Westmere Beverage Center, Albany, New York
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Westmere Beverage Center (518) 456-1100
1756 Western Avenue Albany New York United States 12203
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Westmere Beverage Center
Rating N/A - too few ratings
Type: Beer Store

1756 Western Avenue
Albany, New York United States 12203 [ print map ]
(518) 456-1100


Bottles: 1000 +



WiFi
Children
Patio
Seasonals
Real Ales
Proper Glassware
Beer To Go/Growlers
BYO 6-Pack/Singles
Available At This Location (arranged by most recent)
Dogfish Head Squall IPA 96, Mendocino Winter Seasonal Imperial IPA 89, Chatoe Rogue Wet Hop Ale 76
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6 reviews for Westmere Beverage Center
 Ambiance 57%
 Service 78%
 Selection 83%
 Food N/A 
 Value 47%
 Overall 79%
 Rating N/A



basewars (8), Albany, New York
does not count - explanation
  78   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
2/58/1013/15N/A 6/1016/20

September 14, 2009
Looks like a warehouse or garage. There’s a wide selection which continues to improve, especially in the last few month. The staff has become more knowledgeable in my opinion. Also, they started selling growlers. They have a "New Releases" section for easy picking. In this area, it doesn’t get any better.

bigrond (31), factoryville, Pennsylvania
  76   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
1/58/1013/15N/A 8/1016/20

June 3, 2009
set up like a wharehouse. Single bottles are encouraged. Wide selection for a small place. Great distributor.

oteyj (13), Canterbury, New Hampshire
  80   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
4/58/1012/15N/A 7/1016/20

May 25, 2009
A most excellent beer garden right off the highway in Albany. Selection is actually quite good; all brews are separated by region brewed, making it easy for me to make a beeline to the Belgian quad section, or the west coast hop-bomb area. Righteous. Staff is knowledgeable and kind. I even scored a couple free glasses. Theres some real gems here if you look hard enough.

Cletus (175), Connecticut
  76   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
3/58/1012/15N/A 7/1015/20

January 5, 2009
This place stocks every good regional and has a decent selection of foreign beers. If looking for regionals, go here over Olivers. Overall, the staff is much more knowledgeable as well.

ABUSEDGOAT (57), California
  78   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
4/58/1012/15N/AN/A15/20

December 26, 2007
Westmere is finally in the database, nice. Very similar to Olivers, but I like the staff here better. In general the two stores get very similar stuff, but not the same. I think the American selection here is arguably better while the imports are worse, but thats a generalization. Westmere is very close to my house, I get a lot of freebies and discounts, whereas Olivers rarely offers them. It’s my local beer store when I’m in NY...

hophead75 (83), Boonton, New Jersey
  80   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
3/57/1013/15N/AN/A17/20

September 26, 2007
Just happened to go into this store to buy a couple of bags of ice and perhaps some session beer- and what a find! At least three long aisles full of craft beer. Tons of 22’s, six packs, a huge belgian and import aisle. You can buy singles of anything they have in 12 oz bottles. They had some stuff there than I haven’t seen anywhere else in quite a while: Captain Lawrence Nor’Easter, Xtra Gold (2006), as well as their Dubbel. Some heavyweight also on the shelves. Ambiance is typical beverage distributor warehouse. Staff knowledge and service was adequate to above average. I would definitely recommend this store to anyone traveling through Albany. the only con I noticed is that some of the bottles are quite dusty and may be past their prime, especially IPA’s. I should note that this is the sister store of Oliver’s (brew crew).

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Scene
Well stocked beverage warehouse

Staff
Helpful

Music
N/A

Parking
enough