Tree House Brewing opens stage for summer music

TREE HOUSE BREWing has had one of the most meteoric rises in beer history. Starting out with humble origins in Brimfield in 2011, the brewery moved to Monson, then Carlton. It initially became popular with its flagship Julius IPA.

It didn’t take too long before Tree House became known as a trailblazing force in the New England “hazy” IPA world and as of this writing, now holds eight of the top 40 spots on Beer Advocate’s “Top 250 Rated Beers” list.

Basic math will tell you that’s 20% of the top 40, which is even better than The Beatles ever did with the Billboard Top 40 hits.

(Tree House also holds 16 of the top 100 spots, by the way.)

But today I’m not here to talk about their beer: With the brewery’s expansion to South Deerfield early last year, the owners now have opened a summer music stage, and a quick look at the lineup this year is quite impressive. The season kicked off with Deer Tick and Yo La Tengo, with upcoming shows featuring Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, They Might Be Giants, Aimee Mann and Old Crow Medicine Show. Add in the fact that you can get excellent beers (limit of three) at these shows, an evening of music at Tree House seems pretty unbeatable. Kudos to the brewery for making the summer months tasty in more than one way.

Beer notes

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