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the short piece about growlers on the cbc website : Craft beer growlers stir up controversy among beer drinkers Beer enthusiasts debate the best method for buying local craft beer By On the Coast, CBC News Posted: Apr 01, 2015 6:59 AM PT Last Updated: Apr 01, 2015 6:59 AM PT A growler is a common way to buy fresh beer from a local brewery. (CBC)   Growling over growlers 6:49     Related Stories B.C. craft beer tours: walking, running, cycling and shuttling between stops Craft brewers would get tax break under federal NDP proposal B.C. craft beer trends: 4 IPAs to check out Craft Beer a career for women too, says advocate Over the past week craft beer enthusiasts have been arguing over Twitter about beer growlers and whether or not they're the best way to buy beer. Growlers are a large, glass bottle that commonly holds up to 2 L of fresh suds from your local brewery. On the Coast...

my notes from yesterday's beer column on cbc radio one's on the coast with michelle eliot: ( listen to the audio here ) Geoff Turner (a producer at CBC) tweeted last week that he thinks growlers are “a really stupid way to buy your beer”.   In a twitter exchange with beer advocate Rick Green (@BCbrews) he called growlers “trendy silliness”.   Rick pulled me into the fray so I decided to do my beer column about growlers, and other ways to enjoy fresh beer. Growlers have been around for centuries, originally in the guise of a lidded pail, but are definitely enjoying their 15 minutes of fame right now.   10 years ago only beer geeks knew what they were.   Now you’d be hard pressed to find anyone in the Lower Mainland who doesn’t.   There’s nothing like drinking fresh beer – before it loses flavour or becomes spoiled. If you can’t be drinking the beer right at the brewery, then growlers are a great way to transport that fresh beer to where you will be drin...