DES MOINES, Iowa — Move over slushy machines. Gas stations and convenience stores are making room for a more adult beverage dispenser.
Draft beer taps where customers can have 64-ounce growlers filled with beer to go have been installed in dozens of gas stations, grocery stores and other retailers around the country.
About 35 states allow retailers to sell the refillable, half-gallon glass jugs known as growlers, according to the Brewers Association, a national trade group, and several states, including Florida, Iowa and Missouri are considering laws to allow the practice.
"It's definitely becoming more popular," said Paul Gatza, director of the Brewers Association, a national industry group. "The American public wants to be able to control their experience. They want to be able to take their beer home and pour as much or little as they want."
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My grandfather used to tell the story of how when he was a little kid, like ten years old in around 1900, his father would send him to the corner tavern with two bits to get a bucket of beer. He got a nickel from his dad if the bucket was still full when he got back home.
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