Stones River Total Beverages

7/16/2007 11:02:42 AM, monday, july 16, 2007
Decent selection, but prices are a little high. You can actually save money by buying "to-go" from Liquid Smoke if you are doing the 1 bottle thing. Most people don’t know you can buy like that from Liquid Smoke. :P

1/24/2006 11:35:48 PM, tuesday, january 24, 2006 [ Updated wednesday, april 25, 2007 ]
The selection here is about what one would expect for our beer starved area (due to stupid Bible belt regulations...). The prices are a bit high but they don’t have a lot of competition here in the ’Boro. They have a good selction though, not really any less than the Nashville stores. The liquor store side with the >6% beers has a lot to learn about beer as they have their very limited selection on a shelf by the window... in the sunlight. Yes that UV rich light looks nice pouring through the bottles but what does it do to beer? Skunked. It’s bad enough that Samuel Smith insists on packaging in clear bottles but then to have their imperial porter shelved in sunlight? Please shield the beer! Otherwise the liquor side has he t single malt selection in the ’Boro and a good wine selection.

9/19/2005 2:45:41 PM, monday, september 19, 2005
This place is excellent if you are traveling on I-24 between Nashville and Chattanooga. Less than 0.4 miles from exit 78B to the store. Usual Tennessee store, split with beer and liquor because of the 6% law. The selection on the over 6% side is small (under 12 selections on this visit) but some notables are Imperial Stout’s from Left Hand and Rogue, and a few varieties from Stone Brewery and Unibroue. The under 6% side is not huge but this guy has it packed in here. Huge selection, chilled or un-chilled, sixers or bombers. He has a great variety from Rogue, Samuel Smith, Left Hand, Flying Dog, Fullers, Sam Adams, Sierra Nevada, and Youngs just to name a few. Also sixers from locals like Blackstone and Yazoo. They will not break up or mix six packs. They say they can get kegs from local and regional breweries with about a two-week notice and some nationals with a 2 to 4 week notice. Good cigar selection in a closet sized walk-in humidor. The best part is that this place is only about 2 miles from my house and on my way home from work!