It’s time again for our annual directory of growler fill destinations in Columbus, which are steadily on the rise – we’ve added over three dozen new fill spots since last year’s list.
Let’s go back over Growlers 101 for the uninitiated: a growler is typically a half-gallon glass jug, though “howlers,” or half-growlers, are on the rise, too. Growlers are eco-friendly since no waste is created, and you’re almost always getting fresher beer than you would in a bottle or can. Beer will stay fresh in a sealed growler for 7-10 days, and possibly longer with proper refrigeration and some electric tape around the cap – though we advise drinking the hoppier brews sooner than later. After opening a growler, you should plan to empty it in one evening, though I’ve enjoyed some growlers up to two days after opening.
Below are the breweries, bars and retail shops in Central Ohio where you can fill a growler. Some places will fill growlers, but don’t actually sell the glass jugs, so BYOG. Other places will not fill a growler that was purchased elsewhere (some claim it’s illegal – it’s not. We’ve checked. Twice.) We’ve tried to mark those spots below.
101 Beer Kitchen
7509 Sawmill Rd, (614) 210-1010, 101beerkitchen.com
Growler hours: Sunday: 11am-9pm, Monday-Thursday: 11am-10pm, Friday-Saturday: 11am-11pm
Ale Wine & Spirits
7560 Goard Well Street, (614) 881-0318, alewineandspirits.com
Growler hours: Monday-Wednesday 10am-8pm, Thursday-Saturday 10am-9pm
Barley’s Smokehouse & Brewpub
1130 Dublin Road, (614) 485-0BBQ, barleysbrewing.com
Growler hours: Monday-Thursday 11am-12am, Friday-Saturday 11am-2am, Sunday 12-11pm
Note: will only fill their own growlers
Barley’s Brewing Company (Ale House No. 1)
467 North High Street, (614) 228-ALES, barleysbrewing.com
Growler hours: Monday-Friday 11am-2am, Saturday-Sunday 12pm-2am
Note: will only fill their own growlers
Barrel and Bottle
59 Spruce Street, (614) 221-5550, northmarket.com
Growler hours: Monday 9am–5pm, Tuesday-Friday 9am-7pm, Saturday 8am-5pm, Sunday 12-5pm
Blacklick Wine & Spirits
7199 East Broad, (614) 322-6689, blacklickwine.com
Growler hours: Monday-Thursday 10am-8pm, Friday-Saturday 10am-10pm, Sunday 12-6pm
BJs Restaurant and Brewhouse
5141 Tuttle Crossing and 1414 Polaris Parkway, bjsbrewhouse.com
Growler hours: Monday-Thursday 11am-11pm, Friday 11am-1am, Saturday 10am-1am, Sunday 10am-11pm
Note: will only fill their own growlers
Buckeye Lake Brewery
5176 Walnut Road (Buckeye Lake), 740-535-6225, buckeyelakebrewery.com
Growler hours: Monday-Thursday 4-10pm, Friday 3-11pm, Saturday 1-11pm, Sunday 1-9pm
Note: will only fill their own growlers, but will trade you another growler for one of theirs
Columbus Brewing Company
525 Short Street, (614) 464-BREW, columbusbrewingco.com
Growler hours: Monday-Thursday 11am-10pm, Friday 11am-11pm, Saturday 5pm-11pm
Corner Stone Craft Beer & Wine
62 Parsons Avenue, (614) 222-8920, cornerstonecolumbus.com
Growler hours: Monday-Thursday 11am-9pm; Friday-Saturday 11am-10pm
Disount Drugmart – Polaris
8951 S Old State Rd, (614) 841-7555, discount-drugmart.com
Growler hours: Sunday-Saturday 8am-10pm
Elevator Brewery and Draught Haus
161 North High Street, (614) 228-0500, elevatorbrewing.com
Growler hours: Monday-Thursday 11am-12am, Friday 11am-2am, Saturday 5pm-2am
Four String Brewing Co
985 W. 6th Avenue, (614) 725-1282, fourstringbrewing.com/
Growler hours: Thursday 5-7pm, Saturday 12-2pm
Fourth Street Bar & Grill
1810 North 4th Street , (614)291-1420, http://fourthstreetpatio.com/
Growler hours: Monday-Sunday 12pm-2:30am
Giant Eagle – Dublin
6700 Perimeter Loop Road, (614) 717-9445 , gianteagle.com/Stores/Store/?storeId=6520
Growler hours: Monday-Sunday 10am-7pm
Giant Eagle – Gahanna
1250 N. Hamilton Road, (614) 939-5559, gianteagle.com/Stores/Store/?storeId=6501
Growler hours: Monday-Sunday 10am-8pm
Gordon Biersch
401 N. Front Street, (614) 246-2900, columbusbrewingco.com
Growler hours: Tuesday-Thursday 11am-11pm, Friday-Saturday 11am-1am, Sunday 11am-10pm
House Beer
843 N. High St, (614) 670-8095, facebook.com/myhousebeer
Growler hours: Monday-Thursday 11am– 10pm, Friday-Saturday 11am–11pm, Sunday 11am– 9p.m.
House Wine
644 High Street, 614-846-WINE, housewine.biz
Growler hours: Monday-Thursday 11am-9pm, Friday-Saturday 11am-11pm
Note: will fill growlers but does not sell glass jugs
Mad Mex
1542 North High Street, (614) 586-4007, madmex.com
Growler hours: Monday-Sunday 11am-2am
My Bar 161
3534 W Dublin Granville Rd, (614) 734-0417, twitter.com/MyBar161
Growler hours: Monday-Saturday 11am-2:30am, Sunday 12pm-2:30am
North High Brewing
1288 North High Street, (614) 407-5278, NorthHighBrewing.com
Growler hours: Monday-Friday 12pm-2am, Saturday-Sunday 11am-2am
Northwest Wine & Spirits
821 Bethel Road, (614) 947-0738, facebook
Growler hours: Monday-Saturday 10am-10pm
Old Bag of Nails
Multiple locations, oldbagofnails.com
Growler hours: Locations vary
Pace High Carry Out
3179 North High Street, (614) 267-1918, facebook.com/PaceHighCarryout
Growler hours: Monday-Friday 10am-10pm, Saturday-Sunday 12pm-10pm
Park Street Tavern
501 North Park St, (614) 221-4099, parkstreettavern.com
Growler hours: Monday-Friday 3pm-2am, Saturday-Sunday 12pm-2am
Savor Growl
2991 Indianola Ave, (614) 261-6112, savorgrowl.com
Growler hours: Monday-Friday 8am-1am, Saturday-Sunday 9am-1am
Savor Market
4440 Indianola Ave, (614) 261-7756, facebook.com/SavorMarket
Growler hours: Monday-Sunday 8am-11pm
Schmidt’s Sausage Haus
240 East Kossuth Street, (614) 444-6808, schmidthaus.com/
Growler hours: Sunday-Thursday, 11am-10pm, Friday and Saturday 11am-11pm
Seventh Son Brewing
1101 North 4th Street, 614-421-BEER, seventhsonbrewing.com
Growler hours: Thursday-Friday 5pm-2am, Saturday 11am-2am, Sunday 11am-midnight
Studio 35
3055 Indianola Avenue, (614) 261-1581, studio35.com
Growler hours: Monday-Friday 6:30-11:30pm, Saturday 6:30pm-12:30am, Sunday 6:30-11:30 pm
The Andersons
5800 Alshire Rd and 7000 Bent Tree Blvd, andersonsstore.com
Growler hours: Monday-Saturday 8am-9pm, Sunday 9am-7pm
The Crest
2855 Indianola Ave, (614) 261-7128, facebook.com/TheCrestGastropub
Growler hours: Monday-Sunday 11am-1am
The Daily Growler
2812 Fishinger Road, (614) 656-2337, thedailygrowler.com
Growler hours: Monday-Thursday 3-10pm, Friday 3pm-12am, Saturday 12pm-12am, Sunday 12-6pm
Note: will only fill their own growlers
The Ohio Taproom
1292 West Third Ave, (614) 487-9224, theohiotaproom.com
Growler hours: Monday-Thursday 3-8pm, Friday-Saturday 11am-9pm, Sunday 12-4pm
The Pint House
780 North High Street, (614) 429-3986, shortnorthpinthouse.com
Growler hours: Monday-Friday 3pm-2:30am, Saturday-Sunday 11am-2:30am
Tutto Vino
7178 Muirfield Drive, (614) 799-9222, tutto-vino.com
Growler hours: Monday 1-9pm, Tuesday-Friday 11am-10pm, Saturday 1:30pm-10pm
Weiland’s Gourmet Market
3600 Indianola Ave, (614) 267-9878, weilandsgourmetmarket.com
Growler hours: Monday-Friday 10am-7:30pm, Saturday 9am-7pm, Sunday 11am-5pm
Whole Foods
1555 West Lane Avenue, (614) 481-3400, wholefoodsmarket.com
Growler hours: Monday-Sunday 9am-9pm
Wine & Brew Emporium
6154 South Sunbury Road, (614)882-6909
Growler hours: Monday-Thursday 9am-9pm, Friday-Saturday 9am-10pm, Sunday 11am-8pm
World of Beer Brewery District
503 South Front Street, (614) 224-1962, brewerydistrict.wobusa.com
Growler hours: Monday-Sunday 9am-9pm
Note: will fill growlers but does not sell glass jugs
World of Beer Easton
3934 Townsfair Way, (614) 476-2962, www.wobusa.com/Locations/Easton.aspx
Growler hours: Monday through Sunday 12am-12pm
Note: will fill growlers but does not sell glass jugs
Zauber Brewing Co
1300 Norton Ave, (614) 205-1304, zbeers.com
Growler hours: Thursday-Saturday, 4-8pm
Let us know in the comments if we missed any!
29 Comments on "Growlers in Columbus 2013"
Blacklick Wine and Spirits started growler fills. They have three beers on tap.
added, thank you!
Catawba Island Brewing Co. Port Clinton, Ohio.
Anyone headed up to Lake Erie can try this craft brewery that just opened up serving growlers plus a bar.
These spots also fill growlers:
Ale Wine & Spirits (Powell)
1808 American Bistro (Delaware)
thanks! added!
What this page needs is a good map…
fact. what i need is the time and skill to make one :-p
If you have a spreadsheet with names and addresses, I can probably whip you up some code
you rock.
DIsount Drugmart in Polaris (8951 s old state) has four rotating tap handles. We frequently feature ohio beers. We have growlers available or we will gladly fill your own. hours 8am-10pm seven days a week.
added!
There is a growler fill-up inside the shell gas station on polaris Parkway. Right next to
….. right next to quaker steak and lube
I almost mentioned the Shell station too but wasn’t sure how many taps they had. Is it just one or do they have multiple? Saw they had Jackie O’s a couple months ago!
MyBar 161 fills growlers and sells the jugs. They have about 6 cheap domestics on tap, and 4-5 local/craft/seasonal/specialty taps. The manager, Nick, is a real beer aficionado and usually open to suggestions, too.
thank you, added!
The Andersons by the corner of Sawmill and Dublin-Granville Road also does fills,
Sorry, I missed that this was already in your list. Please ignore it.
ready on the list, that’s bent tree.
I had my stomach legally changed to a growler so that I can cheaply drink directly from the tap at most of these locations.
brilliant.
Additional info on whether or not these places will fill your own growler (even for an additional charge) or if you have to buy their growler would be AWESOME
that’s already part of the list. the places that will NOT are marked in italics under the hours.
Pies & Pints in Worthington now fills your growlers!
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