by Geoff Cobb Many Greenpoint beer afficianados these days do not drink cans or bottles of beer. In places like Beer Street (413 Graham Avenue), One Stop Beer Shop (134 Kingsland Avenue) and Brouwerij Lane (78 Greenpoint Avenue), drinkers quaff growlers of beer, but the growler is nothing new in Greenpoint. It has a long local history.
There is no clear idea of where the…
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Thanks for the history! My grandfather grew up on Freeman Street and often told us kids about being sent around the corner to pick up “a bucket of beer” from a bar where the Napa auto parts store is now located. I guess those stories stuck with me: I’m now slinging growlers at Eastern District, barely a block away.