Northern brewer is a great resource for brewing supplies in your part of the country. http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/b...pment/bottling.

I have found growlers and bottles from home brew houses and microbreweries to be much tougher than mass produced Grolsch or "regular" crown top beer bottles. The walls are thicker and they don't shatter like a typical brown beer bottle that is designed for single use. They also don't become fragile after several scaldings in hot water. Most of mine are going on ten years old and they look brand new.