Hello New York! We want to share something wonderful to look forward to in 2024. Today, we are pleased to announce that Tree House will open a brewery, taproom, and outdoor experience in Saratoga Springs, New York! The connections we cherish and the memories that we make are ultimately what matter most in life. We founded Tree House because we learned that great beverages hold a unique power contributing to this notion. Each decision we have made throughout our evolution considers this ideal first and aims to strengthen it as we introduce Tree House to more people. Saratoga Springs is famous for its vibrant arts and music scene. This history aligns with our passion and support for music and the arts in ways we almost find too good to be true. To say that we are excited to become a part of the community would be an understatement. Tree House is purchasing a beautiful property on Route 9, where we will build an impressive new facility from the ground up, featuring our world-renowned beverages and an expansive indoor and outdoor experience. Situated across the street from Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC), around the corner from Saratoga Race Course, minutes from I-87, thirty minutes north of Albany, and under an hour from the much celebrated Adirondack State Park, this facility will serve as an incredible base camp for your chosen adventures. To support this project, we expect to add at least sixty jobs of varying skill sets, including production, restaurant, and hospitality staff. Our economic activity will create at least 35 ancillary jobs in the state. Based on comparable analysis for our Massachusetts-based locations compiled by the Umass Donahue Institute, our expected economic impact to the region from this location will be in the $30-$40mm range annually. When the facility is ready, we will brew a beer whose proceeds will benefit Sustainable Saratoga, a non-profit organization that “uses education, advocacy, and action to advance sustainable practices and protect our environment for current and future generations” and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center: “In its work on behalf of art, artists and community, SPAC works to educate, reveal, inspire, and serve the beauty in the world which connects, respects, and elevates all human beings.” As Tree House has evolved and matured, it is easy to assume that the fire of a young business has changed or that our progression has altered our core values. That is not in line with the reality we enjoy within our walls each day. It may surprise you that Tree House has been making about the same volume of beer for the last five years. We have built tighter vendor relationships, refined processes, traveled the world to source the best ingredients, and constantly reinvested in upgraded brewing equipment. As a tenured team, we have never been more focused on the quality and breadth of our offerings. In terms of scale, Tree House doesn’t even crack the country's top seventy-five largest breweries by production volume. This purposeful resistance to free and unbound growth has enabled us to make beer - and now beverages - with the same precision and exacting detail as we did when we began in our kitchen just twelve years ago. Craft beer is currently enduring a difficult time, but we remain committed to these beverages that we know enhance and enrich our culture. If there is one thing you take away from this letter, please let it be this: the team at Tree House would like nothing more than to bring you moments of joy, whether celebrating with family at one of our facilities or cracking a beautiful fresh can of Julius. We are chasing an ideal for a better life with richer experiences. Where we are imperfect, we are striving to be better. Where we do well, we adopt a beginner’s mind. We measure success by making products and curating experiences we are proud of. Welcome to New York! #welcometonewyork