Sunoco, fill tank get free growler fill

Hey guys,

I don't know if SC is a test market but our Sunoco's have jumped onto the craft brew. They now have Growler stations.

To my suprise yesterday I went to a Sunoco to fill my car up and the special of the week was fill your car up with gas get a free growler pour.

I didn't have an empty growler in my car but Sunoco growlers are only 3.49.

I left with 2.99/gallon gas and a full growler of Oskar's scotch ale.

I asked the lady if this is every week and she said no it changes but this deal comes around every 3-5 weeks. You can call us on Monday's to see what the deal of the week is.

The growler deal was fill your car up on Mon or Tuesday from 4-7pm for a free growler pour.

Sunoco you have my business.

That's awesome.

Awesome! I love how Corporate America is promoting drinking and driving!!

mmmm free beer

Wow! $2.99 gas is a deal in and of itself. The free growler fill just seals it.

that seals it.

I'm driving to SC for cheap gas and free beer

Do Sunoco stations have beer on tap? I've never seen this before at any gas station, but that's an awesome deal.

Wish PA was a cooler state....only cases of beer @ distributors or over prices 6-packs @ bars.

Guess so


http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/story/2012-03-04/cnbc-sunoco-beer/53323880/1

cbehr said:

Wish PA was a cooler state....only cases of beer @ distributors or over prices 6-packs @ bars.

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Stupid Puritans! At least there's some places getting by with a loophole...you can buy individuals, sixpacks, etc. at some grocery stores now - Wegman's, Whole Foods, etc. Only grocery stores that sell food can do this. They limit you to 192oz per transaction.

I would love to have that growler deal!

BrewThruYou said:

Stupid Puritans! At least there's some places getting by with a loophole...you can buy individuals, sixpacks, etc. at some grocery stores now - Wegman's, Whole Foods, etc. Only grocery stores that sell food can do this. They limit you to 192oz per transaction.

I would love to have that growler deal!

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as opposed to grocery stores that don't sell food?

my local giant just started selling beer. it's pretty nice.

Proof once again that I am living in the wrong state. **sigh**

if that happened in california, millions of children and kittens would be killed immediately in some sort of freedom rapture.

well, at least that's what we're usually told.

I live in CT where gas has just gotten south of $3.50. You guys are making me cry. Quick - a home brew....Mike

Why....why does Massachusetts deny us beer lovers. :-(

They need to bring this to Columbia. I have a Sunoco right by the house and would def. buy gas there for free beer!

Charleston always gets the cool stuff first. Do they have a brown bag large enough to put it in?

what beers do they have on tap at sunoco? i always stop for a coffee cup to hide my roadie in- sure would be nice to get a top off.

spearko520 said:

what beers do they have on tap at sunoco? i always stop for a coffee cup to hide my roadie in- sure would be nice to get a top off.

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I hope you're joking. If you are, drinking and driving isn't funny. If you're not, please get help.

I wish the Sunoco's down here were doin this. That's it, I'm gonna send some emails and see why not. The Sunoco growler idea actually started in Buffalo. Anybody up there tried it out?

One of the Sunoco's here in Ithaca (central NY) has a growler filling station (see what i did there?). Dont know if they ever have special deals Technically, "free" beer promotions are supposed to be illegal in NY. Nonetheless, many breweries have growler clubs (buy 10 fills, get 1 for a "penny" aka free).

Ive also seen a Sunoco in Albany NY, near the University at Albany campus, with a growler station. Students can stumble accross the road and fill-up.

This thread makes me hate Delaware

64oz growlers are illegal here in Florida. Need to be 32oz or 1 gallon... So dumb

finally, something good in the south

TBaGZ said:

64oz growlers are illegal here in Florida. Need to be 32oz or 1 gallon... So dumb

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Whaaaat? How does THAT make any sense?

Yeah just like commercial brews down here aren't sold as 40's or 22's. They only come in 32 and something like 20 I think. How this makes any sense I don't know. Maybe regulating out those extra 2oz of a 22 saves a baby seal somewhere.

TBaGZ said:

64oz growlers are illegal here in Florida. Need to be 32oz or 1 gallon... So dumb

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That was quite the shock when I was in Florida in February and wanted a growler fill at Cigar City.

I have always wondered on the legality of having a growler in the car under the open container laws. It is closed but of course easily opened. Not sure what would happen if Barney Fife stopped you and saw it sitting on the seat.

I hate you.

List of beers on tap: http://craftbeerexchange.wordpress.com/

MC

They vacuum seal the top with shrink wrap in Charleston. If the seal is broken it becomes an open container.

This program started as a pilot right here in Western NY? And nobody told me? WTF?!!

Reckon I need to keep an empty growler in the car now.

Slipgate said:

I have always wondered on the legality of having a growler in the car under the open container laws. It is closed but of course easily opened. Not sure what would happen if Barney Fife stopped you and saw it sitting on the seat.

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Having lived in MD for most of my life with no growler fills, I didn't get it either.
Now I live in PA, where growlers abound, and I've still never bothered.
I imagine that they put on some little tamper-evident seal to show if it's been opened in the vehicle.

So this is only down in Charleston? Damn you Columbia

You lucky Buggers! I just put $85 dollars in the tank of my GMC-Sierra. For a free growler of SAB I'd be not quite so anxious about it...maybe happy about it.

neko said:

Do Sunoco stations have beer on tap? I've never seen this before at any gas station, but that's an awesome deal.

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They do, and they even have some local stuff on tap. I was blown away the first time I walked into the shop and saw the taps on the wall.

bwomp313 said:

finally, something good in the south

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Let us know when there's something good in the north.

Lets not start Civil War II now boys....

They started this in NY(I don't know what part of the state) but it was meant with all sorts of anti DWI complaints. I guess it is much easier to twist off a growler top than the top to a 12 oz. bud light and drink it.

I see this and all I'm jealous of is your gas price. Here in South Africa, we are paying around $5-6 a gallon.