Pike St. Beer and Wine

April 14, 2008
Great little no frills beer store. Very Clean and organized. Better Belgian selection than Bottleworks and Big Star. Also a very nice Eastern European and German selection. The domestic craft selection is significantly better than most area grocery stores, but nothing to write home about. They have some wine, but about 80% of the store is beer. Located in Capitol Hill which makes it perfect for me. Also, they do free tastings on Fridays from 5-7. I recently tried 6 of the St Bernardus brews at the last tasting... nice!

October 21, 2007
New store, just opened up a week or two ago so they’re still in the process of building their inventory. Even right now, though, it’s a good 300 brews. The owner said 800 but that didn’t seem realistic. Anyway, they have a fairly strong range of Eastern European product. Right now they’re a little thin on the US stuff relative to Bottleworks. The Belgians and Germans were comparable to Bottleworks. One of the better stores in town, and the selection should continue to increase over the coming months. One thing I worry about is the lighting - there’s just too much and with the big windows some of those brews are going to take direct sunlight.