February 9, 2009
Whole foods has a great selection of beer for a Grocery store anywhere (especially in DC, where Safeway doesn’t even sell beer). If you don’t know the whole foods ambiance, it’s like fake hippy with a lot of pretension floating in the air. That being said, this is a good thing when it comes to beer selection. Every week there is new stock that comes in from craft breweries around the country. It might not stick around to long, but the selection rotates with decent frequency. Most seasonals from anything available in the area seem to make there way here. They had a huge stack of hopslam cases when it hit the district a couple weeks ago. There is also a really good selection of belgian beers in both 750s and four packs, which tend to be priced much cheaper than singles or 750s. They actually don’t sell any small singles, most likely due to some quirk in their license. To get around this, they sell Belgian and other 33cl bottles taped together in two-packs. I know, odd. You end up

October 1, 2008
Great selection of seasonals and micro brews. Typical of Whole Foods markets that you go to around the country.. Does not let you create your own 6-pack.

September 19, 2007
This place carries Stone for the east coasters! IPA, Ruination, EPIC, Arrogant Bastard, etc. I was shocked.

September 6, 2007
Better than O.K. selection for a grocery store that can sell beer. Way better prices than bottle shops in Pittsburgh, PA.

July 27, 2007
Nice store, but walk outside this place and you have a bunch of homeless people hanging out a half block away, and I was solicited twice to donate to the ACLU. You can park below in the garage and get validated for two hours of free parking. Nice small but decent selection considering it’s a grocery store. Bombers must be sold in pairs, and they do not sell singles. They carry Belgians and a good line of domestics including Great Divide, Bells, Stone, Victory, Dominion, Brooklyn, etc. Store is rather busy, so you are pretty much on your own as far as service.

July 16, 2007
Just bought a single 500 ml cold bottle of Zywiec Porter at the Wilson BLVD location. Spent a few weeks in Poland this summer. Not a big fan of porters, but was curious about it. Very good. Decent selection for a neighborhood supermarkt.

July 22, 2006
Does not sell singles. Their liquor license will not allow for it, so they sell 22oz bottles in pairs. Found Rogue Dad’s Little Helper and Harpoon Saison 2x22oz for $10. Other six-packs are available, most of the local/regional stuff such as Magic Hat. Nothing rare located here, however it was the only beer store in DC which I visited that had the Rogue Dad’s Little Helper, and even though I didn’t want to buy two for $10, I bit. Otherwise, it’s a normal Whole Foods, I mean how different are any of them?

January 16, 2006
A decent enough place, a lot of six packs available, many cold, but most are put out for sale in the wine/beer section of the store. Cold selections vary from Corona and Yuengling at a reasonable price to regional specialties from Victory, Clipper City, Dominion, Dogfish Head, Brooklyn Ales, and many other Eastern brewers. Several decent Belgian selections are also available. The service is almost non-existent for beer, at least that has been my experience. There are usually some good prices for sixpacks of decent beer and wine. I really like living less than a block from this Whole Foods, quite nice.