January 24, 2009
Oubliez cette place... Elle ne doit plus figurer sur ce site de bières. Ils ont changé leur marchandise, et il ne reste que quelques bières, à peine plus que dans une SAQ Express... J’ai fait le détour pour rien... Jusqu’à ce que je remarque, vraiment miraculeusement, je parlais avec ma copine des fruits qu’on voulait acheter, que c’est à la fromagerie Hamel que ça se passe pour la bière, au Marché Atwater... Si vous cherchez des cidres de glace ou des produits Québécois rares dans les SAQ, là c’est intéressant... Mon évaluation concerne les bières

May 19, 2006 [ Updated June 27, 2006 ]
Disappointing... Only 6 different beers. 2 unibroue (La terrible and La fringande) that’s it. A lot of cider and hydromiel. Light selection of red/white wine. Place is okay but SAQ Selection is better across the street (if you’re looking for wine, of course).

September 12, 2005 [ Updated November 20, 2005 ]
Well, the SAQ isn’t much to get excited about...there are a few decent beers but nothing very special. Some of the prices are pretty good like for the Saison Dupont and La Chouffe but some others are a little bit more expensive...at least in comparison to the LCBO. It’s obvious that the SAQ caters more to the wine and cider crowd.

June 20, 2005
Though the store isn`t anything to look at - they have a great selection of ciders and mead here. The location is ideal with the Maché providing much atmosphere and culture. Don`t bother dropping in here for the beer selection as it looks to be in the same poor-state of that in the Outaouais area. The neighbouring cheese shop provides a limited representation of Quebec micros.

May 31, 2005
Along with the Marché des Saveurs, THE place to go for a great selection of Quebec’s fabulous ciders and meads. Beer selection is minimal, though there is a cheese shop (separetely listed here in PLACES) in the same building with a decent selection of those. The one time I went the staff seemed friendly though not particularly knowledgeable.

November 29, 2004
When shopping at the market, this is the place to stop if in need of ciders or meads. There is a small beer selection available as well that encompasses most of the same imports as all of the other SAQ outlets. Staff usually tries to be helpful and have some knowledge and plenty of enthusiasm for the locally produced offerings but not a lot of beer knowledge.

November 12, 2004
To make the story short, SAQ is Quebec’s monopoly store on alcohol products. Now this particular SAQ has the mission of focusing on Quebec craft products which suffer fmo underexposition. This means that you’ll find dozens of Quebec ciders and meads. It doesn’t cover Quebec’s scene all too well, but the director of this particular SAQ is a beer geek and does his best under the archaist laws. This and Marché des Saveurs would be the top 2 places in Montreal when looking for those.