Growlers: Beer and Take Out
There are many tools a beer lover must have. Glasses. Snacks. A Kegerator. Topping the list? Growlers. Beautiful, easy-to-carry glass jugs that store pints upon pints of hard-to-find, fresh-from-the keg beer. Hefeweizen, IPAs, Stouts, Ales, Lagers - you could probably even get one full of Bud Light (but why would you do such a thing?)
Unfortunately, growlers haven't caught on yet in Dallas. And we can't figure out why. Just look at it, in all of its beer transporting glory:
It's like a pitcher. And a jug. A moveable keg. It's perfect for patio drinking, tailgating and barbeques. It turns the great beer you find in a bar like the Gingerman or Flying Saucer into take out. And who doesn't love drinking-related take out?
This guy loves drinking-related takeout.
Growlers got their start in the late 1800s, when enterprising young drinkers decided to take beer from the pub home in steel containers. The sound of the beer sloshing (in addition to a certain level of intoxication) led people to call them growlers.
As a happy hour website, we see no downside to growlers. Economically, filling up a growler is typically cheaper per beer than going out to the bar. Socially, you have to go to a bar, brewery or liquor store to fill it, so it's a step above drinking by yourself at home (not that you would ever do such a thing, am I right?)
Growlers encourage you to try new beer - sample with a taste or a pint (or 3), and if you like it, you get to take some home. Sometimes we wish the same applied to other things: mattresses (which need a test drive), pets, and that guy you met at the bar last Saturday night.
So, we implore you, bars of Dallas. Please start stocking growlers so that we can take home the beers you so lovingly choose for us. We promise we'll come back and visit, even if we're just getting a refill.
