Beer question for Europeans and other foreigners.

[Scrapheap]

It's common practice around here for micro-breweries and brewery pubs to sell beer by the 64oz growler.

Do you have something similar in Europe where you have a 2 liter (or similar sized) bottle that you can buy, take home with you and bring back for refills??

[odeon]

Yes, I think so, but the breweries around here aren't all that interesting so I haven't tried them.

[Queen Victoria]

Thankfully you edited the title. 
It was too salacious for the eurapeans on board.

[lutra]

Don't drink any beer any more myself, stopped drinking the stuff completely about 4 years ago, but I don't think folks are able to do that here. Well, there might be some small breweries that might allow it but mostly they just bottle their beer in Holland, I think.

Maybe in Belgium (they have a lot of breweries.. smaller/bigger), here and there, one can do it 'yourself'. I know in France, Spain and other wine producing countries it's totally common practice to fill up your own brought 'package' with p/m cheap table wines though. Wine, it being without the pop, is an easier product to do that with/duh.

['andersom']

Don't know Scrap.

The only local brewery I am aware of started marketing his beer via shops and supermarkets not too far away from where the brewery is, and, has a shop of his own. Very active marketeer.

His products are easily available.

Haven't tasted them yet.

[Scrapheap]

Yes, I think so, but the breweries around here aren't all that interesting so I haven't tried them.

I find that hard to believe. Even we Americans can make OK beer. 

[Scrapheap]

Thankfully you edited the title. 
It was too salacious for the eurapeans on board.

I usually spell that "You're-a-pee-in's"

[P7PSP]

Don't drink any beer any more myself, stopped drinking the stuff completely about 4 years ago, but I don't think folks are able to do that here. Well, there might be some small breweries that might allow it but mostly they just bottle their beer in Holland, I think.

Maybe in Belgium (they have a lot of breweries.. smaller/bigger), here and there, one can do it 'yourself'. I know in France, Spain and other wine producing countries it's totally common practice to fill up your own brought 'package' with p/m cheap table wines though. Wine, it being without the pop, is an easier product to do that with/duh.

I used to take my bottles and bota bags to Chiponia, where they had a lot of producing bodegas, to refill. 

[bodie]

Yes there are lots of small breweries who sell all sorts of size bottles.  Not aware of any who take the bottle back for a refill.

Market seems flooded with beer at the moment.  People are really spoiled for choice.

[Scrapheap]

Yes there are lots of small breweries who sell all sorts of size bottles.  Not aware of any who take the bottle back for a refill.

So you've never heard anyone talk about a "growler"??

Market seems flooded with beer at the moment.  People are really spoiled for choice.

Same here. I've got 4 breweries where I can get my growler filled in a 20 mile radius.

If I feel like driving further,  there's another 6 breweries where I can get it filled.   

[earthboundmisfit]

So you've never heard anyone talk about a "growler"??

I use the word all the time, but not in the context you are. For instance:


I took a giant growler about twenty minutes ago.

[P7PSP]

So you've never heard anyone talk about a "growler"??

I use the word all the time, but not in the context you are. For instance:


I took a giant growler about twenty minutes ago.

:lol: You are a good source of funny terminology ebf. I have been using the term drydocker for humor since I first saw you mention it.   

[bodie]

Around here a 'growler' usually means the wife, lol

[odeon]

Yes, I think so, but the breweries around here aren't all that interesting so I haven't tried them.

I find that hard to believe. Even we Americans can make OK beer. 

I meant locally. Of course there are some good breweries around but I can't be arsed to go look for them atm.

[bodie]

I don't really like beer.  I prefer brandy.