Thirsty Thursday: A Three Brewery Tour

The week between Christmas and New Years is a strange Limbo. Down from the high of Christmas we await New Year's Eve while surrounded by indulgent leftovers, candy canes, and copious amounts of chocolate. The days of the week all blur into one....is it Tuesday or Wednesday? Am I even supposed to work this week? Who is watching my children?!?

Enter Thirsty Thursday!

Thirsty Thursday comes every week as every college student knows. Thursday is now a much better day to go to Tree House than Wednesday used to be. The back story to this journey is that two years ago Derek, Eric, and Kris (Eric's sister) made a run to Tree House. Unfortunately that trip to Tree House was so disappointing they decided that they had to push further out and go to Trillium in Boston. It was the day before New Year's Eve.
So this year, when everybody's schedule aligned, they decided to have a Thursday reunion tour; 3 breweries in Massachusetts starting, as always, with Tree House in Charlton.  This was followed by the hour long drive out to Framingham to visit Springdale and Jack's Abby.

Tree House - Derek's other favorite brewery
Charlton, MA

This was their 1st time at new, beautiful, big facility at night. Thankfully it was a quick in and out hitter because it was 5degrees out and much colder with the wind. The trio actually ran into guys from Equilibrium Brewery at Tree House ( Hey Will!). If you don't know, Equilibrium is an up and coming and extremity sought after brewery in Middletown, NY. Equilibrium cans are actually harder to come by than Tree House!

Springdale
Framingham, MA

Springdale was an overall positive experience. It was trivia night and the bar was busy and full of energy. Unfortunately there was a rather large disappointment in takeaways. The website was showing 5 different IPAs to pick up, turns out there was only 1 IPA can to takeaway, (c'mon, Sammer!)

Jack's Abby
Framingham, MA

The trio trekked next door to Jack's Abby. They took no cans home as Jack's Abby is readily available here in Upstate, NY. They instead took some tastes of the brewery exclusives being offered in the Beer Hall. Particularly a Springdale's Good 'n You?  Derek had been hoping to get cans of Good 'n You?  At least it was on tap at Jack's Abby. But he brought home some of that Jack's Abby Beer Soap made with their house lager.

Jack's Abby on Tap:
Hoponius On Holiday -  IPL, a cold lager fermentation combined with a West Coast IPA hop profile
Good Morning Granny - Tapioca, lactose, and coffee IPL

Springdale Tap Takeover at Jack's Abby:
Good 'n You? 
Yawp
Where Am I? - DIP, malty but good
Brigadeiro – Breakfast stout, Derek brought home cans, but is was nitro on tap that night