Drug Emporium - Kanawha

Big free dedicated parking and only a couple miles off of I64. Good selection for the area and very good prices. Best selection of singles in town. One of the best selections of WV beers anywhere. Good amount of six-packs refrigerated in cases. They now have 16 taps for growler and growlette (howler) fills.

Strip mall-like shopping center sort of thing, so parking is no problem. Beer selection was not bad, two large shelves and a whole bank of coolers - but nothing local. No ciders or meads either. They did have a handful of interesting Goose Island 750s at good process, but nothing else that caught my eye. Service was invisible, like most supermarkets.

I was referred here to get local WV bottles. It felt like an odd hybrid of KMart, Rite Aid, and Hobby Lobby, but there was indeed a nice looking bottle selection in the center of the store. 95% of the beer were the most accessible beers from places with really large distribution across the country. When i went they only had two WV beers, both from the same brewery. The only reason i can think of going for non-locals is if you’re driving through WV and need a state tick.

Just a regular store - do have a nice selection of beer - probably exceptional for locals and most available as singles - for those passing through, a good place to get your WV tick.

If your gonna stop in here, be aware that this place isn’t much to look at, and it isn’t necessarily in the best part of town, but once you’re inside, you don’t have anything to worry about. Large parking lot, so that’s not really an issue. Selection, as far as West Virginia goes, is about as good as it gets. Of the places I’ve been to in the state, this is the best I’ve seen. If I were to guess, they carry pretty much everything distributed in the state. Prices were really good here, too. Everything I bought, is noticeably cheaper than I remember it being anywhere else. What they lack in selection, they more than make up for in value. I didn’t explore the store aside from the beer, so I can’t really comment on anything else. I enjoyed browsing the bottle selection and found a few things I didn’t really expect. Good experience overall, just don’t hang out in the parking lot if you don’t want to be asked for spare change.

This place is kind of like a big, much better, and cheaper CVS/Walgreens. Nice selection of brews for area. Every beer they sell is also available as a single. Nice prices to.