![]() No duct tape!" and they will not obscure for you.Īnother fun fact hidden in the amendment: beer manufacturers are authorized to refill a container supplied by a consumer with a capacity of up to FIVE gallons! Cheers to big beers! Keep in mind that the new law does not require breweries to fill outside growlers, and many say they won’t despite the amendment. Under the current ABC rules, breweries are permitted to obscure the old labels in a semi-permanent way, “not readily removable by the consumer.” Stone's website requests that patrons ".be classy. ![]() It requires brewers to cover up all previous branding on the container in question, and to affix government-approved tags or labels with identifying information - the brewery's name, the name of the beer going into the growler, its alcohol by volume, etc. Will the rest of San Diego's breweries follow suit?ĪB-647 is an amendment to parts of the California Business and Professions code that was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown on October 8, 2013. revised its policy and will now fill blank and "completely obscured" growlers at all of their locations (no, not at the airport). Recently a law has been passed to clarify the growler confusion, and with that, Stone Brewing Co. Would you have to obscure the old label, or could you just cover it up with, say, duct tape? Due to the confusion, most California breweries continued their refusal to refill outside/non-native growlers. Fortunately, this year, ABC revised its interpretation of the law to permit outside growler fills.but the requirements were still hazy. With over 70 breweries in San Diego county, all those bulky bottles could take up a lot of cabinet space for the avid beer fanatic. a different growler bottle for every brewery. For far too long, the Alcoholic Beverage Control board (ABC) insisted that California law mandated that breweries could only fill growlers bearing their own distinct logo, i.e. ![]() Taking home 1-3 liters (and maybe up to 5 gallons) of your favorite San Diego beer may soon be a bit less cumbersome.
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