Look for Growlers Pourhouse to open in the vicinity of Aug. 3, from the folks at Crepe Cellar.
The focus: craft beer and beer food. That means 12 styles of beers and two seasonals -- all American -- will always be available, says partner Jeff Tonidandel, but exactly which IPA or high-gravity brew will be offered will change as they go. (With one exception: PBR on tap all the time!)
It also means housemade hot dogs and sausages (Italian to brat to turkey-apple), cheese pairings and raw-oyster pairings, dips and "cool desserts." (In point of fact, one of these helped the place get its permit, says Tonidandel. The city folks were thinking the place sounded rather like a bar, until he told them they were so serious about their food, they will be making their own marshmallows for s'mores.)
Also noteworthy (and pictured, from the Growlers Facebook page): an antique beer engine. Like a well's hand pump, explains Tonidandel, this pumps from casks in which the beer has been carbonated with a second round of yeast and sugar, rather than a CO2 tank. He found it on Craig's List in Sonoma and is refurbishing it. Rather than having to finish a cask the same day you open it, the engine keeps it fresh for up to two weeks (though Tonidandel expects to go through a keg a week).
Growlers will share a kitchen with the Cellar, at 3116 N. Davidson St.
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Sounds awesome!
Please, for the love of GOD. When serving bottle beers, ALWAYS offer a glass! (except for the cheap american pilsners). How irritating when somebody brings you a porter to drink out of a bottle!
"Of course PBR..." Terrible. Couldn't be a worse beer, but it's "cool" to have on tap and "cooler" to drink.
PBR isn't even a true brewery. It's a contract brewery meaning - they write contracts to breweries to brew for them. There's no beermaster, consistency in ingredients, or standards to the process. That's why PBR taste different depending on where you are in the country.
The people who drink PBR are the anti-establishment folks who have drank up more of a marketing engine pint than their competition.
Stone, Starr Hill, Rogue, Dogfish, Oberon, Bells, and Terrapin should all be on tap.
Leave the "gateway crafts" at the door - Sweetwater and New Belgium
sounds great!! this is a Alvin Green idea.
About the PBR rant above. Yes, true PBR is not the best beer but that is not the target market or what they claim to be. If you don't like it, don't drink it. Ordering a PBR is done out of thirst or buzz, and not specifically for the taste. Sort of like drinking a Coke. That's why it is frequently on the happy hour list for $1. Fortunately for you, beer conoseur, you have a choice - Glad to see the rest of us do as well.
It has to be better than Olde Mecklenburg...
This is awesome. Except it will be $6 a pint. I am SO living in the past. You know, when prices were REASONABLE.
I drink beers so underground, I go to bars in the earth's mantle
Growlers for sale? Or just a clever marketing pitch? I am of the understanding that in NC you can only sell growlers from where the beer is made i.e. breweries. Grpaevine Wine sells them because they are right over the border in SC. I would love a response to this. Regardless, mo craft beer, mo betta!
That's really cool. What could be the price of that machine in the photo?
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