Spec’s Liquor - Downtown (Houston), Houston, Texas
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Spec’s Liquor - Downtown (Houston) (713) 526-8787 www.specsonline.com
2410 Smith St Houston Texas United States 77006
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Place: Spec’s Liquor - Downtown (Houston) Rating Avg: 37.0833333333333 No. of Ratings: 32
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Spec’s Liquor - Downtown (Houston)
Exceptional based on 32 ratings
Type: Beer Store

2410 Smith St
Houston, Texas United States 77006 [ print map ]
(713) 526-8787
http://www.specsonline.com


Hours: Mon - Sat 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM


Mayor: rougeau13 (135) | Taps: N/A | Bottles: lots |



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Beer Available At Spec’s Liquor - Downtown (Houston) (arranged by most recent)
Harpoon 100 Barrel Series #38 - Dočesná Czech Hop Harvest Ale 81, Samuel Adams Verloren 77, Lagunitas Pils 74, Samuel Adams Norse Legend 82, Schneider Aventinus Weizen-Eisbock 99, Full Sail Brewers Share Phils Existential Alt 72, La Trappe Quadrupel Oak Aged Batch #3 99, Dogfish Head Black and Blue 88, Oskar Blues Deviant Dale’s India Pale Ale 99, Widmer Brothers Rotator IPA Series - Spiced IPA 82, Squatters Hop Rising Double India Pale Ale 96, Leinenkugels Big Eddy Wee Heavy Scotch Ale 94, Ozeki (Champion) Sake 22, Full Sail ESB (Extra Special Barney) 88, Independence Brewing Jasperilla Old Ale 58, Yaegaki Dry Sake 39, Kizakura Pure Junmai Sake , Victory Summer Love 90, HeBrew Bittersweet Lennys R.I.P.A 98, Moylans Hopsickle Imperial India Pale Ale 99
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32 reviews for Spec’s Liquor - Downtown (Houston)
 Ambiance  71%
 Service  69%
 Selection  80%
 Food  72%
 Value  83%
 Overall  80%
 Rating  84%
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BMan1113VR (279), Los Angeles, California
  78   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
2/57/1014/15N/A 8/1016/20

November 4, 2011
Massive warehouse. Huge selection of wines and liquors including a massive TX selection (good or bad). Beer selection seemed quite complete, but I have been out of the area for over a year. Plenty of shelves of TX stuff. A fully stocked deli area as well with some decent produce. Good prices. A worthy bottle stop for sure.

blm225 (2), Texas
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  88   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
5/57/1013/15 9/10 10/1019/20

September 3, 2011
Spec’s is a chain so I am rating the chain overall. Individual stores are better or worse depending on the staff and selection. I would not rate the Smith St. store as the highest in service since other stores have more helpful staff in the beer dept. One black mark on the Smith St. store. I was buying a whole unopened case and I was forced to open the case in order to get checked out. This caused a delay and the staff did not seem to care. Since I spend thousands of dollars a year at Spec’s I do feel I am entitled to some consideration. The Smith St. store sells out of the most popular ales faster so it is a matter of timing in order to obtain some of the rarer varieties. I am actually able to obtain some of the more difficult to find ales in some of the peripheral stores with a much more sympathetic and helpful staff. I would honestly give the Smith St. store a ranking of 65 but the other stores actually bring up the rating overall.

dfinney23 (12), Houston, Texas
  88   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
4/59/1013/15 7/10 10/1018/20

March 25, 2011
I just unchecked the BYO 6-Pack box for Spec’s because the only beers they sell as singles are those not typically in 6-packs anyway. Spec’s still rocks, though!

osu97gp (29), Atlanta, Georgia
  68   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
3/58/1011/15N/A 8/1012/20

December 6, 2010
In town on buisness for a couple days and decided to check out this place. A decent selection of bombers, however I wish there had been some more singles to choose from. I will be stopping by again the next time I come to town to get more beer that I can’t get in GA.

rougeau13 (54), Texas
  90   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
4/510/1013/15 8/10 10/1018/20

August 27, 2010
Best selection in Houston. Definitely the place to go to buy something new

bigcwood79 (1), Texas
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  88   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
5/59/1012/15 7/10 8/1018/20

July 9, 2010
Decent selection. Well... best selection of beer anywhere close to me. My high ratings are based solely in comparison to everything else I’ve been to in the Greater Houston area. Their best store is by far the downtown Houston location on Smith Street. As I live over an hour from this location, I lovingly refer to it as "Mecca".

blutt59 (121), Dallas, Texas
  80   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
4/58/1012/15 6/10 7/1016/20

February 14, 2010 [ Updated July 21, 2010 ]
Best selection in Texas of available brews, huge store more like a grocery, look for some hard to find stuff

BarZigKin (29), San Antonio, Texas
  86   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
3/58/1015/15 6/10 9/1017/20

January 1, 2010
The Smith Street location is the epicenter of craft beer (bottles) availability in Texas. THE place to be for Divine releases (84 cases sold in under 12 minutes!) as well as finding any/all available beers for import into Texas. If this location doesn’t have it, then it’s probably not available in Texas. Highly recommended.

Sacrament (4), Houston, Texas
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  90   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
3/57/1015/15 7/10 7/1020/20

October 3, 2009
best place to buy beer in houston as far as i know, amazing selection of beer, plus good deli and other foods.

johnnysmoke (1), Houston, Texas
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  76   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
3/58/1012/15 7/10 8/1015/20

February 27, 2009
For the Houston area, Spec’s is the largest and best selection of beers. Texas has weird liquor laws and has limited distribution which tends to keep a lot of good beers out of Texas.

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