Crowlers

The cost is built in around here, but comparing it to growler refills, it seems to be $1 per can (e.g. a $12 refill winds up being a $7 crowler).

 

I agree, I've had them ranging from weeks to months and they have all been just fine. They've been kept in the fridge without problem.

 

I agree! My Drinktank is amazing and it keeps everything cold for 24 hours outside a fridge

 

Pretty soon. Nothing. Texas is in the midst of a Crowler war.

http://spirits.blog.austin360.com/2...bar-told-crowlers-not-permitted-by-texas-law/

 

If filled correctly (I think that's the key) it will last as long as a non-counter pressure filled growler - a couple weeks. Of course I've had one ore two that weren't filled right and were dead flat hours/minutes later.

I recently read that the stainless ones can't be used in a counter pressure growler filling station. Is that true? Seems like that would be the only drawback to those if so.

 

El Bait Shop here in Des Moines, IA just recently got a crowler machine as well. They fill them for twice the price of a pint (which is perfectly fine) + extra $3 (which I think is steep).

 

Ya I've read on websites that some places refuse to fill stainless ones. I actually don't know why, is that the reason?

 

It was on another thread on BA somewhere not long ago. I believe the reason they won't/can't fill them is because you can't see into the growler while filling.

 

That seems silly to me. Sorry for the dummy question but is that a huge necessity when filling?

 

I was told at a growler fill station (locally at both ABC and Total Wine) that it was so they could fill it to the fill line (some legal department requirement) with accuracy. If you cant see in, you have no way to know when you've hit your mark.

 

Local brewery here in NH that does Crowlers doesn't add for the can it's included in the price as they don't fill glass growlers there. I paid $9 for a single hopped Pale Ale and $13 for the DIPA last weekend and thought the pricing was on par as the beers from Garrison City are top shelf and are some of the best in NH

 

Had my first experience with crowlers a few weeks back on a trip to NH n maine. I think they're worth it solely so your not under the gun to drink your beer in a week or two. Got a 32 oz growler from stoneface on the same trip. Carb wasn't where it should've been a week and a half later

 

Never seen a crowler in NY before

 

The store in my town that fills Crowlers doesn't charge for them

 

We have a few breweries offer them here approx. $7-9 dollars each. My big thing is that they are un-reseal able. Can't remember the last time I drank a litre of the same thing during one sitting. I usually have a bunch of different styles or type when I sit down to drink.

 

I believe Taps and Caps in Carrollton, Texas charges $1 for it + the 32 oz cost.

 

We fill Crowlers at our brewery taproom in Indianapolis. Crowlers are still very new in Indy as we were the first brewery to have a machine and there are now a couple more breweries that have added the machines in recent weeks. We expect more will in the future because they are a great package for the beer, especially if the can is properly CO2 purged before filling.

We just build the cost of the can and label into the overall Crowler. Our Crowlers normally run $6-$9 depending on the beer and are the same cost per ounce as a growler fill. In other words if a 32 oz Crowler is $6 then the 64 oz Growler fill is $12. Pretty simple. But most of the places mentioned in the thread are stores so they are going to do things differently than a brewery taproom. In Indiana only breweries can do on-demand fills so we are not going to see any stores doing Crowler fills.

We like the Crowlers as they have a lot of the same benefits of our 16 oz cans which would be they can be taken almost anywhere and are recyclable. We also think they provide a better container for the beer, which is the most important point to Crowlers. From our own tests a month old Crowler, properly filled, performs as well as our 16oz cans off our canning line.

 

In my area we have 2 businesses with a machine. And both places no charge for the can.

 

A properly filled crowler should hold its carbonation significantly longer than does a non-counter-pressure-filled growler. This in fact is one of the crowler's chief advantages. I rarely buy non-counter-pressure-filled growlers because I'm highly sensitive to the inferior aroma, flavor, and palate effects of undercarbonation, which I tend to notice in non-counter-pressure-filled growlers within a day or two of purchase prior to opening. I have yet to experience an undercarbonation problem in crowlers after a matter of weeks. Primarily for that reason I'm willing to pay the local standard $1 price premium for a crowlette* v. a same-sized growlette refill.

* By state law, all "crowlers" in Minnesota are crowlettes, i.e., 750 mL versions of crowlers.