Bottling from a growler?

I've got a growler that was filled at a local brewery. I wouldn't mind having a few bottles of this brew around to drink in a couple months, but unfortunately, it's a limited time release that won't be bottled by the brewery.

Would it be worth trying to bottle the growler? If so, what would be the best way to do it? Racking to a bottling bucket seems like over kill. I guess I could just siphon from the growler directly into a couple of bombers.

I hope someone will chime in with a good way to successfully do this, but I can tell you I've tried it myself and it didn't work at all. I ended up with nothing more than a few bottles of flat IPA.

There is a special "gun" that can do this from a tap, from what I hear... but you'd probably want them to do it straight from the tap- not you doing it from a growler...

Yea this is a tough one...bottling from a growler is almost like bottling from a beer mug. I say drink up...sorry.

i say give it a shot..worse that could happen is you are out $12 in the end..

I don't think that you'll be able to achieve the desired result, and with a limited release I think you'll just be disappointed in a few months when you open those bottles.

I also noticed that you're in PA and I have to ask what beer you have in your growler. My immediate guess it Troegs Scratch 19. If that's the case I am very jealous.

Thanks for the feedback. I didn't think it would be feasible, but was hoping somebody had some success bottling from a growler. I will just drink it sooner rather than later. And yes, it is the Scratch 19, good guess. Let's hope they make this one again and bottle it like they did with the Flying Mouflan.

Until yesterday I thought my buddy had picked up a case for me, then I heard about "the accident." I am glad that you managed to get a growler, though. I'm currently drinking some Scratch 15 that I still have lying around, still delicious. I think they will definitely revisit this one again (scratches 5, 15, and 19), and I can't wait until they release some more Flying Mouflan. I only got about a half a bomber of that one, can't wait until I can get a case of it.

I liked 15 more than 19.
But I would have liked to taste 19 after cellaring for half a year.