 8 for 12oz pour), but it is Newport so I guess it is expected. Still, its a bit pricey when you can go to Tilted & get 5$ pours. I would like to think since it is at a winery that they will be experimenting with wine barrel aged beers.
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spookydog wrote:The brewery in Newport Vineyards should be opening soon.
Prices are high (7 or 8 for 12oz pour), but it is Newport so I guess it is expected.
Went back again because I was in the area & looks like they moved from 12oz pours to pints on most of their beers, so that is a bit more reasonably priced.
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beer isnt all that but the saturday's on a nice weather day is pure fun


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In the past month, I went to:

Remnant

and

Lamplighter

Both are excellent and also have a coffee brewing/roaster inside as well.

Also, Aeronaut is holding Saturday beer gardens about a 10 minute stumble home. Good times!
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spookydog wrote:Another new brewery opening up in NK in the next few months...

https://beeronearth.com/
Beer on Earth opened up a few weeks ago in the Great Harvest Bread Co space next to AT&T on 6670 Post Road, North Kingstown. Guess it works out that Great Harvest is open until afternoon then the store reopens with brewery service. Beers were pretty tasty for an opening weekend, as far as RI breweries I've really only been wowed from the beginning by Buttonwoods - even Long Live took a little while to hit their stride.

Seems like all the beers are really to style, so if you are worn out by non-stop NEIPAs you can enjoy a good porter, saison, berliner weisse, etc. here.
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Hadn't been to Whalers in a while...went this past weekend. The Monchito was interesting...pretty good, wouldn't call it a sour tho...more coconut than sour. It actually still retained a lot of beer characteristics, despite the pina reference.
Monchito
Limited, 5.0% ABV
This tart, pina colada inspired sour ale honors its namesake with a rich tropical aroma followed closely by a juicy pineapple body and lingering coconut finish.

They mixed that and the Strawberry Blond for me (he called it Miami Weiss) and that was pretty tasty. A good changeup from NEIPA to be sure...
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For those in the Boston area, I went to Turtle Swamp Brewing in Jamaica Plain. Their Tollgate IPA was pretty good and the space is good as well. No food, but you can bring in take out. Parking is difficult however. Street parking is available, but it's a high traffic area so you may have to walk some. I didn't find out if Tollgate had any relation to the high school in Warwick.
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Smug Brewing is going to start brewing where Bucket was in Pawtucket.

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spookydog wrote:Smug Brewing is going to start brewing where Bucket was in Pawtucket.

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From the Valley Breeze article:

Pawtucket, with more than 10 breweries now in operation, “is a good place to be,” he said, and it’s a city that’s very supportive of the brewing community.

What are the ten breweries? Are all the breweries using the Guild included in this number?

I know of these Pawtucket brewing sites:
Foolproof
Crooked Current
The Guild


The Guild actually brews specialty beers for Narragansett, Night Shift, Newburyport, Wash Ashore, Farmer Willie's, Devil's Purse, Great North, and Monopolio. My assumption is that these eight plus Foolproof and Crooked Current make the current ten in the Valley Breeze piece. Smug's opening will bring it to eleven beer labels with some operations though there will be just four brewing facilities.
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RF1 wrote:
spookydog wrote:Smug Brewing is going to start brewing where Bucket was in Pawtucket.

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From the Valley Breeze article:

Pawtucket, with more than 10 breweries now in operation, “is a good place to be,” he said, and it’s a city that’s very supportive of the brewing community.

What are the ten breweries? Are all the breweries using the Guild included in this number?

I know of these Pawtucket brewing sites:
Foolproof
Crooked Current
The Guild


The Guild actually brews specialty beers for Narragansett, Night Shift, Newburyport, Wash Ashore, Farmer Willie's, Devil's Purse, Great North, and Monopolio. My assumption is that these eight plus Foolproof and Crooked Current make the current ten in the Valley Breeze piece. Smug's opening will bring it to eleven beer labels with some operations though there will be just four brewing facilities.
They are definitely counting the guild as individual breweries, which makes no sense at all.
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I'll be heading here in a little while:

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Their "Cat's Meow" IPA is really good!
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steviep123 wrote:I'll be heading here in a little while:

Exhibit 'A'

Their "Cat's Meow" IPA is really good!

Its in the former home of Jack's Abby which moved to a larger nearby facility.
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Went to Beer on Earth and liked it. Their sour was initially called "Donut Shop," which made no sense to me, but the other six or seven beers they had on-tap, I really liked. Likewise, we made it to Beer'd in Stonington and liked the two pints we had - only made it there about 15 minutes before they closed, so we couldn't really do a full tasting. Providence Brewing Company was good as well, especially the blood orange beer.

The girlfriend and I aren't huge fans of the super hoppy beers, so Buttonwoods and Crooked Current are probably are current favorite breweries. That being said, Tilted Barn is still taste and distinct enough that we like it fine. Haven't been to Taproot yet - checking it out next week - but a friend had a four-pack with their base IPA that we split and enjoyed.
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Lol, Donut Shop sounds way more like a coffee than a sour, but they probably have a neat story behind it.
I like Crooked Current, too. Tilted Barn, haven't been to in a while. Even though it's really close by, as Yogi would say, "it's so crowded no one ever goes there anymore."
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RF1 wrote:
steviep123 wrote:I'll be heading here in a little while:

Exhibit 'A'

Their "Cat's Meow" IPA is really good!

Its in the former home of Jack's Abby which moved to a larger nearby facility.
Exactly. Jack's Abbey moved to a warehouse about 1/2 mile away (maybe less as the crow flies). They also opened Sprindale Barrel Room upstairs from Jack's Abbey. We were at Springdale as well last night. Fun place, with tables, and plenty of games inside. Jack's Abbey also has good food that you can order at Springdale as well. If you're in Framingham, that's a good 3 brewery mini pub crawl (get a designated driver though lol).
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steviep123 wrote:
RF1 wrote:
steviep123 wrote:I'll be heading here in a little while:

Exhibit 'A'

Their "Cat's Meow" IPA is really good!

Its in the former home of Jack's Abby which moved to a larger nearby facility.
Exactly. Jack's Abbey moved to a warehouse about 1/2 mile away (maybe less as the crow flies). They also opened Sprindale Barrel Room upstairs from Jack's Abbey. We were at Springdale as well last night. Fun place, with tables, and plenty of games inside. Jack's Abbey also has good food that you can order at Springdale as well. If you're in Framingham, that's a good 3 brewery mini pub crawl (get a designated driver though lol).

Framingham also has two brew-pubs - John Harvard's (same operator of Union Station in Providence) and Beerworks.
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RF1 wrote:
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Its in the former home of Jack's Abby which moved to a larger nearby facility.
Exactly. Jack's Abbey moved to a warehouse about 1/2 mile away (maybe less as the crow flies). They also opened Sprindale Barrel Room upstairs from Jack's Abbey. We were at Springdale as well last night. Fun place, with tables, and plenty of games inside. Jack's Abbey also has good food that you can order at Springdale as well. If you're in Framingham, that's a good 3 brewery mini pub crawl (get a designated driver though lol).

Framingham also has two brew-pubs - John Harvard's (same operator of Union Station in Providence) and Beerworks.
Framingham Pub Crawl is sounding better and better....
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Not exactly 'local', but if you're ever in the area... Green Bench in St. Pete and Mad Beach Craft Brewing in Madeira Beach (coconut cider?) do a nice job.
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Stopped by Treehouse in Charlton last Friday afternoon. Had to wait in a line of hundreds for half an hour for the opportunity to buy their product. Only can sales as there was no draft pouring (very limited hours) or growler refills.

Treehouse continues to have issues keeping up with the crowds and demand for its product. Many visitors are being forced to park at the lower lot and walk or shuttle bus up a long steep incline to the facility. To be able to handle the crowds, hours have been restricted for draft pouring and growler refills. In order to have enough supply to meet demand, there is a maximum purchase limit (approx 5 cases). From my vantage point, it looked liked about 1/3 of their customers buy the max. With can prices that range from the mid $3 to around $5, they must be doing very well revenue wise.

Beautiful facility. Had a very nice outdoor pavilion with seating that had a pizza oven. People were saying they have outside entertainment there. Nice spot for food and drink for the very limited hours the pavilion is open.
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