Many of you have heard the great, awesome, spectacular news that we now have a growler station up and running in our Lake Mary store (980 Reinhart Rd.—if you haven’t been, go check it out). See the picture below? That's a list of what's currently on tap at the Brew Stop. The thing below the sign? That's the Pegas system we're using to fill 32 oz. growlers. It's pretty cool technology (you can see the growler inside the tube there).

And there’s more good news. We are now in the planning stages for installing more growler stations (so exciting—right?!) in the very near future. So if you’re not near Lake Mary, don’t fret; we’re coming with our Pegas growler systems. The Pegas systems are great because they ensure fresh beer that will last about 3 weeks under the right conditions—whereas beer from traditional taps will only maintain freshness for about 24 hours. And we don’t want that.

Beer consultant Steve Crowley knows just the trick to filling your growlers to produce the least amount of head as possible (this means you get more beer). But before he can fill it, it needs to be clean—here’s where you come in. Be sure to clean your growler before bringing it in to be refilled (or get one from the store). An ABC team member will give it a rinse + dry before putting it in the beer filler. After filling the growler with CO2, the chosen beer fills the bottle from the bottom up, running down the neck instead of straight down the center of the growler. Your beer is better for it and like we said earlier, lasts longer.

Here’s a tip:  if you follow Steve on Twitter (@abcbeerstevec) he’ll keep you updated with what’s on tap at the Brew Stop.

So there you have it, folks. Sleep soundly at night knowing that if your refrigerator is currently barren of beer, we've got just the filler you need.

Cheers,

Hannah and Meghan