{"id":23161,"date":"2018-01-14T08:30:07","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T14:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=23161"},"modified":"2021-08-17T12:57:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T17:57:49","slug":"chicagoland-growler-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/chicagoland-growler-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"The GDB Chicagoland Growler Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our definitive Chicagoland growler guide: Who fills what, and for how much<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

\"Growler<\/a><\/p>\nG<\/span>rowler fills at breweries and brewpubs come with a lot of questions. For example, who fills and who doesn’t? Who’s got a crowler machine? Who only fills their own growlers? How about 32oz. “howler” fills? And will they pour their barrel-aged offerings or high-ABV stuff?<\/p>\n

Because these things get tricky, we thought we’d put together a comprehensive list (or at least as comprehensive as we could come up with) of who’s filling what. Hopefully this helps you take advantage of that closet full of glass jugs you’ve got sitting around … because we assume it’s not just us that’s got a bunch of these things sitting around.<\/p>\n

Unless otherwise specified, all information on this page comes directly from the breweries themselves. If you’re wondering where ___ brewery is, we have a list at the end of this post that includes breweries that we believe to sell growlers, but didn’t receive a response from and couldn’t pull enough info from their site.<\/p>\n

And once you figure out where to head for a growler, review our Chicagoland Craft Beer\u00a0Map<\/a> to check out what else is on the way.<\/p>\n


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UPDATES:<\/em><\/p>\n

We added some additional breweries and taprooms on Feb 15-16, 2018.
\n<\/em>We added some new taprooms and their growler info on January 15-16, 2018.
\n<\/em>We added some NWI breweries and their growler info on November 21, 2017.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n


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Note: All of this info was as accurate as possible at the original point of publish in April 2017, but\u00a0things do change (and crowler machines do get purchased). If you have any specific questions\u00a0or you want to confirm directly with the breweries or brewpubs, all are linked\u00a0so you can find their contact info.<\/em><\/p>\n


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18th Street Brewery<\/a>:<\/h4>\n

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