To rush the growler (sometimes to roll the growler and other forms) was to take a container to the local bar to buy beer. The growler was the container, usually a tin can. Brander Matthews wrote about it in Harper’s Magazine in July 1893: “In New York a can brought in filled with beer at a bar-room is called a growler, and the act of sending this can from the private house to the public-house and back is called working the growler”. The job of rushing the growler was often given to children.
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Next meeting is May 13th at 7:30.
AHA National Convention
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It's time to think about registering and getting reservations for the 2009 AHA National Convention, which your President encourages you to go to. It’s the best event of the year for us, June 18 to 20 in Oakland. Ken Grossman, co-founder and President of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. is going to be the keynote speaker, sure, he was a homebrewer before he went Pro. The other speakers are listed on the website, including John Palmer, Drew Beechum, Sam Calagione, Vinnie Cilurzo, Randy Mosher, Ray Daniels, Matt Brynildson, and many others. James Spencer of Basic Brewing, will be moderating 2 different panels. Dave King (2) is registered and has reservations, and is planning to Steward at the National Contest Final Round. Don’t wait too long, or you could end up a good ways out. The last several conferences sold out, and they’ve restricted the types of registrations, because of that possibility. It’s $230 for AHA Members, before the end of March, well worth it.
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