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About a year ago, I bought a 64-ounce-capacity Ukeg which as I'm sure most of you know is a growler you can pressurize to keep beer carbonated for two weeks or more. There are only a few brewpubs in my immediate area and since my taste in suds is preferentially limited to dark ales I can't always find a brew that I want to buy 4 pints of.
When my wife and I travel, we always carry the Ukeg along and try the food and suds at different brewpubs. Even when I've got a stash of my own recipe porter on hand if I find a different porter recipe, brown ale, or stout I like, I'll fill it up and take it home for later consumption.
I like to limit myself to one pint at a time for really good brews so I can taste the "liquid gold" several times without having to return to the brewpub which may be far, far away in the rearview mirror.
Now to my problem: I recently went to a new brewpub in my area. When I got there, I drank a couple of really nice brews, and then asked them to fill the Ukeg. They said they only sold beer to go in 32-oz crowlers and refused to fill my growler. I then went to a second brewpub that used to fill growlers and they also have switched over to the crowlers. Maybe there's a bit less waste, with the crowlers vs growlers since they usually fill growlers to overflowing to minimize O2 pickup. However, I'd be willing to pay a reasonable premium to get the flexibility of drinking a pint at a time.
What are you experiencing in your area?
Do you consider this to be a problem like I do?
Your comments please!
When my wife and I travel, we always carry the Ukeg along and try the food and suds at different brewpubs. Even when I've got a stash of my own recipe porter on hand if I find a different porter recipe, brown ale, or stout I like, I'll fill it up and take it home for later consumption.
I like to limit myself to one pint at a time for really good brews so I can taste the "liquid gold" several times without having to return to the brewpub which may be far, far away in the rearview mirror.
Now to my problem: I recently went to a new brewpub in my area. When I got there, I drank a couple of really nice brews, and then asked them to fill the Ukeg. They said they only sold beer to go in 32-oz crowlers and refused to fill my growler. I then went to a second brewpub that used to fill growlers and they also have switched over to the crowlers. Maybe there's a bit less waste, with the crowlers vs growlers since they usually fill growlers to overflowing to minimize O2 pickup. However, I'd be willing to pay a reasonable premium to get the flexibility of drinking a pint at a time.
What are you experiencing in your area?
Do you consider this to be a problem like I do?
Your comments please!