Trillium Visit, Then We Chased Tree House Beer in Boston… and Ended Up at a Kiosk
We're back to Boston, where Trillium kicked off the trip with hazy IPAs, sticky Asian spare ribs, empanadas, and a few rogue brewery toddlers for entertainment. From there, we stumbled into a Tree House beer garden near Faneuil Hall, chased down a not-quite-brewery Tree House kiosk, loaded up on cans, and found one unforgettable crab and shrimp BLT. The episode wraps around the real star of the show: Tree House Haze Infinite, a dangerously smooth 10.7% quadruple IPA that might be worth flying back for.
Adam & Dedra
6/18/20268 min read
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Episode 12: Trillium, Tree House, Boston Food Halls, and One Very Dangerous 10.7% Beer
There are some episodes where we sit down, crack open a beer, and ease into the conversation like responsible adults.
This was not one of those episodes.
For Episode 12, we went back to our Boston trip and kicked things off with a beer that immediately made us question whether words were still necessary. The featured beer was Haze Infinite from Tree House Brewing, a 10.7% quadruple IPA that looked thick, drank smooth, and almost stole the entire show before we even got started.
It was creamy. It was chewy. It was dangerously easy to drink. It was one of those beers where you take a sip, stare at the glass, and quietly wonder if it would be unreasonable to book another flight to Massachusetts just to get more.
Spoiler: it would not be unreasonable.
Starting the Boston Adventure at Trillium
Our first official brewery stop in Massachusetts was Trillium Brewing. Technically, it was not the day we landed. It was the next day, after our bodies finally realized Boston is three hours ahead of Arizona and that “morning” was going to be a flexible concept.
Once we got moving, hunger hit, and Trillium became the obvious first stop.
The building itself had that cool industrial Boston feel with red brick, a courtyard, and a second level that looked like it would have been amazing to hang out in. Unfortunately, that upstairs area was closed for a private event when we went, which was a little disappointing because the place looked like it had views worth lingering over.
Still, the downstairs was busy, the beer was flowing, and there was plenty of entertainment.
And by entertainment, we mean rogue children.
There were kids running around the brewery like they had recently escaped captivity. One made it up the stairs, another took off in another direction, and at one point it felt like we were watching a coordinated toddler jailbreak. Meanwhile, the parents seemed mostly relaxed about it, which is either a Boston thing, a brewery thing, or a level of parenting peace we have not yet achieved.
The Beers at Trillium
Adam started with Melcher Street, a 7.2% hazy IPA. It was clean, smooth, and exactly the kind of classic hazy you hope for when visiting a brewery like Trillium. It had that upper-level hazy IPA quality where everything feels dialed in without being overdone.
Dedra went with Congress Street, another hazy IPA right around 7.2%, because apparently her beer comfort zone has a zip code and it lives somewhere between 7% and 7.2%.
Later, Adam tried The Pot & Kettle, an oatmeal porter that came in around 7.5%. It had nice coffee notes, a darker profile, and a thinner body compared to a big stout, which made it a solid change of pace after the hazy.
Dedra also had another hazy called The Fens, because when in doubt, hazy it out.
Trillium is known for its hazies, but they also had a strong barrel-aged stout lineup available in bottles. We had tried some of their barrel-aged stouts before at a beer share, and they do some really interesting things with those beers. We ended up bringing home a Chocolate Churro bottle, which will absolutely be opened at some point when we feel emotionally prepared.
The only downside? We wanted to try more of those specialty beers on-site, but they were sold as full bottles. And since Trillium was our first stop of the day, committing to a full barrel-aged bottle before lunch felt like a fast track to canceling the rest of the itinerary.
Responsible? Maybe.
Disappointing? Also yes.
Trillium Food: Empanadas and Asian Spare Ribs
Trillium also came through on the food.
Adam spotted beef, jalapeño, and cheese empanadas with chipotle mayo, and because empanadas apparently follow us around now, he had to order them. They were deep fried, which means they were already halfway to being perfect.
Dedra ordered the Asian spare ribs, which were technically an appetizer but came out like a full situation. They had a red sticky hoisin-style glaze, sesame seeds, and just the right amount of chew. Not fall-off-the-bone soft, but tender enough to enjoy while still giving you something to bite into.
The ribs were a big win. The empanadas were a win. Sharing food was once again the correct life choice.
We have fully embraced the strategy of ordering different things and splitting everything. It lets us try more, eat more, and pretend we are making mature dining decisions when really we are just maximizing snack coverage.
The Merch Situation
Now, Trillium makes great beer.
Their hat game, however, was not for us.
The shirts were fine, but the hats had a strange shape. Instead of a normal baseball cap structure, they had more of a cyclist-hat-meets-nylon-adventure-cap look. The kind of hat where the bill might flip up on its own if someone pedals too fast nearby.
It was a little disappointing because when you visit a brewery like Trillium, you want to leave with something cool. A shirt, a hat, a souvenir that says, “Yes, I drank excellent beer here and survived the toddler obstacle course.”
But the hats just did not make the cut.
The Tree House Beer Garden Surprise
After Trillium, we walked around Boston and eventually ended up near Faneuil Hall. That’s where we stumbled onto a beer garden with a Tree House Brewing tent.
Now, Tree House is one of those breweries craft beer people get excited about for a reason. Their hazy IPAs are legendary, and we were already planning to visit one of their locations while in Massachusetts.
So when we saw a Tree House setup, we stopped immediately.
We had beers in plastic cups, including Julius, and enjoyed the moment even as the weather started turning. There was live music, a DJ, lights, and that cool tourist energy where you are cold, slightly damp, drinking excellent beer, and still happier than you would be in 108-degree Phoenix heat.
At the time, we figured this was just a warm-up before visiting the actual Tree House brewery.
That assumption would soon become a problem.
The Great Tree House Letdown
The next day, Adam started looking up Tree House locations.
One was about 60 miles away toward Cape Cod.
Another was roughly 55 miles in a different direction.
No car. No easy train option. No obvious way to make it work.
Then Adam found one only a few miles away.
Perfect, right?
Not exactly.
After visiting Sam Adams, we headed to what we thought would be a Tree House taproom. Instead, we arrived at what felt like a mall setup with a kiosk, a register, and one guy standing there ready to sell to-go cans.
No taproom.
No brewery experience.
No magical hazy IPA wonderland.
Just cans.
Dedra was not pleased.
To be fair, she had trusted Adam’s planning. To be even more fair, Adam recovered the only way he could: by buying around 20-something cans of Tree House beer.
Was it excessive? Maybe.
Was it necessary? Absolutely.
We had come all the way to Massachusetts, missed the actual brewery experience, and were not about to leave empty-handed. So we loaded up and hauled a ridiculous amount of beer back to the hotel like responsible craft beer tourists with questionable luggage priorities.
Faneuil Hall and the Crab & Shrimp BLT
One of the best food stops of the trip came inside the marketplace near Faneuil Hall.
The space was basically a giant food hall with stands packed side by side. Pizza, sandwiches, noodles, Chinese food, seafood, and just about everything else you could want while wandering around Boston.
Adam spotted a sandwich from West End Strollers that immediately demanded attention: a crab and shrimp BLT.
That sandwich was incredible.
It was huge, seafood-packed, and almost po’ boy-like in the best way. It was the kind of thing we do not usually find in Phoenix, which made it even better. We shared it, passed it back and forth, and eventually hit that point where both of us were asking the other person if they could take one more bite.
That is how you know a sandwich is serious.
We ended up eating outside near the courtyard by Faneuil Hall, with the statue of Thomas Jefferson nearby. Not everyone can say they ate a crab and shrimp BLT with Thomas Jefferson.
Well, technically with a statue of Thomas Jefferson.
Still counts.
The One That Got Away: The Tree House Jacket
At the Tree House beer garden, Dedra spotted a jacket.
Not just any jacket. A simple black Tree House windbreaker-style jacket with the logo on the back. Clean, subtle, and cool enough that she could probably wear it to work without anyone knowing it was brewery merch unless they were serious craft beer people.
It was also about $100.
At the time, that felt like a lot of beer and food money to give up for a jacket.
Looking back, there may be regrets.
Because now that jacket lives in the category of “things we should have bought while traveling,” right next to every other missed souvenir that haunts you when the weather finally gets cold.
Featured Beer: Tree House Haze Infinite
The beer we drank during this episode deserves its own section because it was that good.
Tree House Haze Infinite is a 10.7% quadruple IPA, and somehow it drank like something much lighter. It was thick, hazy, creamy, smooth, and packed with flavor without feeling harsh.
This was not just a good beer.
This was a “we might fly back for this” beer.
The kind of beer that makes you take smaller sips because you know the glass is disappearing too fast, but also makes small sips nearly impossible because it is too good to leave alone.
We only had one more can left after the episode, which means if anyone has access to Haze Infinite, we are accepting friendship applications immediately.
Final Thoughts
Episode 12 was a mix of great beer, missed brewery dreams, surprise beer gardens, Boston food halls, rogue toddlers, seafood sandwiches, and one unforgettable quadruple IPA.
Trillium was an excellent first brewery stop, even if the upstairs was closed and the hats were questionable. Tree House reminded us why people chase their beers, even if our actual Tree House “visit” ended up being more of a mall kiosk beer pickup than a brewery experience.
And Boston gave us exactly what we were hoping for: good beer, good food, walkable chaos, and enough stories to make us want to go back.
Preferably when it is not humid.
And preferably with a rental car.
Cheers until next time.
