Around the turn of the century - circa 1900 - my maternal grandfather used to carry draft beer home in a galvanized metal pail called a "growler". He always let grandma have the first sip. Because it was essential to get home quickly before the sudsy head was gone, the term was coined "rushing the growler." And now, decades later, I find the term used in the New York Times August 4th by Emma G. Fitzsimmons reporting on the water shortage in Toledo, Ohio. It seems a local native is using a modern day growler - 64 oz. vessel resembling a moonshine jug - to haul precious H2O during the shortage. I was further informed that these updated growlers are very popular with craft beer devotees in New York and Brooklyn. As they say, "What goes around comes around!
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