Matthew L.
Yelp
Tree House Brewing Company is a craft brewery that opened in Brimfield, Massachusetts in 2011. It was founded by friends Dean Rohan, Nate Lanier and Damien Goudreau. The trio started out as homebrewers around 2008 and would make beer in Lanier's kitchen. They opened their brewery in a small red barn on a 2.7 acre farm in Brimfield. They named it "Tree House" after an actual tree house that sat on the property. The partners sold beer strictly via growler fills and their popularity grew at an alarming rate simply by word of mouth. Following some zoning disputes, Tree House moved to a large red shed on Koran Farm (owned by the family of one of the founders) in nearby Monson in December 2013. In June 2015, they opened a larger facility across the street which expanded their capacity six-fold and they now had a canning line. In May 2017, Tree House opened a 53,000 square foot state-of-the-art brewing facility in Charlton. The Monson facility closed to the public but continued to be used as their barrel-aging facility. In addition to their home base in Charlton, Tree House now has secondary locations in South Deerfield (Western Mass), Sandwich (Cape Cod), Tewksbury (Greater Boston), a farm and fermentory in Woodstock (CT), and there are plans to open a new facility in Saratoga Springs (NY). In addition to making beer, they also now have distillery, coffee roastery operations, and wood-fired pizza at two locations.
My family and I visited Tree House's Cape Cod Taproom in Sandwich this past August during our week-long trip to the Cape. This newer location has only been open since October 2021. The building was previously a restaurant space and is located right by Town Neck Beach and the entrance to the Cape Cod Canal from Cape Cod Bay. We arrived right when they opened and were able to get a parking spot. On-site parking is very limited, but there is also off-site parking nearby with a free shuttle service. One thing that should be noted is that this is easily the smallest Tree House location. They can only accommodate a limited amount of customers at any given time. That being said, the place was beautiful: spectacular views of the beach and Cape Cod Bay! Customers can sit at a table inside the taproom or grab an Adirondack chair outside and enjoy the beautiful scenery. My family and I sat outside and I enjoyed some delicious draught pours of "Doubleganger Mango" and "The Greenest Green" (both Double IPAs). If beer isn't your thing, there's also an airstream bar outside that serves craft cocktails. Unlike some Tree House locations that serve wood-fired pizza, the Sandwich location serves delicious lobster rolls! We had a fun visit to Tree House Cape Cod and look forward to visiting again on future trips to the Cape!