California Bill to Make Growler Labeling More Stringent

Dear Client:Whoops. Turns out we shouldn't trust the mainstream media so much (who knew?). Yesterday's scraped Times-Standard story conveyed the crux of California's AB 647 as clarifying growler labeling requirements "to allow more freedom" in their reuse, as they "currently can only be refilled at the brewery from which they were originally purchased." Local Press Democrat ran a similar story. But those stories weren't completely accurate. California Craft Brewers Association chief Tom McCormick wrote in to us yesterday clarifying that