{"id":190,"date":"2015-06-08T15:57:53","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T15:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bowditch.com\/craftbrewerylegalblog\/?p=190"},"modified":"2020-07-31T13:29:16","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T13:29:16","slug":"grumbling-for-growler-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bowditch.com\/craftbrewerylegalblog\/2015\/06\/08\/grumbling-for-growler-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Grumbling for Growler Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you own too many growlers?\u00a0 I certainly do.\u00a0 With an increasing number of craft breweries offering small-batch brews only packaged in the re-sealable glass, it\u2019s an easy predicament to fall into.\u00a0 The source of the problem is that Massachusetts law limits a brewery to filling only glass that displays its own name.\u00a0 Massachusetts craft beer lovers enviously gaze at their peers living in other states where customers can legally fill any growler at any brewery, regardless of where the glass was purchased.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A state representative from Seekonk, Steven Howitt, aims to change Massachusetts law to give a brewery the option to fill any growler it deems appropriate.\u00a0 The craft beer consumer rejoices at the prospect, but a brewer might be wary of losing credit for the fruit of its labors by filling glass brandishing another brewer\u2019s logo.\u00a0 On the flipside, a change to the law might cause brewers to capture sales from customers who would like to fill a growler, but simply cannot justify adding more glass to the collection.<\/p>\n<p>Questions arise with the potential for new laws surrounding growlers.\u00a0 For example, one wonders how far legislature would take the concept of \u201cre-sealable container.\u201d\u00a0 Could brewers be allowed to fill customers\u2019 empty soda bottles with their beer?\u00a0 What about the potential for completely blank growlers \u2013 would the Surgeon General\u2019s warning still be required on the glass?\u00a0 In any event, brewers will need to form their own policies on filling growlers to succeed in what continues to be a changing legal landscape for craft beer.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about Representative Howitt\u2019s justification for growler reform and dissenting opinions in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/lifestyle\/food-dining\/2015\/06\/03\/old-system-byo-growler-longer-effect\/Uk5GXQGOrCjgHb7lMwIrdK\/story.html\">an article published by The Boston Globe<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you own too many growlers?&nbsp; I certainly do.&nbsp; With an increasing number of craft breweries offering small-batch brews only packaged in the re-sealable glass, it&rsquo;s an easy predicament to fall into.&nbsp; The source of the problem is that Massachusetts law limits a brewery to filling only glass that displays&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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