512 in the DFW area?

The Bottle Shop on lower Greenville in Dallas always has one 512 brew on tap, they fill growlers.

 

We can buy beer from specialty shops such as The Bottle Shop, or also in Dallas, the Whole Foods Market on Park Lane and in Lakewood off of Abrams both fill growlers as well. WFM usually have local beers on tap, things from Deep Ellum Brewing Co. and Lakewood Brewing Co. The typical bar/pub, at least in my humble knowledge, is not able to fill growlers, but places like The Bottle Shop have a drink in and carry out permit that allows for this (they also close/stop selling at 12am because of this special permit). If you check The Bottle Shop's Facebook page, they update their tap selections pretty regularly.

 

Bars that sell beer and wine only can do growler fills. If they sell spirits, no go. Not saying all places will, but they could.

 

It's a closed container. No issues that I can think of.

 

^^ I just put my growler on the floor of the back seat, out of sight and never had an issue.

 

I usually have the growler up to my mouth in the car, with my head out the window, flicking off the cops while yelling "Woooooooooo!" between gulps.

That doesn't work as well. It's also difficult to drive with no hands on the wheel.

I really wish (512) would bottle regularly. Man, I would love to buy a 6-pack of (512) IPA and Pecan Porter. They do bottle an occasional rarity once a year (they've bottled 3 times thus far)... but you've gotta be literally in motion at the time it's announced they're out to score one of those.

 

This. I actually just put them on the floor of the back seat, i dont even worry about "out of sight". once even strapped them into the back seatbelts, got stopped for a light out and the cop didnt even say anything about the weird kids in the backseat

 

Has it been whiskey pecan every time?

I got 1 bottle of that last release.

 

They also did (512) Wild Bear and THREE as bottle releases last year. Very limited though, much less than 512 WBDPP.... ~500 bottles IIRC. I'd expect to see FOUR as well as another this winter followed up by another batch of 512 WBDPP in spring of next year.

 

Never had Three or Wild Bear.

I've had quite a few of their other offerings though. I do wish they'd bottle though. Looks like Deep Ellum will beat them to the punch even though they've been around a lot less time.

 

I wanted that too....I opted for something better though......




Last year I had these two on draft in my home bar. I'm getting another Pecan Porter when one of my current keg blows.

 

Show off.

 

Quit being a class act...

 

They don't bottle because they don't want to bottle, not because there's something holding them back.

 

Not quite sure what this means

 

It's a nice set-up.

 

I've never understood the "I don't want to make more money" mentality. When a new startup, I get it, but when you've been in the market with a popular product, I think it'd be a natural next step.

That said, to each their own.