In line with national trends that show slowdowns in craft beer sales and heightened demand for mixed drinks, The Glass Jug Beer Lab will make draft cocktails a permanent fixture on its menu ...

If paperwork and construction all go according to plan, the new space should be fully operational sometime in September. The Glass Jug, 5410 Highway 55, Durham; 919-813-0135, www.glass-jug.com.

As we know it today, the modern growler is credited to the Otto Brothers Brewery, which in 1989 began bottling their beer-to-go in the design of screen-printed moonshine glass jugs.