So, sitting in the taproom visiting with a guest the other day, when I  was asked, why's it called a growler.  Hmm,  I say,  as I had never given it much thought.
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Of course, GOOGLE Â is your friend, so I "googled" it. Â Realizing as I did, that the word "google" much less the technology to "google" didn't exist when the word "growler" made it into beer lexicon history.
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Probable origin: In the late 19th and early 20th century fresh beer was carried from the local public house to your home by bucket.  When the beer sloshed around the bucket , it created a rumbling sound as the CO2 escaped through the lid. The term "growler" was coined, so the story goes.
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Of course our technology is progressing faster than how we brew beer. Since it hasn't changed that  much since they first discovered:
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GRAIN +Â WATER + YEAST = BEER
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and waiting for that fermentation process to complete is still very much as it was in the 5th century BC.Â
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I,  for one,  am happy that they discovered that wild yeast ferments grain into BEER.  Until next time, cheers to you. DBAD
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