Duluth: Memorial day Weekend

Anything of note going on in Dulute(Duluth) Memorial Day weekend? Going to spend the weekend there with my wife.

On the agenda:

-Fitger's..lunch and beers and stock up on some growlers
-Pizza at Thirsty Pagean..probably have a beer or two but not real impressed with their beer...Pizza is a different story
-Pick up a few growlers from Canal Park since they fill any growlers and my first impression of their beer was good.. Maybe have a pint or two there as well.
-Maybe an Anchor Bar burger although the wife seems lukewarm on that idea

-I heard Bent Paddle is now open....not sure if it is a tap room or brew pub or what but might try to hit that..

**Anything else anyone would suggest or any events, etc?

 

You guys think it's better than Thirsty Pagean Pizza? Different styles it sounds like.

 

Yes they do. So does Barley John's.... Funny how they can do it and have no problem doing it but all the other places say you have to buy their glass too.

 

I honestly don't think the law states you have to use growlers with your brew pubs name on it. I think so many have said that for so many years it has been something that is taken as fact when it may not be. I think some places just want to use their own glassware and use it as an excuse. For some it makes sense like Fitger's and Town Hall where they pre-fill their growlers. And others may make that business decision for a different reason but I honestly do not think the law is that strict otherwise how can these two fill others growlers.

I went to Canal Park and had a Fitger's growler filled. I went to Barley John's and had a Rock Bottom growler filled.

Other places at times will do a growler trade in for one with their name on it. That is cool too. The new places that do neither lose my growler business because I am not adding anymore to my vast collection filling up my shelf. I'm just done trying to have a growler with every breweries name on it so I can buy their beer. I have a ton from Fitger's and Town Hall and many other misc. ones that I will fill at places that fill other growlers.

 

I think it is how you interpret the law. That's what I was told. How do these other places do it if it is illegal? Do you have the exact verbiage of what the law states by chance?

 

Cool. Thanks. I guess they must be getting by slapping a paper label on it with the the name of the malt liquor, and the name and address of the brewer? It does not say it has to be their own glass growler I guess if you read it that way. Not sure.

Something that should be changed either way to allow for better sales for these breweries/brew pubs in my opinion. I think the brewery/pub should decide how they want to do it. Fitger's/Town Hall pre-fill and it makes sense to just use their own although who knows perhaps they would allow it too in some cases....not sure.

I'm just at the point where I have my growlers for my key places like Fitger's and Town Hall (I've got about six of each of theirs) and that's good enough for me. I'll just get beer from those places since they are the best of the best anyhow but any new upstarts lose my growler cash since I will not buy any more. If they fill other growlers then it is a different story like I said.