Growlers: NY Catches Up with MT

Todd Heisler/The New York Times

Todd Heisler/The New York Times

In a recent article the New York Times introduced a humble half gallon glass jug, called a growler, as The New Old Way to Tote Your Beer.

Here in Montana we’ve been drinking out of growlers for years so I got a short burst of early-adopter pride reading the article. It describes the current proliferation of bars and shops in Manhattan and Brooklyn that offer growler fills. They are quick to mention that growlers are “not just the toys of the bearded, flannel-shirt, beer-geek set.

That may be true, but I know that the BarBEERians love growlers the best.

Via @steffenrasile

RIP Howard Zinn

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Howard Zinn dies at 87

Crane Love

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My friend Andrew Kona started a new project online. He plans to fold an origami crane every day, take a photo of it in situ and post one photo a day.

Thomas Meyer’s Artful Photos

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These photos are from Thomas Meyer’s portfolio, these are from a series called Kaufland—retail spaces in eastern Germany.

Sunday Dinner

As many times as we can, we go to my parents house on Sunday for dinner. This week was a really special one.

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Chris made a batch of home made beer with constant input from Jackson who stayed uncommonly calm.

Of course this Sunday dinner was another opportunity to see Bannack who is getting more charming every day.

Best of all though—topping even the green lazer—was the incredible Indian food my mother made. It was really really good. Lucky me, I got to take some left overs home.

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