A hundred years ago “rushing the growler” meant taking a bucket or a pitcher over to the corner bar to get filled with beer to take home. I always thought this was a luxury from the distant past that I’d never experience in these days of amazingly uptight liquor laws. But the other night I saw an old “All In The Family” where Archie goes to his neighborhood bar and has a brief, hilarious conversation with this guy who’s there getting his pitcher filled up to go.
So, was rushing the growler legal in New York a mere 30 years ago? Is it still legal anywhere in the U.S.?
This is probably really obvious to people in other states, but I only know about alcohol laws in Texas, where they would probably bulldoze the whole bar if something like that happened.