riverfrontbrewer
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Never even heard of putting a deposit on a growler.....always buy it.
Never even heard of putting a deposit on a growler.....always buy it.
Yep, my office is about 50 ft from SKA...
Yea well they cannot by Alaskan Law fill a growler with anything over 6%. And if the beer is over 6% i have to pay 16oz price for an 8oz
It's like this in PA also. However, only a handful of breweries actually submit to it. Some even slap a label overtop of the one on the bottle. It's such a joke of a law.
So about a month ago, I purchased my first growler from Downtown Brewery in San Luis Obispo, CA. They filled it for me and said that they, and other brewpubs would gladly refill them for a fee. I paid $18 for a full growler.
I went to El Toro Brewery in Morgan Hill, CA and was told that it was against California law for them to fill a growler unless it had their name on it. Has anyone else heard of anything like this, or were they just trying to get me to buy one of theirs?
Three Floyds in Munster, IN wont even refill a growler with their OWN name on it. They claim something along the lines of "We can't guarantee that your growler is clean or free of soap residue, so you'll need to buy another one".
A lot of people seem to be faulting the Brewpubs for following the law. If that's the law, then these guys are MOSTLY going to follow it. To open a brewpub and distribute alcohol, you need ridiculous permits, costing ridiculous fees, and the enforcement is pretty strict and severe. I know the homebrewing atmosphere is one which promotes individuality and even a certain level of rejecting authority, but these guys have a lot at stake, and to simply say they are trying to rip you off, because they are following laws, is absurd.
I've had a Rogue growler filled by a brewery in CA. I think if it is a law, it's one that is usually ignored. Most likely it is just the brewery misinterpreting the law.
What if you have a growler with no name on it?
All my kegs have PEPSI written on them am I going to prison
Most growlers are 64oz, an amount that is just as often shared as consumed alone. If I had poured my life into starting a brewery, why would I want to put my product into a container with someone else's name?
Packaging is often as influential as the package, and that goes double when you're the one paying the bills for the packaging. As to complaints about "price gauging" for a new growler v. a fill, if its more than a nominal amount, that tells you just as much about the brewery as the beer would.
You forgot about the consumer's protection side though. Like the warning labels that lightbulbs might be harmful if swallowed or that they may contain materials that give lab rats cancer.
At least I find these warnings helpful!
Well, I'm glad I live in New Mexico cause that crap doesn't fly here. I've had growlers from Wisconsin, Rogue, and even cross town rival breweries all filled here with no questions asked.
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