It’s been over a year since we last published a list of places in Columbus where you can buy and refill growlers. It’s a popular search query on Drink Up Columbus, so we wanted to share an updated list.

A brief introduction to growlers for the uninitiated: a growler is a half-gallon glass jug that is filled with beer. It’s eco-friendly (no waste created), it’s fresh (straight from the keg) and it’s usually about the same price or cheaper than a six-pack of quality craft beer. Beer will stay fresh in a sealed growler for 7-10 days (some claim a lot longer with proper refrigeration and some electric tape around the cap). After opening you should plan to empty in one evening, though I’ve enjoyed some growlers up to two days after opening.

So with that, here’s a list of breweries, bars and retail shops in Central Ohio where you can currently fill a growler. Some places will fill growlers, but don’t actually sell the glass jugs. And other places will not fill a growler that was purchased elsewhere. And while some claim it is illegal to fill a growler that is not labeled with the brewery/bar where it was filled, the Ohio Division of Liquor Control assured me that it was not illegal. I tried to note the fill-only and fill-own-only businesses.

Barley’s Smokehouse & Brewpub

1130 Dublin Road, (614) 485-0BBQ, barleysbrewing.com

Growler hours: Monday-Thursday 11am-12pm, Friday-Saturday 11am-2am, Sunday 12-11pm

Note: will only fill their own growlers

Barley’s Brewing Company (Ale House No. 1)

467 North High Street, (614) 228-ALES, barleysbrewing.com

Growler hours: Monday-Friday 11am-2am, Saturday-Sunday 12pm-2am

Note: will only fill their own growlers

Barrel and Bottle

59 Spruce Street, (614) 221-5550, northmarket.com

Growler hours: Monday 9am–5pm, Tuesday-Friday 9am-7pm, Saturday 8am-5pm, Sunday 12-5pm

BJs Restaurant and Brewhouse

5141 Tuttle Crossing and 1414 Polaris Parkway, bjsbrewhouse.com

Growler hours: Monday-Thursday 11am-11pm, Friday 11am-1am, Saturday 10am-1am, Sunday 10am-11pm

Buckeye Lake Brewery

5176 Walnut Road (Buckeye Lake), (614) 464-BREW, buckeyelakebrewery.com

Growler hours: Monday-Thursday 4-10pm, Friday 3-11pm, Saturday 1-11pm, Sunday 1-9pm

Note: will only fill their own growlers, but will trade you another growler for one of theirs

Columbus Brewing Company

525 Short Street, (614) 464-BREW, columbusbrewingco.com

Growler hours: Monday-Thursday 11am-10pm, Friday 11am-11pm, Saturday 5pm-11pm

Elevator Brewery and Draught Haus

161 North High Street, (614) 228-0500, elevatorbrewing.com

Growler hours: Monday-Thursday 11am-12am, Friday 11am-2am, Saturday 5pm-2am

Four String Brewing Co

985 W. 6th Avenue, (614) 725-1282, fourstringbrewing.com/

Growler hours: Thursday 5-7pm, Saturday 12-2pm

Fourth Street Bar & Grill

1810 North 4th Street , (614)291-1420, http://fourthstreetpatio.com/

Growler hours: Monday-Sunday 12pm-2:30am

Gordon Biersch

401 N. Front Street, (614) 246-2900, columbusbrewingco.com

Growler hours: Tuesday-Thursday 11am-11pm, Friday-Saturday 11am-1am, Sunday 11am-10pm

House Wine

644 High Street, 614-846-WINE, housewine.biz

Growler hours: Monday-Thursday 11am-9pm, Friday-Saturday 11am-11pm

Note: will fill growlers but does not sell glass jugs

Mad Mex

1542 North High Street, (614) 586-4007, madmex.com

Growler hours: Monday-Sunday 11am-2am

Neil House Brewery

372 Morrison Rd, (330)-936-7467, neilhousebrewery.com/

Growler hours: Wednesday 11am-5pm, Friday 11am-7pm, Saturday 11am-5pm

Old Bag of Nails

Multiple locations, oldbagofnails.com

Growler hours: Locations vary

Park Street Tavern

501 North Park St, (614) 221-4099, parkstreettavern.com

Growler hours: Monday-Friday 3pm-2am, Saturday-Sunday 12pm-2am

Schmidt’s Sausage Haus

240 East Kossuth Street, (614) 444-6808, schmidthaus.com/

Growler hours: Sunday-Thursday, 11am-10pm, Friday and Saturday 11am-11pm

Studio 35

3055 Indianola Avenue, (614) 261-1581, studio35.com

Growler hours: Monday-Friday 6:30-11:30, Saturday 6:30pm-12:30am, Sunday 6:30-11:30 pm

Whole Foods

1555 West Lane Avenue, (614) 481-3400, wholefoodsmarket.com

Growler hours: Monday-Sunday 9am-9pm

World of Beer

503 South Front Street, (614) 224-1962, brewerydistrict.wobusa.com

Growler hours: Monday-Sunday 9am-9pm

Note: will fill growlers but does not sell glass jugs

Zauber Brewing Co

1300 Norton Ave, (614) 205-1304, zbeers.com

Growler hours: Thursday-Saturday, 4-8pm

Expect an updated list again in a few months when Actual, Bru, Hoof Hearted and Seventh Son get going, as all plan to offer regular growler hours. And I expect a few more bars and retail shops will join the bandwagon, too.