There was a nice article about growlers, and local microbrewer in the
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. See Links:

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06005/632504.stm

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06005/632505.stm

Are growlers popular in other parts of the country? With PAs unusual
drinking laws I am surprised people are able to bring an empty bottle to a
bar, and have it filled.

Tom

"Tom or Mary" > writes:
> Are growlers popular in other parts of the country?

It really varies. For example, Minnesota didn't allow them at all
until sometime after I moved away in 2001 (I was pleasantly surprised
when I visited recently). They are fairly common here in New England
(NH, VT, ME, and MA all allow them). They don't seem very common in
Arizona, but they are around.

They were *very* common when I was in Missoula, MT as well, and seem
to be popular in MO as well.

On the flip side, I've been plenty of places (such as UT,
unsurprisingly) where people didn't even know what a growler was.

I've found that "growler culture" and labeling laws really vary as
well. When I was in MT, a growler was just a container---they'd
happily fill any old growler you had. In New England, most places are
picky and will only fill their own growlers[1]. Of the places that fill
growlers from other breweries, most seem to slap a big sticker on it,
apparently due to labeling laws.

[1] Between this, and my glassware addiction, I have over 40 different
growlers from more than 20 breweries around the US.

--
Richard W Kaszeta

http://www.kaszeta.org/rich

A friend of mine brought me one all the way back from Merrie Olde
England. (Is that a good friend, or what!?!)

That doesn't prove, but it suggests, that they originated in England
or Europe.

They were common in Chicago, and perhaps all of the Midwest, half a
century ago.

vince norris

Growlers were common all over the US, prior to the profusion of bottled
beers, when the neighborhood tavern was the most likely source for the
family dinner beer. My dad, who was born in the early 20s, refers to
"rushing the growler", which was what the kid sent to the tavern was
supposed to do in order to get the beer home in good condition and in a
timely manner.

--Jeff Frane

> There was a nice article about growlers

Porn site?

Tom or Mary wrote:

> There was a nice article about growlers, and local microbrewer in the
> Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. See Links:
>
> http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06005/632504.stm
>
> http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06005/632505.stm
>
> Are growlers popular in other parts of the country? With PAs unusual
> drinking laws I am surprised people are able to bring an empty bottle to a
> bar, and have it filled.

They aren't legal in Florida, but there is an effort underway to allow
small brewers (<5000 BBL/year) to sell them, letting them sell on-site
(as brewpubs), for off-site consumption (growlers), and in bulk (kegs or
casks) to distributors (or maybe even directly to vendors (bars and
resturants)). I don't know how likely this is to succeed, but the
bottle size law change finally did (taking only ~15 or 20 years to do so!)

ted