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Bottoms Up for Beer Growlers

January 21st, 2015 by flanews

You could call it a brew ha ha at the Capitol as a Senate panel debated whether or not a certain craft beer container – known as a growler – should be allowed in the state. As Matt Galka tells us, brewers are optimistic that Florida will be catching up with the rest of the beer industry in the country.

Beer fans can stop by and see Michael Carbonell at Growler Country to fill up on their favorite libation. But Florida law puts a cap on what he and other beer businessman can do.

“Not 64, you can do a gallon, you can do a quart, but you can’t do a half of a gallon,” he said.

Consumers can only fill up 32 oz and one gallon beer containers known as growlers. The 64 oz size in the middle, which has become the industry standard, isn’t allowed.

Brewers have been complaining about the size discrepancies of containers for years, but this year lawmakers say they’re ready to tap into the 64 oz growler.

The big beer names are backing the change, even though they have been concerned about craft brews cutting into profits in the past.

Jose Gonzalez/Anheuser Busch

“We support the 64 oz package, and frankly we also support the deregulation of the container size,” said Jose Gonzalez who represents Anheuser-Busch.

Senate Regulated Industries chairman Rob Bradley basically made a guarantee.

“The highlight and the bottom line is that this is the year we are going to free the growler,” said Sen. Bradley.

The optimism has local brewers buzzing.

Nathan Stonecipher/Green Bench Brewing Co. St.Petersburg

“It is frustrating, it’s obviously not logical, and so it’s nice to finally hopefully push this through, because I don’t think there’s any reason why it shouldn’t be, others would disagree, if we already had a gallon, already had 32 oz, what’s the harm in a half gallon,” said Nathan Stonecipher, the owner of Green Bench Brewing Co. in St. Petersburg.

Only Florida and Utah currently ban the 64 oz beer growler.

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