"From the very beginning, the success of Julius has allowed Brenden and I to have full autonomy to do whatever we want, refining the beer. We can’t even come close to keeping up with demand for Julius. So I guess at this point it doesn’t particularly matter what we brew because we’ll sell out of it and sell out of it fast. So, we still have he flexibility to brew what we want for the time-being. When we move across the street, it’s going to be a different animal. It’ll be close to the Alchemist model where we have a beer we brew as often as possible year-round, continuously refine it, make it as good as possible, and then from that, afford us the opportunity to have a program where we can do whatever we want."

The next day, the Tree House team was readying themselves for the release of Yahhhrrrggg!!!, a collaboration with Lawson’s finest liquids in Vermont. It’s a bit of a coup for the young brewery. "This sounds lofty, but it’s kind of a dream come true,” says Lanier. "I looked up to Sean [Lawson] and drank his beers for years before we opened the brewery. I lost a lot of sleep between the time we brewed it and the time we served it. We didn’t go to his house and just sort of watch and leave the responsibility on him. He came here to brew it and it was all on us. which was pretty nerve-wracking.”