Please note that growler details may have changed due to COVID, so please be patient with your neighbourhood breweries (and us!) if this information is out of date. As always, we welcome updates from breweries or customers, just send us an email or DM!
Growlers are a popular way to take away beer from your favourite brewery, brewpub, or private beer store. The standard format is the 1.89 litre (64 ounce) brown glass container, though they can be found in other sizes (.75 – 2.0 litre) and materials (stainless steel, ceramic). As every brewery sets its own policies for growlers, we wanted to collect them all in one list.
Please note that we believe this information was accurate at the time of publishing, and if you’ve noticed something is incorrect, we’d love to update it. Fire us an email at ACBeerBlog@gmail.com. Thanks!
Growler maintenance and cleaning is key to enjoying your beer. Here are some guidelines for maintaining your growlers:
1) Once filled, keep your growler cold and out of light, like your fridge or cooler. Enjoy it within a few days of filling, and within a few hours of opening, to ensure carbonation is ideal.
2) As soon as empty, thoroughly rinse the growler with hot water.
3) Dry the growler upside-down, allowing all water to drain. Recycle the cap, you’ll get a new one at the brewery. (Alternatively, store it with an ounce or two of no-rinse sanitizer solution like StarSan to keep it nasty-free until filling, just be sure to empty it/warn the brewery before handing it over… Chris can tell you a story from Hill Farmstead…)
4) Return for refill or exchange.
If you’ve let a growler dry with beer in it, and/or it is visibly dirty, soak it in a hot PBW or scent-free Oxiclean solution overnight (ask your homebrewing friends!), and start again from step 2. Try to avoid soap, as it can interfere with beer foam and head retention. If you must use soap, rinse it well with hot water. Keep that glass beer clean!
A brewery’s main job is to make great beer and get it into your hands, not to clean glassware. They have the right to refuse to fill, exchange, or reimburse a truly dirty growler, so please keep them clean!
Brewery Name – Growler size(s) sold, refundable or not, growler filling/exchange policy
New Brunswick
Big Axe – 0.95 & 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill all clean growlers.
Bagtown Brewing – Info coming soon!
Big Tide – 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill all clean growlers.
Brasserie Retro Brewing – 1.0l, non-refundable, will fill all clean growlers.
Brasseux d’la Cote – Info coming soon!
CAVOK Brewing – 0.95 & 1.89l glass and Stainless, non-refundable, will fill all clean growlers. Awaiting BAS license.
Celtic Knot – 0.95 & 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill all clean growlers.
Fils du Roy – 1.0l, non-refundable, will fill all clean growlers (screw caps not provided).
Flying Boats Brewing – Info coming soon!
Foghorn Brewing – 0.95l & 1.89l, non-refundable, exchange own growlers, fill 0.95l and 1.89l clean growlers (not flip-top/small opening bottles).
Grand Falls Brewing – 0.95 & 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill all clean growlers.
Grimross Brewing – 0.75 & 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill all clean growlers.
Half Cut Brewing – 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill all clean 1.89l growlers (will also fill 0.95l growlers in multiples of two).
Hammond River – Info coming soon!
Maybee Brewing – 1.0 & 1.89l, refundable, exchange 1.0, will fill all clean growlers.
Petit-Sault – 0.95 & 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill all clean growlers.
Picaroons – 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill all clean 1.89l growlers (will also fill 0.95l growlers in multiples of two).
Pump House – 0.95 l (crowlers) & 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill all clean 1.89l growlers (Mill Rd Fill Station location only).
Red Rover – 1.0l, non-refundable, will fill/exchange own growlers.
Tide & Boar – 0.95 & 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill all clean growlers (occasional growler fill events only, check Facebook).
TrailWay – 0.95 & 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill all clean growlers.
ANBL – 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill all clean 1.89l growlers (may also fill 0.95l growlers in multiples of two).
Nova Scotia
2 Crows – Info coming soon!
Annapolis Brewing Company – 0.95 & 1.89l, refundable, will fill all clean growlers.
Backstage Brewing – 0.95 & 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill all clean growlers (not flip-top bottles).
Bad Apple Brewhouse – 0.75 & 1.89l, refundable, will fill all clean growlers.
Bent Nail Brewery – Info coming soon!
Big Spruce Brewing – 0.95 & 1.89l, refundable, will fill all clean growlers.
Boxing Rock Brewing – 1 & 1.89 litres, refundable, fill/exchange own growlers only.
Breton Brewing – 0.95 & 1.89l, refundable, will fill all clean growlers.
Brightwood Brewing – 0.75 & 1.89l, refundable for credit, will fill all clean growlers.
FirkinStein – 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill all clean growlers at Farmers’ Market and their King Street location.
Gahan House Halifax – 0.95l (crowlers, Gahan-brewed only) & 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill all clean 1.89l growlers (bring your own caps, PEI- & Gahan-brewed beers only).
Garrison Brewing – 1.0 & 1.89l, refundable, will fill all clean growlers.
Good Robot Brewing – 0.95 & 1.89l, refundable, will fill all clean growlers.
Granite Brewery – 1.89l, refundable, exchange own & Big Spruce & Propeller empty bottles.
Half Cocked Brewery – Info coming soon!
Hell Bay Brewing – 1.89l, refundable, exchange own and will fill all clean growlers.
Heritage Brewing Co – Info coming soon!
Horton Ridge Malt & Grain – Info coming soon!
Lazy Bear Brewing – 1.0l, refundable, will fill own 1.0l growlers.
Lunn’s Mill – Info coming soon!
Meander River Farm & Brewery – 1.0l, non-refundable, will fill all clean growlers priced in full litre increments (screw caps not provided).
New Scotland Brewing – Info coming soon!
Nine Locks Brewing – 1.0 & 1.89l, refundable for store credit, exchange own for counter-pressure filled and will also fill all clean growlers.
North Brewing – 0.75 & 1.89l, refundable, own 0.75l flip-tops are exchanged and will fill all clean 1.89l growlers on demand.
Off Track Brewing – Info coming soon!
Paddy’s Irish Brewpub – 0.95 & 1.89l, refundable, exchange their growlers only.
Party Time Brewing – 1.89l, non-refundable, exchange their own growlers only.
Propeller Brewing – 1.0 & 1.89l, refundable, will fill all clean growlers.
Rare Bird – 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill own clean growlers.
Rockbottom – 1.89l, refundable, will fill all clean 1.89l growlers (brewpub license only allows 1.89l fills).
Roof Hound Brewing – Info coming soon!
Rudder’s Brewpub – 0.75 & 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill own growlers.
Saltbox Brewing – Info coming soon!
Schoolhouse – 0.95 & 1.89l, refundable, exchange own clean growlers.
Sea Level – 1.0l, refundable for credit, exchange own growlers.
Spindrift Brewing – 1.89l, refundable, will fill all clean growlers.
Tanner & Co – .75l, 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill all clean growlers (replacement screw caps not provided).
Tatamagouche Brewery – 1.0l, refundable for credit, exchange their own and fill other clean growlers on demand (screw caps not provided).
Topside Brewing – 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill own growlers. Grab a Growler program on their website.
Trider’s Craft Beer – Info coming soon!
Truro Brewing Company – 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill all clean growlers.
Uncle Leo’s – 0.75 & 1.89l, refundable for credit, exchange their own .75l and fill all clean 1.89l growlers on demand.
Unfiltered Brewing – 0.95 & 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill all clean growlers (not flip-top/small opening bottles). When the brewery is closed, growlers can be filled next door at Charm School Pub.
Your Father’s Moustache – 1.89l, refundable, will fill all clean 1.89l growlers (brewpub license, house [RockBottom]-brewed beers only).
Private Stores:
Bishop’s Cellar – 0.95 & 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill all clean growlers.
WestSide Beer, Wine Spirits– 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill all clean 1.89l growlers.
Harvest Wine – 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill all clean 1.89l growlers.
RockHead Wine & Beer Market – 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill all clean 1.89l growlers.
Prince Edward Island
BarNone Brewery – 0.95 & 1.89l, refundable, will fill all clean growlers.
Bogside Brewing – 0.95 & 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill all clean growlers.
Copper Bottom – Info coming soon!
Evermoore Brewing – Info coming soon!
Gahan Pub – 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill all clean 1.89l growlers.
Lone Oak Brewing – 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill all clean growlers.
Moth Lane – 0.95 & 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill all clean growlers.
PEI Brewing Company – 1.89l, refundable, will fill all clean 1.89l growlers.
Upstreet Craft Brewing – 0.95 & 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill all clean growlers.
Upstreet’s Craft Beer Corner – 0.95 & 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill all clean growlers. Crowlers filled on-site as well.
Village Green by Modern Brewer – Will fill any size of clean growler, but will not sell their own (you’ve got enough already!). Best to bring a new/clean cap.
PEILCC (Gateway Liquor Store in Borden-Carleton)- 0.95 & 1.89l, non-refundable, will fill all clean 1.89l growlers.
Newfoundland
Bootleg Brew Co – Info coming soon!
Boomstick Brewing – Info coming soon!
Dildo Brewing Co – 0.95 & 1.89l, refundable, can fill any clean growler.
Mill Street St John’s – 0.95 & 1.89l, refundable, can only fill own growlers.
Port Rexton Brewing – 0.95 & 1.89l, refundable, can fill any clean growler. Also available at their Retail Shop in St John’s, Fri 12-8pm, Sat 12-6pm.
Quidi Vidi Brewery – Info coming soon!
Split Rock Brewing – Info coming soon!
Western Newfoundland Brewing – Info coming soon!
Yellowbelly – Info coming soon!
The following breweries/brewpubs do not currently fill growlers, please let us know if our list is out of date!
New Brunswick: Acadie-Broue, Grand Monk Brewing, Niche Brewing, Savoie’s Brewhouse. Check the ANBL growler program, as they will occasionally show up on tap.
Newfoundland: Storm Brewing in Newfoundland.
Nova Scotia: Sober Island (Crowlers available at their market location), Stillwell Brewing, Townhouse Pub.
Unfortunately growler filling is not permitted in Newfoundland and as a result Yellowbelly is unable to fill them. Would love to see this regulation changed.
Gahan in Nova Scotia no longer takes back their growlers or cleans them. If you already had growlers before their policy change, they will not give your deposit back.
Thanks for the update, we’ve edited their entry, and reached out for further detail.
Thanks! It appears they may not be offering caps on growlers any more either. I was there two weeks in a row and they did not offer them – and pointed me to the Crowlers instead. A coworker had a similar experience.
Bishop’s Cellar in Bishop’s Landing, Halifax waterfront, does clean growler fills.
They have rotating taps. Caps provided.
https://bishopscellar.com/beer/
Is this list accurate post-Covid? None of the breweries were filling growlers from other brewers for a while. Keen to know of that’s changed.
Great question! I’ve got to do some research on that, and will be creating a new page shortly. Thanks for the push! 🙂