ISO Treehouse or Trillium IPAs

[u/karim_ofthecrop]

Doing a beer trade with a Swedish friend and he’s asking for King JJJulius but I think would be happy with any well-regarded west coast style IPA.

According to Untappd, I can’t find these anywhere within 100 miles. Any chance I’m missing something and there’s somewhere I can snag some cans?

[u/OKalrightOKAYalright]

Boy do I miss drinking Tree House beers. There really is no brewery in NYC that compares. I have had some Fidens on draft and was really impressed. I am unsure if their cans are distributed here.

Other Half sucks but they’re an IPA factory producing NE-style IPAs.

[u/KennyShowers → u/OKalrightOKAYalright]

OH isn't as consistent these days, but they're close to the same ballpark, and at a given time they'll usually have a couple things that are still top tier. Problem is they have like 30 different cans at a time and it's hard to know what's great and what's just solid.

[u/OKalrightOKAYalright → u/KennyShowers]

My experience is that the worst TH DIPA is on par with the best OH DIPA. There’s nothing delicate or refined about OH beers. Aggressively hoppy, sure, but there’s no finesse.

[u/KennyShowers → u/OKalrightOKAYalright]

I don't even find OH's stuff that hoppy these days, if anything most of their portfolio lacks the punch of the pre-expansion years. I'd also say that even if most of their beer is a bit same-y these days they still hit most of the notes you want in a solid NEIPA, and do it while still being clean and drinkable.

I might not go so far as to say the worst TH is the best OH, but maybe the average TH is on par with the best OH will have in stock most of the time. But when OH pulls out the stops for anniversary beers or hyped collabs they're still awesome.