'Beer to Go' In Johns Creek?

Johns Creek may be the next city to follow the beer growler trend. At its work session on Monday, the council discussed the possibility of amending at a future meeting its alcoholic beverages policy to allow businesses to sell draft beer to go.

Growlers, which have recently made the map in nearby  and , are defined as “professionally sanitized glass bottles or jugs not exceeding 64 ounces in volume used to transport draft beer for off-premises consumption.”

Consumption on the premises where growlers were sold would not be allowed, and package stores would not be allowed to sell them.

During the work session the council questioned whether language should remain in the draft ordinance that would require a business selling growlers to have that as 90 percent of its business.

By doing so, it would eliminate the possibility of businesses like convenience stores selling the product, limiting it to high-end, boutique-type stores. But councilmember Brad Raffensperger pointed out that would also eliminate places like Whole Foods from selling the product, too.

Bill Riley, the city’s legal council who presented the draft to the council, said it would be easy to debate and strike that language during future debate on a vote.