“In the beginning we tried to figure out, ‘Who’s going to be our market?’ ” said Ben Granger, 32, an owner of Bierkraft, which began filling growlers in spring 2006. “We thought, mullet-heads and beer-bellied dudes. But the first run was ladies with strollers. They will tell you they’re buying them for their husbands. Three weeks later, they’ve got two. One’s his and one’s hers. The next one that caught me by surprise was dads coming in with their kids. Then there’s the beer crowd who’ll rush in to get on this or that before it’s gone. There’s no age limit.”For all-draft breweries, this allows them to reach a totally new market of consumers who want good beer but can't regularly go out for a pint. More interesting info:
“Rushing the growler,” connoting children hustling pails of beer for adults from bar to table, was a common expression. The curious name is thought to be inspired by the rumbling noise escaping carbon dioxide made as the beer sloshed about in the pailI enjoyed the whole article; you might too. Go have a look.
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Yo I saw that article also and had a similar reaction, but the writer does a nice round job of highlighting the new trend in NY & offering some interesting information/history as well.
ReplyDeleteOddly, in the same day I saw another popurl link to "the new growler craze" & that article was much more fun to mock, if you're of that ilk.
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