http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/38064
WEll, turns out they are STILL looking at it.
And of course, even someone wanting to sell them just doesnt get it.
"David Dent, president of the St. Mary’s County Licensed Beverage Association demonstrated some options on how the containers could be packaged so that merchant and customer are within policy. He demonstrated by pulling out the critter in question, a bottle with a sealed stopper known as the growler. Once the stopper is in place, Dent said the purchase could be sealed with a piece of tamper-proof tape.
“Using the tamper-proof tape, that option would add about 30 cents retail to the price of the purchase,” Dent said. He added he bought the tamper-proof tape online for $36."
“The low-tech option is, put the growler in a bag and staple it. The first option would add no cost to it,” Dent said. “If you add a seal, it would add to the cost. It would add another inventory item to the store, something you have to keep on hand and something you would have to store. A bag would cost no money. My point being, we will abide by whatever the board decides. I just wanted the board to understand what options are available.”
Last I checked, bags have a cost as do staples. Unless, of course, your bar is also a store where you have these things on hand anyway. Wonder what Chiefs would plan to sell for growlers? As far as I know, that bar doesnt stock anything on tap you cant buy in any decent liquor store. Seems to me, first thing to put in the reg is a requirement that the only beer allowed to be put into growlers is beer that isnt available by the bottle. And who has been questioned by law enforcement about a growler as being an open container? Anyone? Why don't we hear from law enforcment giving input on this?
