You may recall a while back we reported that Greene’s Fine Foods on East Trinity, which specialized in fudge, candy and ice cream would soon be expanding into the world of adult beverages; including wine, beer and growlers.  Tommy writes in to tell us that “Greene’s Growlers, Craft Beer, Wine, and Soda shop is now open for business!”

To get an idea of the 16 beers currently on tap at Greene’s new Growler station, see the pic above.

Doug alerted me to this coming segment yesterday afternoon, admitting that he apparently gets all his news from DM lately. (He profiled our “golf cart” transit consideration earlier in the week.)

Update: The city manager tells me that she thinks “branding” just means the name of the establishment selling the draft beer.

I’ve been trying to keep on top of this for everyone. From Decatur City Manager Peggy Merriss…

The City Attorney reviewed [a] request and offered his opinion that “Growlers” could be sold by businesses that have a valid alcoholic beverage license for the retail sale of beer for off premises consumption as long as they filled a branded glass container with draft beer from a keg that has been purchased from a wholesaler; they cap and seal the container; and, the contents are consumed off-premises.

This is great news for beer lovers! Seems to me like the only potential issue here is the “branded glass container”. Traditionally most growlers aren’t “branded”. I wonder if there’s a work-around here or if the city commission would have to make a change to the ordinance.