Growler Fill Schedule:Saturdays @ Noon - 2:00
Limit of 2 growlers per brand
April 5th - noon - 2:00 bender & furious
April 12th - noon - 2:00 bender & furious
April 19th - noon - 2:00 bender & furious
April 26th - noon - 2:00 bender & furious
May 3rd - noon - 2:00 bender & furious
The way the current law is structured, Surly will not be able to sell growlers to the public beginning January 1st, 2009. We will keep you updated.
After working for 15 months, talking to the city, the state and rewriting the entire Brooklyn Center city liquor code, Growlers are here!
'What is a growler?' you ask. As any craft beer-loving junkie will tell you, a growler is a refillable, reusable, glass beer jug of your very own, meant for taking 64 oz of beer home with you... again, and again, and again. You bring it in, we fill it up. Repeat.
Growler sales will go something like this:
1) At the brewery every Saturday, Noon - 2:00.
2) Growlers of Furious and Bender will be available. Occasionally, we will have a limited release.
3) Cost - Furious $9, Bender $8, plus the growler ($3).
4) We prefill the growlers. We purge them with CO2 then fill them slowly. For refills, we will exchange your previously-owned Surly growler for a newly cleaned and filled one.
5) By law, we can't fill growlers from other breweries. So don’t bother bringing them.
6) Yes, we are happy to take your money in any form, including credit cards. And yes, you can give us more of your money for t-shirts, hats, sweatshirts and glasses.
Now, since we aren't a brewpub that is open all day every day, and there are still only 3 of us working here (with a couple other things on our plates), our filling times will be specific and limited — Saturday's, 12-2pm. Most Saturday's will NOT have tours, just fillings. Check the tours link for specific tour dates.
Come on by and take some kick-ass beer home with you. Your friends will be glad that you did.
Lets talk growlers
We purge all our growlers with CO2 before they are filled. This is needed as the oxygen in the air reacts with the beer to form some not so yummy flavors. Once you open the growler at home, the air starts reacting with the beer. In addition, the beer starts going flat. We are not saying you have to drink all the beer at once, but it does start to lose some of its special crispness that we worked so hard to deliver to you.