Resealable Crowlers

It all depends on how it was filled. If it was purged with gas first, it should hold for a really long time. I wouldn't open it and then not finish the beverage though. It'll get oxidized really quickly.

 

Probably the same as a growler. Drink it within about 24 hours after opening. I still like the pop tops better. Just feel like they seal better overall.

 

Shane from @Sixpoint used them as a brewery-filled, distributed package and, when reminded about them in a recent thread, wrote:

I bought one once at a liquor store as a BYOB for the next-door Japanese restaurant that had a Sushi $6 Post-Lunch Special. Worked fine that day - I remembered thinking "I oughta do this more often..." (I drove by the place several times a week) but the package disappeared and now the restaurant is closed.

 

Use one of those old school can openers (or a knife if you don't have one) and punch a hole in the pop-top crowler opposite the 'mouth', so there are two holes in the top. Should pour much smoother.

One of these: http://frugalsos.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/hi-c-can-opener.jpg

 

uh oh, someone just went old school. Now those were the days!

 

When I drink a crowler by myself it would be great to cap it when I stick it back in the fridge. I drink in one session, two glassfuls, anyway but it would be better to retain more of the CO2.

Anyone know how much more these cans cost the taproom? I imagine they cost more than the pull tab tops.

 

While on vacation I purchased a reseable crowler at a brewpub in Tennessee. They placed this crowler in a plastic bag. As I was carrying that bag out of the car when we got back to the place we were staying I felt some 'sloshing' in the bag. I looked in to see that beer had leaked out. I was not particularly rough in handling the bag. I was hoping to drink that beer the next day but I ended up drinking that beer that evening instead.

This is my sole experience and I have concluded these versions of a crowler are sub-standard. I prefer 'regular' crowlers.

Cheers!

 

For completeness I should state that I personally did not check to make sure the screw top was fully tightened. Regardless I view the resealable crowler to be a sub-optimum version since it should not be dependent on a customer 'checking' the screw down seal. Plus, even if I had taken the step to further tighten it down does not mean it would not have loosened up again on it's own during transport.

All in all, only 'regular' crowlers for me in the future.

Cheers!

 

Who doesn't drink all 32oz in one sitting? Don't understand what this was ever made for. 95% of the time I get a 64oz growler it's to drink all of it in one sitting; for a tiny growler that's an 100000% chance.

 

I think the main purpose of this, is that you don't have to buy the sealing machine that you normally would for a Crowler.

 

Are you suggesting shotgunning it?

 

That's right - show it who's boss....

 

No it's just another, smaller hole on the opposite side of the top from the normal pour hole. It keeps it from trying to suck air in the same hole it is trying to push air out of and makes it pour smoother. Similar physics to the shotgun but much more responsible.

 

I think a more ideal packaging solution and method to avoid quick oxidation are 32 ounce Co2 purged disposable PET plastic bottles.

I have had head retention last on an opened bottle up to a week, simply by pouring half, then crushing/squeezing the air out of the bottle, tightly capping it and then placing it back into the refrigerator.

The downside with the plastic bottles is that they don't keep the beer as cool in warmer months or hotter climates. The empty bottles also need to be chilled before being filled with draft beer or the beer temperature will rise.

The beer in question was Bell's Hopslam, which I didn't want to drink all 32 ounces of in one sitting.

 

Are we sure that that the corporate overlords who now control OB didn't post that last Sunday?