"bucket of beer"

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Message allendodd beers 118 º places 2 º 13:49 Sun 12/18/2005 Just wondering the origin of the phrase "Bucket of Beer." Does anyone know where it came from? As in "My bucket’s got a hole in it. I can’t get no beer." and "I went to the corner to get me a bucket of beer."
Message kp beers 10877 º places 12 º 13:57 Sun 12/18/2005 Maybe dates back to before growlers when buckets were used as growlers? Where did the term Trash Can of Beer originate?
Message Frank beers 4562 º places 92 º 13:57 Sun 12/18/2005 The original growlers that you would use to get draft beer to go were buckets.
Message allendodd beers 118 º places 2 º 14:04 Sun 12/18/2005 Originally posted by Frank The original growlers that you would use to get draft beer to go were buckets. I’d buy that. At the risk of sounding like an English major, why is a growler called a growler? Sorry, I can’t help myself.

Message fly P beers 1490 º places 271 º 14:23 Sun 12/18/2005 My ex is quite a bit older than I and with parents that had her at a very late age - her mother’s parents ran a hotel in New York (turn of last century?) and her mother mentioned being sent to get buckets of beer for guests. Guess it was esentially like the original growler.
Message GregClow beers 3402 º places 12 º 15:19 Sun 12/18/2005 Originally posted by allendodd Originally posted by Frank The original growlers that you would use to get draft beer to go were buckets. I’d buy that. At the risk of sounding like an English major, why is a growler called a growler? The story I’ve heard was that the old covered pails that used to be used to bring home beer made a rumbling or growling sound as they were carried home due to the beer sloshing around and releasing CO2. So they became known as "growlers", and the name stuck even when the container changed.
Message Dickinsonbeer beers 5073 º places 31 º 15:37 Sun 12/18/2005 Got this from Moderndrunkardmagazine.com growler: The refillable glass jugs you’re allowed to walk out of microbreweries with were once metal buckets. In pre-Prohibition times it was common for fathers to dispatch their progeny to the saloon with a growler to collect beer, and it was probably named for the growling sound a metal bucket full of beer makes when pushed across a bar top. The once popular term rushing the growler meant a hurried beer run—beer in a bucket tends to lose its head rather quickly and dad probably preferred it didn’t. http://moderndrunkardmagazine.com/issues/02_05/02-05_on_the_cuff.htm
Message Frank beers 4562 º places 92 º 16:22 Sun 12/18/2005 Originally posted by allendodd I’d buy that. At the risk of sounding like an English major, why is a growler called a growler? Well--in addition to what Dickinsonbeer said, I’ve also heard a similar explanation only it was the sound the beer made sloshing in the bucket. It’s one of those things nobody really knows for sure. I mean, why do we call anything anything? I suspect whateve the reason, the name stuck because it sounds real cool to call something that gets you drunk a growler.

Message allendodd beers 118 º places 2 º 17:24 Sun 12/18/2005 Originally posted by Dickinsonbeer Got this from Moderndrunkardmagazine.com growler: The refillable glass jugs you’re allowed to walk out of microbreweries with were once metal buckets. In pre-Prohibition times it was common for fathers to dispatch their progeny to the saloon with a growler to collect beer, and it was probably named for the growling sound a metal bucket full of beer makes when pushed across a bar top. The once popular term rushing the growler meant a hurried beer run—beer in a bucket tends to lose its head rather quickly and dad probably preferred it didn’t. http://moderndrunkardmagazine.com/issues/02_05/02-05_on_the_cuff.htm I guess that that is good enough for me. Thanks for indulging my curiosity. Post more if you learn more. Thanks
Message jtxx beers 149 º places 1 º 12:59 Mon 12/19/2005 Watching the Three Stooges with my kids the other day and there is a scene where they knock over a guy carrying a tin buckets of beer.
Message DerWeg beers 2175 º places 48 º 13:02 Mon 12/19/2005 Coronita "bucket of beer" The holiday set comes with six Coronita and a swill bucket to drink them from. Nice!