Our great-great-great maternal grandfather, Otto Growler, was a beer-loving nymph from the small rural province of Abstinence, England. Feeling very restrained and suppressed in his hometown in the late 1800’s, Otto decided to pull up stakes in Abstinence and sail on to the Americas – land of the impure and well imbibed.

Being the entrepreneur (and beer-lover) that he was, Otto quickly established his new town’s first and only pub. And, after noticing that all the hard-working patrons needed a way to transport their beer home, Otto devised an ingenious bottle people started calling, Growlers.

In honor of our beloved, great-great-great grandfather, we are naming our new store, “Growler’s”. So let’s all raise a glass, mug, jug or Growler of fresh craft beer in the spirit of good ol’ Otto Growler and his disdain of Abstinence.

Dirk Growler Heseman
Doug Growler Bunze
Growler’s Beer and Wine To Go