Brewery looks forward to new rule:
It took a change in state law and an amendment to Duluth's city charter, but it appears that Lake Superior Brewing Co. will begin offering its microbrews directly to consumers by the growlerful in a matter of weeks.
A growler is a 64-ounce container filled from a brewery tap, then sealed and sold for off-premises consumption.
Although the Duluth City Council approved an off-sale malt liquor license for Lake Superior Brewing earlier this week, the brewery needs the blessing of the state liquor control board before it may proceed with its growler plans.
Don Hoag, one of Lake Superior Brewing Co.'s owners, hopes selling growlers will increase the profile of his business and encourage more people to tour its production facilities in Duluth's West End/Lincoln Park neighborhood. He said the brewery has no intention to steal business from distributors of its bottled products.
Minnesota has a lot of archiac liquor laws on the books and we should raise a glass whenever one of them is amended to reflect present day realities rather than the immediate post-Prohibition world when many of them were enacted.
Lake Superior Brewing Co. produces a number of quality brews, my favorite being the Special Ale. If you get a chance to swing by the brewery, take a tour, and pick up a growler or two, I'd strongly encourage you to take it.
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