'Free-the-growler' legislation appears dead at Minnesota Capitol
Minnesota's largest craft breweries have pushed to end a cap that prohibits them from selling 72-ounce jugs.
April 28, 2021 — 6:52pm
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DULUTH – A proposal to allow Minnesota's largest breweries to sell 72-ounce growlers appears dead after the measure failed to gain significant support in the closing weeks of the legislative session.
Hurt by the pandemic, several of those breweries formed an alliance last year to lobby for a change in the law that says breweries that produce more than 20,000 barrels of beer in a year are prohibited from selling growlers or other to-go containers. Several of the breweries, including Surly, Fulton and Castle Danger, have said the cap penalizes them for their growth.