Commercial Brewery Cellar Equipment Tour - Tree House

Published 2023-01-20
Enjoy a tour hosted by our CEO, head brewer, and co-founder Nathan Lanier where we look at Tree House Brewing Company's craft cellar equipment, where we learn about the philosophy behind the construction of the cellar to keep our products of the highest quality at scale, the scope and equipment that we utilize, and many trinkets in between.

0:00 - Intro
1:59 - Catwalk and Tank Overview
4:09 - Taproom View
4:18 - Tank Top Description
5:46 - We Have No Chill - Brewhouse Upgrade
6:22 - Cellar Ideals
7:24 - Parts Rack
7:54 - Cellar Desk / Cellar Control
10:26 - CIP (Clean In Place) Skid
13:40 - Wort Line / Brewhouse End
14:20 - FV Farm Equipment Rundown
16:25 - Alcohol Spray Bottle
17:23 - C02
17:42 - 240 BBL Sample Valve
18:15 - Temperature RTD
18:45 - Fermentation Trend
19:05 - Racking Arm
20:05 - Why This Microphone, LOL
20:28 - Swing Panel
21:52 - Active Ferment
22:14 - C02 Recapture
22:57 - Glycol Pump VFD, PLC, C02 Skid
24:38 - Tank Overview
25:16 - Sounding Valve
25:54 - BBT Farm
27:20 - Does Anyone Know What This Tank Is?
27:40 - Horizontal Tanks
28:05 - Oak Foudres
28:22 - Brand New 250 BBL BBTs
28:39 - 500 BBL Brite Tank
29:06 - Horizontal Tank Farm
29:35 - Crazy BBT Farm
29:58 - Non Beer Carb Skid
30:31 - Meet Andrew, Floor Manager
31:43 - Gehaltemeter
32:48 - Beer Out to Packaging
33:05 - Outro / Packaging Line Tease

This equipment was custom built for our needs and continues to evolve and improve over time. When we were starting out, there were not too many commercial brewing equipment videos on YouTube, and it's still pretty sparse out there. This is the video we wished to have been able to enjoy as homebrewers - we hope like it!

In this video you will enjoy an overview of our conical fermenters, brite beer tanks, cellar process piping, automation systems, and more.

This is an off the cuff, unscripted tour and is the second in a multi-part series where we will show you our brewhouse, cellar, packaging line, warehouse, utilities, coffee program, distillery, farm, and other locations.

This is a high level overview - if there are certain parts of the video that you'd like to see a more in-depth video on, just let us know. We are going to keep on making these videos as long as you'll have us!

We had a ton of fun making this and hope you will support the channel with a like and subscribe!

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About Tree House:

www.instagram.com/treehousebrewco/
www.instagram.com/treehousenate
www.instagram.com/treehousereleases

Tree House was founded in 2011 and has matured into a six facility operation where we aspire to make the best beverages possible and serve them in the most comfortable and memorable environment possible.

www.treehousebrew.com/

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All Comments (21)
  • @wedomusic9451
    I am a brewery worker at a slightly larger brewery. I just have to say, your brewery is impeccably clean, organized, high tech, and you seem like a very informed and involved CEO.
  • Perfection is the theme I see, very cool to witness the dedication to it
  • tidbits like 6:37 are great, love that kind of insight. don't censor yourself, Nate! these videos are excellent.
  • Great hearing Nate talk about the brewery. You can tell how passionate he is about it. And you can see how he scales back a bit. I bet he could nerd out for an hour on CO2 lol
  • I joke to my friends that if you guys ever offered a class in Supply Chain Management at Charlton Community College, I would drive up just to audit it. The beer is great, but the operations and logistics management is arguably more impressive. It's awesome how you scaled from that 5,000 sq ft Monson barn to the 60,000 sq ft Charlton compound (now much more than that) so successfully. Would love to hear about that side of things.
  • @aperson8976
    Working in factory automation for nearly 3 decades, it is very cool to see these awesome videos and all the levels of control you maintain. And a bonus seeing all of our (SMC) pneumatic components within my favorite brewery.
  • Now THAT’S a brewery tour! So informative, interesting and fun. Cheers Tree House! 🌲🏡🍻
  • @echardcore
    The cleaning procedure was amazing. Loved it. Using local malt too! Had no idea! You need to let people know better. Drinking a 2023 as I type BTW. Actually saw Nate making part of one of these vids on my visit in December! Seriously best brewery tour videos on yt.
  • @lisaphillips5495
    Thank you for this fantastic video. Great information and visuals! You've really helped me understand the process and equipment involved in brewing.
  • @TheBruSho
    Love that you guys are recapturing co2, hope more breweries follow that lead
  • @kapado690
    What a pleasant young man. I had heard from people that Nate was odd and very quiet. Trying to discredit his greatness. I love this series of videos coming out, and is making me love Tree House even more.
  • @matthewbrown5677
    Bloody amazing............. Good Bless America..... You make us look silly.
  • Well presented, appreciate the long format and detail. I remember you asking if the viewers appreciate it. I know the youtube algorithm is pushing for shorts.
  • @forellensepp4182
    I work as a brewer and beersommeliere for over 20 years in 4 different brewery's in Germany. One Brewery i worked for is near Munich, its pretty famous and i am pretty sure you all know it.(do not want to tell the name) But i have never seen more high tech and details then this tree house cellar. Man, i am really stunned and a little bit jealous and i would love to work in a tree house style brewery one day. This cellar really gives me goosebumps!!! Thanks for sharing your incredible passion for brewing!!!
  • @gailm1122
    Next time I drink a TH I will have a much greater appreciation as to what 'made' it. Incredible! 👏👏👏
  • Great stuff! If possible, these videos make your beers taste even better after seeing the care and love that is put into them. Thanks, Nate and Michael!
  • @chrisras62
    Nate thank you for the video insights you have been sharing! Been a happy Tree House fan since the early Brimfield days and have enjoyed the evolution! Keep it going! 🍻
  • @Monstaficator
    Mayn you are doing gr8 for yourself , I checked out your other videos you looked like small-medium size but this video was a complete definition of the word "WHOA" !!!! or WOW, which ever works for ya haha. keep it up and going.Cheers
  • @gnomebrewing
    A detailed tour by the maestro himself. Thank you so much for doing this, can't wait to see more videos. Now back to watching in awe.