'Free the growler': Bill would allow all Minnesota breweries to sell growlers
Only five breweries in Minnesota are prohibited from selling growlers and beer to go because they're "too big."
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A bipartisan effort is underway to "free the growler" by removing a cap that prevents the state's largest breweries from selling their beer to go in 64-ounce containers.
Minnesota law prevents any craft brewery in the state that produces more than 20,000 barrels from selling growlers. Currently, there are five breweries – Castle Danger, Fulton, Schell's, Surly and Summit – in the state that are prohibited from selling growlers and beer to go from their taproom, while all the others can ... until they get too big themselves.