Earlier this month, the state of Florida passed laws that make 64-ounce growlers legal for distribution. As a result, breweries around town already have their jugs to go!

Distilleries can expect sales to increase in lieu of the new law, since customers can now take home half-gallon jugs of draft beer.

Florida has been one of three states that did not allow half-gallon growlers and limited them to quarts and gallons. As of the first week of July, the law was overturned and local breweries were already armed with cases of new glass growlers to be filled. If you are moving to Jacksonville and love draft and craft beers and local breweries, grab a 64-ounce glass growler and bring it to a local brewery to get filled!

Growler fillings at Intuition Ale Works will cost $10-$20.

Growler fillings at Bold City will cost $7.50-$10.

According to local beer sellers, one thing that the law will help to alleviate is the embarrassment that they face when people come from out of town looking to fill their growler with a local brew, and they have to tell them “no.”

Jacksonville moving companies also want new residents to know that a new local brewery opened last year, called St. Augustine Distillery. The new distillery features two brands: Florida Cane Vodka and New World Gin. With the new law, visitors will be able to take home two bottles of each.