Saturday 20th of July 2013 01:34:19 PM

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As stated before, has large barrel loops out front making it look like a giant cask. Back wall is all coolers, mainly with beer and some wines. Left side of the store is wines, right is beers or liquors. There's a small area of build your own six pack selections. Many of the warm beers are also available in the coolers. Lots of selection especially for Missouri and Kansas beers. Also carry Founders from Michigan.

If you join their email list, you get a discount on purchases. The one issue I had was with one of the employees, an older man. Came in the day KBS was released (they only received one case) and when I asked about it, he bit my head off. Made me sound stupid for even asking about it, as if it had never been sold there ever. Not sure why the attitude.

Friday 26th of December 2008 11:33:56 PM

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Found this place after re-entering into google maps, it's on state route 9 just south of Tom Watson Parkway (hwy 45).

Funky barrel shaped beams set into the exterior of the building, hard to miss. Mailbox out front was fashioned from a Heineken mini-keg, and there were lots of neons in the window, including Schlafly I think. Typical mini-warehouse liquor store inside, we were greeted and offered help right away. I fumbled my way through the layout of the place, there's a long row of coolers on the back wall, with sparse shelving holding micros on the far left, and imports on the far right. Staff appeared again and offered help, then guided me to a couple of limited Boulevard Smokestack cases stacked on the floor. They had a good selection of regional micros like Boulevard, Schlafly, Weston, Flying Monkey, O'Fallon, and midwest staple Bells. Imports were pretty good but not super extensive. No traditional lambics to be found, only Lindemans. The cashier was really friendly and chatted about Chicago neighborhoods with us. There were a pair of potbelly pigs up for adoption near the exit...