Full Throttle Bottles

July 26, 2008
What a cool reclaimed historic space. This hadn’t been anything like a retail storefront for decades, if ever, before Erika refurbed it. It’s very cooldown to bare brick and slat floor, with ancient keystone arches in the back wall, where horses used to walk through. 14 cooler boxes so far, with pretty much the usual suspects for sale. Prices right around what bottle shops in town generally charge for everything. You can’t ask for a cooler, friendlier proprietor, either. Among shopkeepers in town, she’s not going to take first place for overall beergeekdom, but she has the enthusiasm and is willing to take special orders, expand inventory, etc. And for the several hundred bottles she has in stock now, she knows her stuffand she’s up on the business to boot. Great addition to the scene, especially if you live south, of, say, the U-district. Right in a row of awesome watering holes to boot.

June 11, 2008
Good sized store with lots of floor space to expand. Quality craft brew selection with wines and meads. Weekly beer tastings. Nice decor for a bottle shop sort of like a funky gift shop meets tasting room aura. In an industrial area south of downtown where beer bars and brewpubs are relatively few and far between. Worth seeking out.

May 25, 2008
This is a new bottle shop with a decent selecton that is growing. The staff is quite knowledgable about beer and willing to help find what you are looking for. It is hard to see in from the outside, but once inside, it is spacious.