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Anyone want to get in on a club where we mail a growler around every week? You get it full drink it, and refill then remail. Hopefully a number divisible by 4, but I am sure we can work out details.
I'm interested. Would be interesting to try beers from other parts of the country, or share some good stuff from New England. One particular concern of mine (and Cokes, if decides to do it) regarding the growler bit is: in Massachusetts, growlers can only be sold with the brewer's logo on it.
Meaning if I had a growler of Jack's Abby, it can only have Jack's Abby in it. I couldn't use an Opa-Opa bottle and then go to Jack's Abby and have the Opa-Opa bottle filled there. (Opa-Opa isn't that great, I just know they sell a lot of growlers in retail.)
That is the silliest law ever.
Does that mean you can't walk into your local beer store or bar and get a growler filled?
I'm interested. Would be interesting to try beers from other parts of the country, or share some good stuff from New England. One particular concern of mine (and Cokes, if decides to do it) regarding the growler bit is: in Massachusetts, growlers can only be sold with the brewer's logo on it.
Meaning if I had a growler of Jack's Abby, it can only have Jack's Abby in it. I couldn't use an Opa-Opa bottle and then go to Jack's Abby and have the Opa-Opa bottle filled there. (Opa-Opa isn't that great, I just know they sell a lot of growlers in retail.)
That is the silliest law ever.
Does that mean you can't walk into your local beer store or bar and get a growler filled?
Beer stores don't sell by draft (growler fill). I didn't even realize this was a thing until I seen an ad for Half Time in Poughkeepsie.
Bars can only fill if they're the brewer, and using their own labeled container. I know of one brewer who mentioned they had to slap their own sticker over someone else's glassware, just to be able to legally fill it.
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Does that mean you can't walk into your local beer store or bar and get a growler filled?
Beer stores don't sell by draft (growler fill)
Bars can only fill if they're the brewer, and using their own labeled container. I know of one brewer who mentioned they had to slap their own sticker over someone else's glassware, just to be able to legally fill it.
Wow. That sucks. I feel spoiled now. One of the beverage marts here has a canning line to fill their "crowlers" (it's a 32oz. can).
Can you return the growlers? We got a growler at Fiddlehead in Vermont, brought it next door to drink with our pizza, and then returned the growler to get our deposit back. I can't imagine having a growler for every brewery lying around the house.
Nay. I have a few of them sitting on the floor in my storage room, and all but one are from Mass. The other is from Yazoo, which I kept as a souvenir from my Roo trip in 2012.
Nay. I have a few of them sitting on the floor in my storage room, and all but one are from Mass. The other is from Yazoo, which I kept as a souvenir from my Roo trip in 2012.
What about a generic growler? I use a drink tank with no logos.
They tell us "Rock'n'roll is the devil's music." Well, let's say we know that rock is the devil's music, and we know that it is, for sure … At least he fuckin' jams! If it's a choice between eternal Hell and good tunes, and eternal Heaven and New Kids on the fuckin' Block … I'm gonna be surfin' on the lake of fire, rockin' out.
Anyone want to get in on a club where we mail a growler around every week? You get it full drink it, and refill then remail. Hopefully a number divisible by 4, but I am sure we can work out details.
PM me with some serious details, 'cause I am definitely interested.
I'm interested. Would be interesting to try beers from other parts of the country, or share some good stuff from New England. One particular concern of mine (and Cokes, if decides to do it) regarding the growler bit is: in Massachusetts, growlers can only be sold with the brewer's logo on it.
Meaning if I had a growler of Jack's Abby, it can only have Jack's Abby in it. I couldn't use an Opa-Opa bottle and then go to Jack's Abby and have the Opa-Opa bottle filled there. (Opa-Opa isn't that great, I just know they sell a lot of growlers in retail.)
That is the silliest law ever.
Some states still have surprisingly restrictive liquor and beer laws. In Ohio you can buy beer at damn near every supermarket, convenience store, and gas station until 1 AM (2 AM at a few certain stores), as well as wine and shitty 42-proof liquor, with no restriction on beer alcohol content. Higher proof liquor is still limited to special liquor stores, but many of these now exist inside supermarkets and they may also sell beer and wine together. Pennsylvania only started selling quantities less than full cases in recent years (I think), with sales previously limited to beer-only distributors and taverns. I haven't been to Connecticut in a while, but last I was there retail beer and liquor were sold in "package" stores only, with a cutoff time of like 9PM. Massachusetts relied on very limited outlets too (as of a few years ago), New York was somewhat restrictive, and TN still limits sales to special stores, no? NH is more like Ohio. Big differences across state lines.
Restricted sales are meant to discourage alcoholism by making it inconvenient, right? I think I'd be more apt to over do it if I didn't live in a state like Ohio, since I'd be more likely to buy more at a time. It is nice to be able to stop wherever is convenient on the way home and pick up a 6-pack any time, or just walk down to the gas station and pick up a single or a couple of pints when I feel like it, rather than stocking the fridge more regularly
Here, we see growlers at brewpubs most commonly, but I do know that at least two supermarket chains in my area that sell draft beer to go at some of their locations. There doesn't seem to be any restriction on the growlers themselves, since I've bought generic ones there and brought them back for refills. Is shipping full growlers problematic? Will USPS, UPS or FedEx even allow them, or do you just not tell them what you're shipping and that it isn't in a factory-sealed container?
Sorry, this isn't the beer LAW thread, but oh well.
It's illegal to ship alcohol via USPS. I worked at FedEx Home Delivery a number of years ago and there was a lot of wine deliveries made thru them because of that.
I believe packies in CT can sell until 10 now, and 6 on Sunday. Beer and wine can be sold in grocery stores, but only a handful do based on ownership restrictions.
In New York, you can't sell beer & liquor/wine in the same place, except at bars obviously.
Tennessee has crappy beer laws but in July everything changes, we get wine in gas stations/grocery stores, and our .bv for high gravity goes from 6.2 to 10.2, this is really going to revolutionize our brewing scene with everyone being able to make doubles, and tripels.
They tell us "Rock'n'roll is the devil's music." Well, let's say we know that rock is the devil's music, and we know that it is, for sure … At least he fuckin' jams! If it's a choice between eternal Hell and good tunes, and eternal Heaven and New Kids on the fuckin' Block … I'm gonna be surfin' on the lake of fire, rockin' out.
In New York, you can't sell beer & liquor/wine in the same place, except at bars obviously.
Tennessee has crappy beer laws but in July everything changes, we get wine in gas stations/grocery stores, and our .bv for high gravity goes from 6.2 to 10.2, this is really going to revolutionize our brewing scene with everyone being able to make doubles, and tripels.
Can breweries start brewing their high abv brews before the laws change? I'm thinking so it's ready to release when the laws change.
A group of friends want to take a long weekend trip down to Nashville, probably centered around a concert. We're big craft brew fans so it's nice to see that they're everywhere.
Tennessee has crappy beer laws but in July everything changes, we get wine in gas stations/grocery stores, and our .bv for high gravity goes from 6.2 to 10.2, this is really going to revolutionize our brewing scene with everyone being able to make doubles, and tripels.
Can breweries start brewing their high abv brews before the laws change? I'm thinking so it's ready to release when the laws change.
A group of friends want to take a long weekend trip down to Nashville, probably centered around a concert. We're big craft brew fans so it's nice to see that they're everywhere.
I don't know if they can, but I will find out. If you guys are coming down let me know I can hook you up with some tours and whatnot we have about 15-16 right now with several more opening this summer.
They tell us "Rock'n'roll is the devil's music." Well, let's say we know that rock is the devil's music, and we know that it is, for sure … At least he fuckin' jams! If it's a choice between eternal Hell and good tunes, and eternal Heaven and New Kids on the fuckin' Block … I'm gonna be surfin' on the lake of fire, rockin' out.
They tell us "Rock'n'roll is the devil's music." Well, let's say we know that rock is the devil's music, and we know that it is, for sure … At least he fuckin' jams! If it's a choice between eternal Hell and good tunes, and eternal Heaven and New Kids on the fuckin' Block … I'm gonna be surfin' on the lake of fire, rockin' out.
In New York, you can't sell beer & liquor/wine in the same place, except at bars obviously.
Hmm, so if you want a stout and I want a bottle of shiraz we have to make two stops? That seems so bizarre and foreign to me. And pointless.
I seen a couple places where the wine/liquor was in a store right next to the beer distributor. My go-to place in college was like that, where the liquor store was next door.
In New Hampshire, wine and liquor are sold in state controlled stores. There are only 77 in the whole state. Beer is seemingly everywhere though, compared to southern New England anyway.
In New York, you can't sell beer & liquor/wine in the same place, except at bars obviously.
Hmm, so if you want a stout and I want a bottle of shiraz we have to make two stops? That seems so bizarre and foreign to me. And pointless.
Yep. No wine or liquor in grocery stores. Beer only.
Most of the beverage marts (that's the beer store) and liquor stores are right next door to or across the street from each other. So, it's not too bad but still a pain in the ass.
Most of the bev marts have taps now so you can do growler fills, too. All the bars in town do them too. Thats why the whole brand specific growler for it to be filled thing really blew my mind. We can walk into the bar down the street with a Brown's (local brew pub) growler and they'll fill it with whatever no problem.
Post by wolfmanjess on Feb 17, 2016 8:22:39 GMT -5
I went to one of our new breweries last night called Southern Grist. They were really good actually, they had a really good Gose, an IPA called Mixed Greens that had a lot of flavor going on, and a Kettle Soured Mint and Ginger beer called the Nashville Mule.
They tell us "Rock'n'roll is the devil's music." Well, let's say we know that rock is the devil's music, and we know that it is, for sure … At least he fuckin' jams! If it's a choice between eternal Hell and good tunes, and eternal Heaven and New Kids on the fuckin' Block … I'm gonna be surfin' on the lake of fire, rockin' out.
The first time I was outside Amherst, NY I was disappointed to find no alcohol in the grocery store. I found a beer store and a liquor store next to each other. I bought beer no problem, but apparently the liquor store couldn't sell me the large quantity of liquor I was purchasing with an out of state ID. I went back to the beer store and asked the guy if he'd go buy my alcohol and gave them cash. That was the most confusing alcohol purchase I had ever made. Very different from IL where we can buy wild turkey at the gas station or even a pharmacy.
They tell us "Rock'n'roll is the devil's music." Well, let's say we know that rock is the devil's music, and we know that it is, for sure … At least he fuckin' jams! If it's a choice between eternal Hell and good tunes, and eternal Heaven and New Kids on the fuckin' Block … I'm gonna be surfin' on the lake of fire, rockin' out.