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Pay the Price For Buying Booze With Credit.

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LiquorStoreIt may be time to stock up your liquor cabinet for the holidays now.  Starting November 1st Arrow Wines & Spirits will join with the majority of local liquor stores and add a surcharge to liquor purchased with a credit or debit card.  Mif Frank explains,  We’re one of the last stores to pass on the cost of the credit cards to the consumer.  We didn’t want to do it but with the rising cost of health care and  other operational costs, the 5% commission we make on bottles less the 2-3% credit card charges leaves us only 2% profit and we just can’t run our business on that.  That charge will only be on hard liquor, not beer, wine or low proof bottles.”

In checking with other stores in the area, Miami Valley Wine & Liquor charges 50 cents per bottle, Belmont Party Supply charges 3%, Liquor & Wine Warhouse charges 3% and Air City says it’s 50 cents per order.   So start carrying cash or get used to paying a higher price for your booze.

Arrow Wine Centerville Adds Growlers

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Arrow Wine & Spirits Centerville store  has always hosted a Friday night beer tasting, but now they’ve taken it one step further by adding a Growler Station, with 6 rotating taps for draft beer.  For $5 you can buy the actual reusable 64 ounce Growler, then get it  filled up straight from the tap with your choice of brew, then it gets sealed with a twist on cap.  With proper refrigeration, your beer will last about a week. Cost of a fill up will depend on your beer choice, but run about $14-$18. Your growler is a little more than a 6 pack of beer, if you’re trying to compare prices.

According to wikapedia, the modern day growler states was introduced in 1989, Charlie Otto and his father were discussing the dilemma facing the Otto Brothers Brewery. They wanted to offer “beer-to-go” for their local customers, but they were not yet in a position to bottle. Father Otto suggested the use of “growlers,” which were used in his younger days, but Charlie recognized the need for an updated package type. He purchased a small silkscreen machine, and set it up on his patio. Soon he was silk-screening his logo on half-gallon glass bottles that resembled moonshine jugs. The modern-day “growler” was introduced.

The Growler menu at Arrow this week

George Bulvas III, brewmaster at Water Street Lake County Brewery, WI, suggests that growlers are named for the buckets of beer once given to factory workers before their stomachs began to “growl” from hunger. Regardless of its true origin, the growler is a great way to take home some fresh brew from a local bar or restaurant.

Locally you can pick up growlers at several bars downtown that are part of the  Growler C0-0p, which we wrote about in 2010, and was  started by Blind Bobʼs, South Park Tavern, Thai 9 and the Trolley Stop. The South Dayton  Growler programs was created by Doubleday’s, The Culinary Company,  Buffalo Wings & Rings and Archer’s Tavern in the summer of 2011.

Dayton Beer Company, Boston’s Bistro and The Liquor & Wine Warehouse on York Commons  all have Growler programs as well.