The Irish Craft Beer Festival
The Irish Craft Beer Festival held in the RDS from Thursday the 27th of August until Saturday 29th of August, included 40+ breweries and over 200 craft beers to taste over the 3 days, with […]
31st August 2015
What is a Growler?
A Growler is a refillable container, into which draught beer is poured for home consumption. Today’s Growler comes in many different shapes and sizes – 2 litre, 1 litre, 64 floz, 32 floz, glass, ceramic, plastic and stainless steel as well as many novelty shapes.
Filling a Growler from a traditional beer tap is not as easy as it may seem and has a tendency to cause the beer to foam and overflow from the Growler, resulting in waste. (There is nothing worse than wasted beer!) The beer also comes in contact with air and will immediately start to oxidise.
