Brewski To-Go

Posted @ Aug. 18 2011 02:10PM by Lauren - eat-drink

This past legislative session, beer was the subject of House Bill 1465. On April 29, bill turned law, authorizing beer and/or wine specialty shop licensees, upon approval by the liquor control board, to receive an endorsement that permits the sale of beer to a purchaser in a sanitary container brought to the premises by the purchaser. In plain English: you can now explore craft on draft when you BYOGrowler (a clean, dry 32- or 64-ounce glass container that is filled from beer kegs, capped and sealed for at-home serving).

Federal Way’s 99 Bottles is thankful for the legislative action: “we’re finally able to reach our original dream for 99 Bottles! That is, a beer store surrounded by a community of wonderful beer lovers, supporting breweries by carrying their complete product families whenever possible and offering beers to-go in bottles, cans and growlers,” says Tiffany Adamowski, co-owner.

Growlers also allow retail stores to represent breweries that don’t have bottling capabilities.

Starting August 23, the specialty beer store will be offering up to eight different beers for growler fills with available brews changing after each keg is emptied.

-Shelby Taylor, Editorial Intern