I stopped on the way home for a couple of crowlers (great portmanteau) to go with tonight’s smashburgers. I was going to get growlers (they have 32 oz. vessels) but I figured we’d be stuck with the glass if we didn’t like the beer. Plus I like saying “crowler.”

There was a lengthy queue when I came in, but it moved quickly. The fella who tapped the brew mixed up the styles on the crowlers, so our intention to move from lighter to heavier beers (I got the cream ale and the IPA) was thwarted. It didn’t matter much; the cream ale has a decent hop finish, but is otherwise unremarkable, while the IPA was a more sessionable variation, less malty than Glasstown’s 609 and less juicy than Bonesaw’s Swoosh. Rhonda likened it to Tonewood’s excellent Freshies.

I’m keen to try the nitro stout next.