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A jug of beer named after the noise its escaping carbon made en route home.
means A growler is a refillable container, usually a half-gallon jug, used to carry draft beer home from a brewery or bar.
from American slang from the late 19th century, when fresh beer was lugged home in lidded pails. The popular story is that the carbon dioxide sloshing under the lid made a low 'growling' rumble — though some say the growl was the customer's complaint when the pail arrived short-poured. Either way, 'growler' stuck, faded with the rise of bottled beer, and roared back to life with the craft-brewing revival.
- origin
- 19th-century pails carried fresh draft beer home
- the sound
- Sloshing CO2 lid rattle gave it the name
- sizes
- Typically 64 ounces; the smaller half is a howler
- sea slang
- Also a small, dangerous floating iceberg chunk
- revival
- Craft beer boom made them cool again
mcsorley's old ale house — nyc bar since 1854 famous for serving beer in growlers to go
stone brewing growler — san diego brewery popularized the 64oz glass jug format in 1990s craft beer