July 27, 2009
A must-stop for me whenever I’m in the Glenville/Scotia/Schenectady area. The front has the feel of a convenience store, while the back has a really excellent selection of both American micros and British bombers. Lots of full cases, half cases (many in the cooler), sixers and one of the better "Choose your own six-pack" displays I’ve seen. They always have 5 or 6 beers on tap for growler fills. I’ve never been disappointed with their quality or their selection.

April 26, 2007
My hometown store, and it hasn’t let me down. Very convenient to drive a few minutes down the street and pick up a new brew whenever I want.

August 17, 2006
Just a short (couple of miles) out of my way driving home from work. Usually at least one new growler selection every Thursday. For me this is a great place. Mostly regional micro brews on tap. Worth a longer drive if you need to fill a couple of growlers for a party.

May 27, 2006
A lot of local stuff. For someone coming from Canada, there is so many beers that we cannot find up here, but its especially est coast beer but there are a few good imports: Rochefort, Corsendonk, Westmalle, Orval,Chouffe, Traquair, Thomas Hardy... Fair prices.

January 6, 2006
Not sure why this gets the nod over Olivers on the brewtour. I went out of my way to go here (and this store is not convenient to get to if in Albany unlike the other bottleshop mentioned). While they stock many locals and regionals, their import section is lackluster and their staff seem to know even less about beer than they do at Olivers.

June 27, 2005 [ Updated July 7, 2005 ]
This is a nice sized, well stocked and varied beverage center for the tri city area. They have growlers, usually 6 or 7 at a time, with some pretty impressive selections. They are also pretty informed and are very willing to help over the phone.

May 8, 2004
Strip mall location with clean if bland interior. Service was not very helpful and was somewhat slow in dealing with both the line-up at the cash and the inevitable price checks. Perhaps understaffed. Selection of Eastern North American micros was very good if not exhaustive and they also had a large selection of macros in cases at what appeared to be very good prices. Not much in the way of imports. Prices were good and the mix’n’match 6-pack is a nice idea. Seemed to cater mostly to the ’pick up a case of swill’ crowd with micros as a sideline. I’d appreciate living near this place, but I would not go out of my way to return here.

May 1, 2004
Nice selection of mainstream American microbreweries, still dwarfed by Oliver’s in nearby Albany. Do not come here for Belgians! Very poor in anything else than Americans. Very good prices though for those micros. I have to disagree with CapFlu on the beer supermarket comment as one aisle of beer does not qualify as a supermarket for me. The store’s cleanliness could approach that of a supermarket’s, but it’s relatively small selection can’t get near. I don’t really mind the dust and warehouse feel of Oliver’s Beverage, as it’s what’s inside the bottle for me that counts. And most Belgians and strong American or English ales, beers I usually look for, don’t mind sitting on a shelf for a while.

April 29, 2004
As opposed to Muzzlehatch, I did enjoy this store - mainly because it had a good selection of better/standard/rarer American names that we don’t see in Canada: Line-up of Rogue, Cooperstown, Southern Tier, Sierra Nevada, Smuttynose, Magic Hat, DFH, etc. It doesn’t have the Belgian selection of Oliver’s in Albany but that place was dirty and cramped. This was like an up-scale beer supermarket! I particularly like the Magic Hat Thumbsucker Imperial Stout for $9.

April 26, 2004 [ Updated April 27, 2004 ]
Somewhat disappointing. We’d heard some great things about this place, but they had perhaps 20-25 Belgians, just a handful of Germans, ok selection of locals...for me it was actually a great stop, as I scored a whole pile of soon-to-be-history Unibroues (11,Terrible,Quelque Chose), but I don’t recommend this overall. Olivers is a much better choice in the area. Oh, and they’re a *beverage* store, so don’t expect proper boxes for any 750s you buy.