Owner Joe Winland works Tuesday in Heaven & Ale on Cherokee Boulevard. He will be opening the growler shop next week.NEW GROWLER SHOPS* The Growler, 1101 Hixson Pike, opening early August; Hours: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday – Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Noon to 9 p.m. Sunday* Heaven and Ale, 304 Cherokee Blvd., opening early July; Hours: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday – Saturday, Noon to 6 p.m. Sunday* Sturm Haus, 1120 Houston Street, opened February 2013; Hours: 1 to 10 p.m. Monday – Thursday, 1 p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday
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Two new growler beer shops are slated to open in Chattanooga this summer as a national trend toward the craft-beer-to-go business model finally sinks its teeth into the Scenic City.
Both of the new ventures — Heaven and Ale on Cherokee Boulevard and The Growler on Hixson Pike — will focus solely on beer, selling growlers: dark-colored glass bottles filled with craft beer, sealed and sent home with the customer.
Growlers aren’t new to the Chattanooga market — places like Big River have been selling them for years. But the city, and much of the nation, is seeing a surge in standalone retail beer shops. They’re not exactly bars, but they’re not exactly traditional retail stores, either.