Home Brew Day at Tree House Brewery!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- In this video we home brew at Tree House and share tips and tricks that could help you improve your own brews.
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We founded Tree House Brewing Company with a ten gallon Coleman cooler and a home equity line of credit. From there, we progressed to a Sabco Brew Magic system that we utilized to brew commercial batches for more than a year.
After selling this kit in 2013, we were reunited with it in 2023. In this video, our head brewer and co-founder Nate Lanier brews on it once again with a little help from his friends.
Julius, Green, Sap, and many other Tree House beers that you know and love were refined on this brewing system.
This brew comes among the energy of expanding the brewery and trying to do something special for customers on a daily basis.
There is a restless energy to Tree House, and we hope some of that comes across in this video!
This is part two of a three part series:
See part one here: • Reunited: Pro Brewer a...
About Tree House Brewery:
Tree House Brewery, a world-renowned, top-ranked craft brewery, was founded in 2011. It has matured into a six-facility operation where we aspire to make the best beverages possible and serve them in the most comfortable and memorable environment. As the largest direct-to-consumer brewery on Earth, our commitment to exceptional quality and innovation has set industry benchmarks in craft beer, creative spirits, and artisanal coffee. Our locations in Charlton, Sandwich, Tewksbury, and Deerfield, Massachusetts offer retail sales of our signature beer, spirits, coffee, and more. In Woodstock, Connecticut, we serve a varied menu of house-made beer and inventive cider. At the Prudential Center in Boston, our storefront brewery delivers beverages to go, and our seventh location in Saratoga Springs is now open for cans to go!
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Nate is our co-founder, founding brewer, and CEO-driving our creative process, brewing excellence, and visionary leadership in the craft beer world.
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Brewing is the best hobby in the world! If you’re watching this and wondering if you can do the same thing, you can and you SHOULD! 🍻
Couldn't agree more!
@@treehousebrewco I tried out your beer a few years ago. I found it a wee bit too sweet for my buds.
Really fun to see the humble beginnings next to the current big boy setup
Yeah! We knew it would be fun visually but as it turns out it would have been much easier in the cellar!
Dropped out of college in south Florida to learn to home brew, now I’m an assistant brewer at a brewery in Vermont. Brewing on a small scale brew house in a place like that is my life dream. Seeing Nate ( who kinda looks like me in 10 years) make this beer makes me want it so much more.
glad we could be of inspiration - very best of luck to you
For years I fought hard brewing to try and replicate what Nate creates, and ALWAYS finished eith more questions than answers. That is a true science and a man of passion of which i have the utmost respect.
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This has to be one of the best brewing videos of all time! It’s a labor of love for this team. And I appreciate getting to see how a professional brewer handles wort. Gives me the confidence in handling it and what to look for
Thanks you, Josh - it's more intimidating in theory than it is in practice. It's quite easy!
I agree my problem is understanding the water chem I just never have good water chem
muito bom... obrigado Portugal
“Hard fought hops” would love to hear more about acquiring hops. Is it a bidding process amongst breweries or since you guys have built a relationship, they always work with you? Really enjoying these videos
There is competition, sure, but it's mostly with learning how sensory analysis in the field and on the rubbing table ultimately translate into the finished beer. You really, really, really have to track every step of the process to understand this and it has taken us years of trial and error to get it right. The people who are actually brewing and cellaring the beer are the people who should select hops, and we have a dedicated and tenured team who has been doing this with myself for years. Sometimes the hops that smell the absolute best do not necessarily have the attributes that translate the best into a finished beer, especially when biotransformation is involved. Lastly, we have worked to garner direct relationships with growers where we provide direct feedback and even discover processes starting with harvest that ultimately translate into the finished beer. All of this takes real, labor intensive focus and work. We've been at the rubbing table after midnight on many occasions trying to get our blends just right...
I love how you and your mates interact. Don't loose this spirit guys !
We love what we do!
I've never had the chance to taste their beers since I don't live anywhere near them, but these videos have made me a diehard fan.
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Fantastic video! The science involved in brewing beer is mind boggling to me. Very complicated process. Oh, by the way, thanks for setting a 40 minute timer on my phone. I guess my Siri heard you. 😂
That’s funny - same thing happened to me!
Awesome video! 🍻
Thanks guys! Thanks for sending us stuff throughout the years. :)
Nathan and team, thank you so much for taking the time to post this homebrew video. I have only visited your brewery once and it was a great experience. I brewed your basic recipe here in Ohio and it is wonderful. One of the best I have done in 130 plus brews. My wife and friends tell me it tastes "store bought" so I am extremely happy with it. I could never hope to match Green or Julius but having something this good from my own hand is super satisfying. Shout out to the @TheApartmentBrewer for many tips and tricks to brew this awesome beer. Thank you all!
awesome, thanks for letting us know. happy brewing!
This was amazing. I couldn't follow every step but it was so interesting to try and figure out what you were doing. It was unbelievable to hear the story about your first attempt at brewing being an absolute failure. Treehouse is the best! Thanks Nate.
thank you for watching!
Awesome to see that you enjoyed breaking out the old system and didn't get traumatized all over again from it
Semi-traumatized tbh!
Super fun video. Loved seeing the X1 Fermenter at the end! Cheers! 🙌🍻
Right on!
It has been fantastic watching an artist at work
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Such great humor. lots of funny sections :D
Ahhhh the old Sabco out of my hometown of Toledo!
Whatever you're doing Nate, is beautiful. Im jealous of whatever became of that small batch. Hope to see you guys soon! :)
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As a relatively newbie in the homebrew scene I have to say I loved watching the video almost as much as visiting your brewery last year. I hope to visit this year in May.
Glad you enjoyed it! Hope we’ll see you in May!
@@treehousebrewco the visit was delicious
Excellent! Back to the roots!!! BTW, I need Secret Sauce.
Been looking forward to this video, let's go!
Very cool Nate.....more please......
24:35 Nate did the “John Kimmich face”. Nice.
Ever think of creating a brew experience where someone could come in and brew a batch on your pilot system with you? The ultimate brew day! I was surprised you didn’t smell the bubbling fermenter. I always try to get at least a whiff of mine, fermenting wort smells soooooo good. Cheers 🍺🍻
One of my local breweries if you're a mug club member you can brew with them for a day, on their 5 barrel system. Also before covid my state had a pro-am where you sign up for a lottery and if you're lucky your name gets chosen and you brew with a pro brewer. Its supposed to be you bring in your own recipe and they brew it together with you maybe with some modifications. However some you walk in and they go you're bring X. Then everyone brings in their beers to a place and a then theres a mini brew fest and every votes for their favorite beers. I really hope my state bring back the proam.
Nice attention to detail even on the small scale. I may have to look into a decent budget centrifugal pump now seeing that it worked with the Brew Magic. Cheers!
That thing is awesome!
I’m hooked! I’ve been binging all of these videos and I’m very impressed with how informative and well produced they are.
I'm from Florida and I've never had any of your beer, but I'm very excited to try it all! 🙏🏼
Glad you like them!
Great video, cool to see the whole process. Really makes me wank to try a home brew myself
Don’t do itttt. Slippery slope!
This is pretty much the best TH-cam video ever made.
Shut it down! 😁
Awsome video, love to see the "small" brew
thank you!
This was a fun watch… a huge amount of romance brewing on the system from you humble beginning next to the current brew house.
Indeed!
Loved this, Part 2. Can’t wait to watch the last episode. 🍻
This is great. I haven't gotten to the end yet, but I'll buy a growler of it.
Thank You for sharing, good inspiration for me. I have all my ingredients and hardware ready to go, I just need some time...
did you ever get started?
These videos are the best, so entertaining and informative
Thanks, Brian!
That was a hell of a brew ride, love it.
Thanks Nick!
Finally! I've been waiting for this video!!!
Also, approaching 100 beer signs in the collection, would love number 100 to be Tree House :)
Awesome retrospective! Crazy thinking about the scale difference from then to now. Also, not to mention the sheer amount of business side work that goes along with all the beer you guys make. Must have some solid cost accountants😂
We just go for it.😎
Loved watching this video. You’re more type A and dialed-in than I am when making a Homebrew! I didn’t think that was possible! Lol
I have mellowed over the years....
Makes me appreciate the beer more seeing everything that goes into making your wonderful beer. Don
Awesome. Sounds like my kinda IPA. Less haze and juice. More bitterness. Cool to see the old set-up! Cheers from CT.
Will be there in a few weeks to try😃
That was great to see
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Great video! Great story about oxygenation of your very first brew. Where can I buy that mash paddle??? How do you test if a very dark beer, such as an imperial stout, has unconverted starches?
Laughing at the end of fermentation oxygenation! Cheers!
Me too….
Excellent! Very lovely at the 20th min! Please don't be afraid to show more emotion. It should reference what you mentioned: family and friends involvement, all obstacles, passion, love, and quality in perfecting the brewing process. Remember, your elixirs made many neipa connoisseurs' eyes weep in the early days. Pls work on highlighting sustainability, locality, nature, and the terroir of ingredients.
P.S. All will appreciate the wide-angle communal tasting of this batch.
Thanks Greg... It has not been easy, that's for sure. Also, JJJuiceee Project Galaxy + Galaxy + Galaxy made me weep just yesterday!
Curiosity 129. 😂
Really can’t wait to see next week’s episode - the facility tours were great, but these have been my favorite videos so far.
Wow, such a great video.
Glad you liked it!
Love it...just like old times!!!
Wait…. Are you not gonna show your dry hop procedure? Would love it if you could go in to detail.
Likely in the next video- nothing particularly complicated.
these videos are awesome! can't wait to make it back to Charlton
Glad you like them! See you soon
Very cool, thanks for another great video.
You bet!
Awesome to see you brew up the recipe shared in the recent short! Thanks for sharing something like this, I'll look forward to trying the recipe out at some point!
Good luck!
I am extremely excited you guys decided to start posting online. Amazing content!
Us too! Thanks for watching.
Awesome video. Loving this series!
Glad you enjoy it!
Thank you! Great video! It made me dream about my next batch of beer! 🎉 Citrus, oats! Keep inspiring your followers!
I'd love to see you talk about the water chemistry and closed fermentation side. Do you add hops during fermentation? Thanks for the video's! It's really cool seeing a sorta behind the scenes at my favorite brewery.
You just started a timer on my HomePod 🤣
happened to me too!
Anyone else’s iPhone Siri pop up when he started the timer? 😂
Loving this content!! Please keep it coming
Thank you! We will try!
Thank you thank THANK YOU for the awesome content.
Curious about why you didn't conduct a mash out step. Any particular reason?
Is the final product going on tap for the public as a special offering? Or for the staff of TreeHouse? Just curious if I could get my mitts on 1 tasting of that beautiful looking beer. Keep doing great things TreeHouse!
Not sure yet - stay tuned…
Fun vid
Thanks Jack!
When is this beer ready? I'm looking forward to seeing it in the glass!
... but what's the secret ingredient!?!??! 😁 Can't wait to stop by and give this a taste.
There are many… 😏 Thanks for watching!
Hi Nate, I love the knowledge you have in brewing. I'm looking for some advanced literature. You got any advice on books to read?
Technology Brewing & Malting by Wolfgang Kunze. Wildly expensive but if you can find it at the right place it’s indispensable
Somebody wake CH up and have him comment on this brew day. #brajfyre
Great video. I am looking forward to tasting your beer. A buddy knows a guy who is traveling from your area to ours. A case is on the way.
Awesome, thanks Scott!
Nate, in your first video in the series you mentioned how great the water is in Charlton, how does it differ from the water at Monson, is the secret sauce what gets you to balance the water so that they were completely equal?
Monson water was garbage I had to fight every step of the way. But ultimately it’s basic math
@@treehousebrewco I've read John Palmer's Water book. Can you elaborate on what you mean by "garbage"? Curious to know as my water is garbage too, and I'm always battling, usually with a lot of lactic...
Did I miss a video that shows the final product? If not, when we going to see how this turned out?
We are working on it - has been tough with travel and the obligation discussed in the video.
Secret sauce in the mash!? Voodoo....
Apologize if this question has been asked/answered already but when you mention the foam on the boil and how the generally translates to foam on the beer, what are main factors in the mash that are influencing that?
awesome stuff!
how much loss is in all that tubing, hoses, chiller, pump, etc? did it have an effect at this scale?
minimal loss...
Awesome! What is a typical water profile for your IPA? Cheers 🍻
we don't have a typical water profile. it is different for every beer and every recipe and every hop combination. it has taken us literally thousands and thousands of batches to discover what is best for us. trial and exploration is most of the fun.
I’ve never home brewed before but after visiting tree house for the first time last weekend I want to start! How do you recommend getting into it? Where should one get supplies and ingredients? Any and all advice would be appreciated
sorry I missed this - hard to say being so long out of the game. MoreBeer was good back in the day.
Sounds like the name of the beer should be Secret Sauce!
That was definitely cool. Does treehouse ever hop burst or use other hip techniques besides bittering and dry hopping?
Oh yes, many different hopping techniques..
How did this beer turn out? Was there ever a follow-up episode?
There is in the channel yes
So how did this beer come out in the end? Is there any review on this brew?
Would you consider selling that brewbuilt fermenter?
How did you clean kegs when brewing on the 10 gallon system? DIY keg washer?
pull spears, clean by hand
@@treehousebrewco Wow, that's a lot of work! But I guess if you were only getting a bbl per batch it isn't too time consuming to pull the spear out for a couple of kegs.
How do you keep the fermenter at fermentation temperature?
For the homebrew, we don’t
@@treehousebrewco Thanks.
I hate being that “guy” I understand secrecy for your “secret sauce” and not divulge what makes treehouse beers what they are BUT the reason is homebrewers watch these videos is to know what part are you adjusting in your water profile. We don’t need actual numbers but just what do we need to adjust to get that “hazy glow” and not that “dirty dish soap” look and getting that awesome mouthfeel.
Should mash pH be at 5.65 for a cooled sample so at mash temp ......it is 5.3 .....please confirm....? 0.35 units higher for cooled sample. Home brewer from UK....
I would target lower cooled
How do I find your beer in the UK? If only you'd find a distributor here I'm sure there's demand for your product.
So how much do you want for this keg?
Nate get intense when brewing.
Very… I have mellowed
How did the beer turn out?
there is a follow up video on the channel :)
What's your fermentations temps look like and time from grain to glass?
It depends on the beer
Sorry the last ingredient in wasn't mentioned, or maybe I missed it, but what yeast was used?
London 3 liquid
@@Wurszt.Brewing.Andrew21 Nate said it or how do you know?
@@stevenplass3139 in the earlier brewing video he mentions what yeast to use…
@@Wurszt.Brewing.Andrew21 cool
What is that temperature probe you are using?
No idea, something we grabbed in a hurry from our maintenance department. Used to use a Thermapen way back when.
what is your opinion on BIAB brewing? On a 10gallon to 1BBL batch size.
It’s weird for me to be honest- all grain or bust.
@Tree House Brewing Company biab is brew in a bag. It's all grain, just one vessel instead or 3.
Regardless, this series is awesome, keep up the great content!
How many gallons was that batch?
Ten
How'd it come out? Do we have beer? 🤤
we know whats the secret sauce and we wont tell ! 🤫😎
9:59 acid addition?
I bought a bunch of McDonald's secret sauce, for my brew, it doesn't work as good a yours I think 🤠
That's rad you kept the old setup. I am sad the homebrew hobby is dying a slow death. Young people are not joining and a lot of dudes are kinda aging/growing out of it.
😔 I guess being so far removed I didn't know that. Folks just need to know the joy of making something beautiful from water, malt, hops, and yeast.