![]() Before the Coronavirus pandemic, 75% of Plow’s sales were to bars and restaurants. now offers curbside pick-up of growlers, or 32-ounce fillable cans. Trail House increased its quantity of canned beer in recent weeks, and sanitizes growlers customers bring in. ![]() “Since the ABC relaxed the liquor law we have been filling growlers, but it’s not as popular an option,” Ramirez said. Growlers stay fresh for only a couple of days at the most, and for some customers in solo quarantine it may be too much beer.Ĭanned beer sales at several places have increased since the stay-at-home order, including at Trail House, according to Cafe Lead Crystal Ramirez. Juncture includes a new 32-ounce growler in the price of beer, Lopez said. Steele and Hops and Trail House accept outside growlers, but citing sanitation concerns Third Street Aleworks does not. Additionally, taprooms like Juncture, which offers 20 beers on tap from Northern California breweries, are now allowed to fill growlers (jugs) to go.Įach brewery or taproom has a different approach to growlers. The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, or ABC, eased rules March 18 to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages to go when purchased alongside food at an eating establishment. After power outages and fires we’ve learned to go day by day,” Lopez said. “In the beginning we had no idea if we were going to stay open or not. Businesses are struggling with the dip in foot traffic but have been encouraged by the city’s supportive beer scene. Some small taprooms and breweries in Santa Rosa have stayed open during California’s shelter-in-place order because they sell food to go, an essential service. “We’ve just been through so much together, and they support us so we stay around.” “When you go through difficult times you connect with your neighborhood on a deeper level,” said Peter Lopez, Juncture’s owner. Now they’re buying canned beer to go for those on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic - health care workers. Regulars at Juncture Taproom and Lounge in Rincon Valley bought rounds of drinks during fire season for firefighters and first responders.
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