1. What are Growlers?

 

Answer: Growlers are the perfect vessel for transporting the freshest beer directly from the tap to your home. Growlers come in many different shapes, colors, and styles, but the two most common sizes are 64oz and 32oz.

 

Why We Love Growlers:

- Freshness    

- Supporting Local Brewers    

- Environmentally Friendly    

- Delightfully Delicious Beer!

 

2. How Does the Growler Gallery "Work"? (In a few easy steps!)

3. Will the Growler Gallery fill other ("Non-Ray's") Growlers?

 

Answer: Absolutely! We will be sanitizing all new and pre-owned growlers, but we do kindly ask that you please clean all growlers before you bring them back to the gallery (give the beer a happy home)! In any case, we are happy to reuse your favorite growler to fill with delightful brews at the gallery!

 

4. How long does a Growler "last"?

 

Answer: Ray's Growler Gallery will be sealing each and every growler with a heat gun, as well as covering every growler with specialized caps that contain an extra seal to keep out unwanted oxygen (ensuring the freshest possible beer!). Unopened, your special growler filled with fermented love should last 7 days. Once opened, you should consume your craft concoctions within 24 hours. Essentially, as soon as you pop the top, consider it as if it was a regular bottle of beer (Growlers and their contents are best enjoyed FRESH!)!

 

5. Will the Growler Gallery be serving glasses/pints of beer?

 

Answer: At this point, the Growler Gallery will be a filling station only, with all Growlers labeled and sealed on the premises, to be taken off the premises and enjoyed in the comfort of your own home/tailgate/office party/picnic/grill out!

 

6. How do I care for my Growler?

 

Answer: The best way to care for your Growler is with warm water, but just as importantly, NO soap and NO dishwasher. Any soap or dishwasher fluid will leave residue which will permanently affect any beer that you put in the Growler in the future...Of course, after you care for your Growler, we will still be sanitizing it for you every time we fill it up!

 

7. How do I know what will be available at the Growler Gallery?

 

Answer: There are a number of ways you can keep track of what is available at the Gallery, but for the most up to the minute news, please follow one of our litany of twitter handles:
@raysgrowler @raysbeer and @rayswine!
Also check out our Facebook page at facebook.com/rayswine and our soon to be finished website, raysgrowlergallery.com!

 

8. How do I enter the Growler Gallery?

 

Answer: There are actually two completely separate entrances for your Growler Gallery enjoyment! There is the entrance where you would normally enter for our Tasting Room and Education center on the east side of the building, as well as an entrance directly on North Avenue (where our new bike rack is situated for curbside gallery parking!).

 

9. How will super limited releases work? (I.E.: Only one barrel of something is available. Will I be able to get as many growlers filled as I want?)

 

Answer: We at Ray's Wine and Spirits have always promoted spreading the love, be it a rare wine, spirit or beer release, and we will be continuing that tradition in the Growler Gallery! When the Growler Gallery offers a rare, super-limited release barrel, then we will offer it as a one growler per customer, first come, first served, 32OZ fill ONLY.

 

10. Will I be able to get samples of beer before I make a purchase?

 

Answer: You will be able to receive up to three 1 ounce samples of the Gallery's selections before you make your purchase. SPECIAL NOTE: Please know that for our opening weekend this Saturday and Sunday, we unfortunately will not be able to pour any samples, as we do anticipate a fair number of folks stopping by and want to make sure everyone can get their fresh beer as quickly as possible.

 

11. Will I be able to get Growler Fills downstairs in the store?

 

Please note: With six tap lines at the Gallery, we are dedicated to rotating our beers DAILY to keep things as FRESH, interesting and RARE as possible! 

 

Here are the very first beers that will be available on Opening Day of the gallery, and below we have listed a litany of other gems waiting in the wings to be tapped the rest of the weekend!

 

Starting Lineup Including Pricing:

- Please Note: Prices below are SOLELY for the beer and does not include the price of Ray's Growler Glassware.

 

1. Karben4

Tokyo Sauna 5.5% ABV - EXCLUSIVE for Milwaukee craft bars and the Growler Gallery, this is a Piney Pale Ale 

-64oz $13

-32oz $7

 

2. Solemn Oath

Hexafoos 5.6% ABV - American Farmhouse Ale

-64oz $16
-32oz $9 

 

3. Hinterland Brewery

Ray's Exclusive IrRAYSistible Imperial Rye IPA 9% ABV - A beer ONLY available at Ray's Growler Gallery, this 9% ABV behemoth is a true, handcrafted work of art from our friends at Hinterland! It's big, bitter, and beautiful! We can't wait for you to try it!

-32oz $11

 

4. 3 Sheeps Bam-Ba-Lamb Brewed in Collaboration with 8th Street Ale Haus 8.6% ABV - Black Honey Saison

-64oz $18

-32oz $10

 

5. Abita Brewing

  

6. New Belgium Brewing 

Billy's Beer 10% ABV - Never heard of this one? Us neither! This is actually the ONLY barrel available outside of New Belgium's Tap Room, and we are unleashing it on Opening Day! This spicy, tart, Amarillo and Centennial hop brewed sensation is blended with a Hefeweizen yeast for an amazingly unique brew! One barrel available (Available in 32oz Growler ONLY!)!

-32oz $10   

 

These 6 are JUST the beginning! 

 

Here are some of the other brews that will be constantly rotated throughout the Gallery Opening Weekend:

 

New Belgium and Elysian Collaboration - Oyster Stout

Dark Horse Plead the 5th - You all know this legendary stout

Karben4 Fantasy Factory - Citra Hop Bomb IPA

Karben4 NightCall - Smoked Porter

Solemn Oath Snaggletooth Bandana - American IPA

Solemn Oath None More Black - Black Farmhouse Ale

Solemn Oath Ultrahighfrequency - Big, bready, hoppy red ale

Black Husky Sproose IPA - Ale Brewed with Sproose (the Beer that made Pembine, WI famous!)

Black Husky Howler - Imperial Pale Ale Brewed with Honey

Coronado Brewing Hoppy Daze  - Belgian Style IPA

O'so Brewing Sweet Lady Stout - #1 in a series of 12 Specialty Beers being released in 2014

O'so Brewing El Dorado Smash - Smash IPA

Abita Brewing Imperator - "Select Series" Black IPA

Potosi Brewing Templeton Slugger - Oatmeal Stout aged in Templeton Rye Barrels!

Potosi Brewing Tangerine Snake - Belgian Style IPA with Tangerines

Potosi Brewing Eclipse - Black IPA

Southern Tier Oak Aged Barleywine - 9.6% Beast of a beer

Left Hand Weak Sauce Porter - Special Release Coffee Porter

Sixpoint Seison - Hopped up farmhouse