Crafty Cartons

Seems pretty cool, just too small IMO, 2 pints. If it was larger I think it would catch on.

 

Florida has this stoooooopid law that you can only fill 32oz and gallon growlers. I have a gal of Jai Alai in my fridge. Gonna put a dent in it in about an hour.

 

Does anyone think that these will be able to hold the carbonation as well as a growler does?

 

I don't see how they can if they're not airtight.

 

amateur!

One of the beer stores I go to mentioned he would be getting the cartons but still also fill glass growlers.
I have both 32 and 64oz glass growlers and a 16oz swing top bottle that all my regular stores will fill for me.
I wonder about freshness in the container, do you have to drink the beer right away or could it be unopened and saved for the following day?

 

I don't really see the need. Glass growlers aren't that hard to clean, they can store beer longer than most give them credit for, and they last virtually forever.

 

well the need would come from a 1 gallon growler of CCB Florida Cracker Belgian white breaking in the back of my truck 2 weeks ago. The stink has finally gone away.

 

I believe these started in the U.K. and most of their beers have very little carbonation anyway.

 

There's a "old man's bar" near me that will sell a quart of tap beer to go - Yuengling, Bud, BL, Coors Light, Miller Lite or PBR for $4.50.

These dudes put it in a chinese soup container...

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...you know you gotta drink these right away.​

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I'm guilty of going out for 1 or more quarts of Yuengling and/or Miller Lite at 11pm on a Sunday Night many times because I can walk or stumble over there without risking a DWI.​

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Put it in cardboard, plastic or glass, when I want a beer to go just give me my friggin beer! ​

 

In the US, cardboard containers have been used as growlers for draught-beer-to-go since before Prohibition. Originally round, wax coated cardboard with slip-over lids, the "milk carton" types and plastic of various designs (those noted by "JoeyBeerBelly", as well as "cubetainers") have also been used over the decades.

 

I'm sure that you remember the old-time 'buckets' of to-go beer. I recall my dad letting me have a sip of the fresh draft that he'd bring home once in a while. Draft beer in a KFC-type cardboard bucket with a paper lid....stop by the local bar on the way home from work, have a draft, take a bucket home, and it had to be consumed that evening. No shelf life like a growler, etc. Maybe they're still around in your area.

 

I do remember "a bucket of beer" and yes I had sips of my dad's Rheingold, Knickerbocker and Ballantine from those 'fresh draft' buckets.

Edit: I was born in Brooklyn (Williamsburg, 1958) and lived there until I was 9 before moving to Long Island in 1967.
My dad was Brooklyn born and raised and loved the hometown (and NJ brewed Ballantine) beers.

 

A bar in PA used to sell draft to go in plastic milk gallon jugs. Not sure if it was legal or not.

 

I saw an ad for these in the new Celebrator and my first thought was "these won't be legal in California." Seems like a cool idea for when you want a beer, but not necessarily a growler of it. Although it sounds like you'd have to drink it pretty quick, since it's not sealed like a growler.

 

I like it for the idea that they’re promoting in their FAQ (the FAQ really should be a main top-level link) – if you want to drink more of that brewery's beer tonight but don’t want to risk getting a DUI, and without having to deal with a growler. At that price, a brewery could just charge a buck or two, fill it up, and you’re set for the night. It’s in addition to growlers, not a replacement.