The Beer Growler Coming to Avondale

The Beer Growler has signed a lease and plans to open next month in the former InMovement dance studio space in Avondale.

The craft beer retailer will share a building with Urban Grounds at 38 N. Avondale Road and will be one of several growler retailers when it opens next month. Ale Yeah! in Decatur began selling them in the last month.

"We have a applied for all our permits to improve the space," said Paul Saunders, one of the three owners in The Beer Growler. "We're hoping to be open by mid- to -late July."

The City of Avondale Estates recently amended its alcohol ordinance to allow for the sale of growlers --refillable glass jugs of 32 or 64 ounces. Customers who come in to buy them are seeking craft beer and will be able to take these for off-premises consumption. 

The Beer Growler will offer a menu of options, perhaps even , produced by Avondale local . 

Once growlers are purchased and consumed at home or wherever, the owner returns the empty container to the retail store to get cleaned,  sanitized, and refilled.

The Beer Growler paved the way for refillable growners in Georgia. Saunders and partners Sean Galvin and Dennis Young, opened the first Beer Growler store in Athens last December.