Legal status of growlers in UK

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Message EdKing beers 3662 º places 307 º 10:50 Wed 6/19/2013 I’ve never seen these done in the UK. I know if a pub has an ’off-licence’ then they can sell ’sealed’ containers of alcohol products. I also remember in years gone by in Northern mining and steel communities pubs would sell jugs of ale to local people to take home or drink at home. What’s the legal status of a growler?
Message kaufmanised beers 120 º places 11 º 10:51 Wed 6/19/2013 I know Brewdog fill growlers in most of their bars...
Message cgarvieuk P beers 37620 º places 457 º 10:53 Wed 6/19/2013 and there a Growler bar opening in Edinburgh (but i cant see it getting enough trade) but i know several off licences that sell take away beer
Message chriso P beers 7540 º places 736 º 10:57 Wed 6/19/2013 Windsor & Eton are about to start selling growlers from their brewery shop, if they haven’t started already. I’m sure Paddy will have looked into the legality.

Message hopbomber beers 88 º places 40 º 11:04 Wed 6/19/2013 I’ve seen plenty of camra places doing 2 pint tetra packs obviously not re-useable that’s sort of growler-like I assume they’re legal. Can’t see growler culture taking off over here despite their obvious awesomeness.
Message EdKing beers 3662 º places 307 º 11:07 Wed 6/19/2013 so you could set up a bar that primarily sold take out cask or keg via growlers..?
Message SarkyNorthener beers 5200 º places 142 º 11:24 Wed 6/19/2013 I was in a Burton Bridge Pub in Burton a couple of weeks ago and they sell 2 pints in a reusable beer container to take away. I have seen them in a couple of pubs around the Midlands also but cant remember where.
Message harrisoni P beers 25356 º places 68 º 11:39 Wed 6/19/2013 Originally posted by EdKing so you could set up a bar that primarily sold take out cask or keg via growlers..? That’s how the Butcher’s Arms in Herne started up. All he did was off sales, anywhere from 3.5 pints to 72 pints. I used to go and buy 2 litre bottles of Hophead. Then when the licencing laws changed a few years ago and made it easier to open a pub, he changed into a pub. My local micropub does anything from 2 to 35 pints for off sales. The Foundry brewpub in Canterbury does 8, 16, 32 pint takeouts. The bigger the quantity the more time they need. So a day ahead if you want 35/36 pints. East Kent is clearly more advanced than I thought.

Message cgarvieuk P beers 37620 º places 457 º 12:18 Wed 6/19/2013 Originally posted by EdKing so you could set up a bar that primarily sold take out cask or keg via growlers..? thats what the guy in Edinburgh is planning. But oddly all cask
Message evilempire beers 162 º places 110 º 13:40 Wed 6/19/2013 Growlers legal anywhere with an off sales license. But as they’re not government stamped for volume, beer has to be measured into it with a vessel that is I.e.a pint glass. In theory at least, I’m sure many places don’t bother...
Message DruncanVeasey beers 10348 º places 51 º 18:57 Wed 6/19/2013 Plenty of places local to me do 2 pint cartons and those 4 pint plastic screwtops....which in reality contain more when filled to the neck. Never had them measured out. Next time I see something on cask worthy of a session (doesn’t happen often), will be roadtesting the legality of my Kauai Island or Kona growler...