A Southern Season, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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A Southern Season
Fair based on 18 ratings
Type: Beer Store

201 S. Estes Drive
Chapel Hill, North Carolina United States 27514 [ print map ]
(919) 929-7133
http://www.southernseason.com/

Hours: 10am - 9pm Mon - Sat, 11am - 6pm Sun


Bottles: 100+



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 Palo Santo Marron 98, Dogfish Head Punkin Ale 82, Bells Octoberfest Beer 59
More Beers Available Here



18 reviews for A Southern Season
 Ambiance 74%
 Service 68%
 Selection 67%
 Food 78%
 Value 2%
 Overall 70%
 Rating 42%
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LawBadger (10), Raleigh, North Carolina
  68   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
4/57/109/15 7/10 4/1014/20

November 29, 2008
Huge store with wide variety of food, cooking gadgets, and gifts. Helpful staff. Great food and deli area. Very good wine selection. Beer selection is extremely small in comparison. Okay selection but based on the rest of the store they definitely leave you hoping for more. Overpriced.

wilkie (38), Raleigh, North Carolina
  58   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
4/57/106/15N/AN/A12/20

January 28, 2008
Huge cooking store. If there is some kind of weird cooking utensil that you have been looking forit’s there. Store is a lot bigger on the inside, and is semi-maze like. Beer selection is small, centered around Belgium, and lacking on local beers, but the staff is friendly. Slightly overpriced, whole foods has better prices just down the road. Lots of coffee too if that’s what you’re into. Gigantic wine selection.

performula (27), Triangle Area, North Carolina
  70   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
4/58/108/15 9/10N/A15/20

September 19, 2007 [ Updated October 14, 2007 ]
This is a huge store if you like food. Aisles dedicated to individual condiments, candy, imported candy, tea, coffee, glassware, kitchen utensils, etc. You cook...its there. Staff is very friendly and helpful. Wine selection definitely outshines its beer selection.

ucusty (53), Wake Forest, North Carolina
  64   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
3/52/1012/15 8/10N/A15/20

August 7, 2007
small collection very nice none the less. excellent de dolle inventory which included the recent elusive mad bitch!

00cobraR (27), Greensboro, North Carolina
  50   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
4/54/107/15N/AN/A10/20

July 6, 2007
This is my favorite gourmet store. They have a few beers. Everytime I stop in they seem to have something new in there. I think 100 bottles may be a bit optimistic, but a decent selection no doubt.

emacgee (25), Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  70   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
4/55/1011/15N/AN/A15/20

April 1, 2007
I really like this place. There collection isn’t huge but its esoteric. They have a very condensed collection. They also have a 15% off when you buy twelve bottles, so you there are somethings in there it would be cheaper to buy six singles than a six pack somewhere else. They don’t have a beer staff, mostly wine. So if you go in there know your shit or else you’ll be out of luck. The beer is back in a corner, plenty of belgians and other foreign stuff along with locals and other craft beer from around the country. Don’t expect a thousands of beers but you shouldnt have any problem going in there and buying the twelve necessary for the discount.

beerlord (11), tonawanda, New York
  68   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
3/58/1010/15 7/10N/A13/20

March 21, 2007
Nice looking store, maybe a littel busy. Deserts are great, beer selection is medioroce compared to what I have at home, but very god for teh areaa. Good ole southern hospitality too.

mhelgason (18), Charlotte, North Carolina
  70   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
4/55/1012/15N/AN/A14/20

March 11, 2007
Rather small area in which they display their brews. I was impressed with the way they used the limited space (had beers seperated by location. Also had a decent single selection in the cooler.

Beffrey2 (2), Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina
does not count - explanation
  64   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
3/59/109/15N/AN/A11/20

February 28, 2007
The store is really nice. They sale just about everything you can imagine. It took me a really long time to find the beer though. It was hidden in the very back...which was a long ways from the entrance. The store is dark, the selection was small, but they had some good brews. I found the rabid duck, yeti, and a few other goodies. The service was great, they had people all over the place waiting to help you. They just need a better overall selection.

JMFG (18), Florida
  72   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
3/57/1012/15N/AN/A14/20

December 26, 2006
Definitely not a beer specialty store, but they have a bunch of decent stuff here. The beer section is small, but they had Duck-Rabbit Barleywine and Baltic, Victory Hop Wallop, Weyerb Imp Stout, Left Hand Smokejumper, a couple des Rocs, some meads, and a bunch of other good stuff that I didn’t pay attention b/c I have access to them back home. One weird thing is that all beers are priced as singles, but once you get 12 singles, it’s 15% off, so if you get two sixers, the prices quickly become reasonable. The guy in the wine section wasn’t necessarily beer savvy, but he told me about the 15% off policy, and he went in the back and got some DR Barleywine when I asked him about it. Certainly worth a short trip to check out.

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Scene
Nice selection of beers

Staff
Knowledgable

Parking
Lots of parking. Location in a mall.

Events
Occasional educated beer tastings.