You may not have heard about this yet, because there weren’t any legislative fistacuffs on the Georgia Senate floor  or a vocal protest outside on the Capitol steps.

Like most things with the alcohol laws in Georgia lately, massive swings in offerings at your favorite local breweries aren’t done with dramatic flare.  They are determined by the Department of Revenue’s interpretation of things.

Well, guess what?

The DOR recently decided that existing law actually does allow for the sale of to-go growlers by brewpubs and that they would defer to local governments to make the ultimate decision.  This all according to CL.

Isn’t that neat?

Savannah and Alpharetta have already beat Decatur to the punch and passed ordinances (or just said, “sure go ahead”) to allow the sale the growlers.  But could Decatur be next?

I followed up with Asst. City Manager Lyn Menne who tells me that based on our inquiry, the City Attorney is now looking into determining “what amendments would be needed to allow Twain’s to sell Growlers.   If a change is required we will work with our attorney and the owners of Twain’s to prepare amendments for City Commission consideration.”

Nice.

Man, this sure reminds me of 2011, when we helped get the ball rolling on growler sales in Decatur.  Remember that?  Yeah, I didn’t either but apparently that was something we did!

FMFats’ dream of takeaway growlers from Twain’s may finally come true.  It only took an extra 5 years.

Photo courtesy of Next Stop…Decatur