Hey yeah been out of the game a bit with holidays and such. I finally made it to the Treehouse facility too. We have family in Connecticut so I drove up one Friday morning just before Christmas. It was amazing, but for 280 miles roundtrip and standing in line for an hour while it was teenº I walked away with 9 beers lol. I was just happy to finally make it up there. Funny story, you guys all know TH doesn't use fruit, but the beer I made it there for had grapefruits from my home state haha. I was standing in line like "I drove all this way for a damn Texas grapefruit IPA??" Luckily though it tasted like TH and was fantastic.
I switched to a single pitch based on my findings and working with others who aren't in this thread. I don't know how TH does it, but for my money I'm copitching now. I'm also like 90% sure they finish fermentation under pressure so the beer is naturally carbed at least a little. We may never know his actual process but I bet it's a safe guess. I also made the switch to try and streamline the process a little. While I had amazing results, others didn't do so well, and some fairly off target beers might have come from my advice.
I have a new IPA on deck and can't wait to get rolling again. This one is mostly Enigma and I'm experimenting with new blends: Mangrove Jack Liberty Bell as the base.
*edit - now back to read and catch up on what I missed.