June 12, 2011
Nice selection but very expensive. This could be a great beer store if it weren’t for their prices. With so many other top beer stores in the area to choose from, why bother going here?

March 22, 2011
Decent selection of german brews, decent turnover, reasonable staff. Barware sold as well. Not much on ambience, but beer works for me.

January 16, 2011
OMFG. Walk in and find beer heaven. And the staff wasn’t intrusive. Just me, my eyeballs and my Droid ratebeer app. Found lots of good beers, and about 15 or so I’d never rated, and some I’d never heard of. Worth a stop. A bit out of the way, but the beer range is wide. New Japanese beers imported by a firm 20 miles from my house. I’d never seen them. What a selection! Course there are hundreds of superb beers that weren’t there, but maybe in the future?

June 14, 2010
This place has a sketchy convenience/liquor store ambiance. Fairly wide selection and fair prices but nothing rare. If you’re in the area and need to find some Stone, Victory, mediocre PNW beers this place is good. Large selection of Eastern European and German beers if you’re into that sort of thing.

December 30, 2009
Wouldn’t say there are 700+ bottles here, but they have a damn good selection. The inside doesn’t have much going for it, but this if off of Aurora. Nice selection of bottles. They don’t have the best selection, but I didn’t leave this place feeling as though I was having to worry about what to select. Asian lady was really nice. They have what they have. I don’t expect to go in a beer store and have the clerk all over me.

October 24, 2009
An amazing selection in a questionable neighborhood. Beer is unfortunately stored at the improper temp. The chill the Old E but not the 20 dollar bottles of aged corked beer. Bizarre.

October 13, 2009
I used to frequent this place more when I was first getting into the craft beer scene. Located in what looks more like a C store, Big Star has quite the selection of beers from around the world. The problem is that the conditions (lighting) aren’t very good and you won’t get much in the way of beer selection help if you need it, although they are friendly and I hear they will do case orders if you are looking for that. Pricing has creeped up a bit in the last couple of years that make them at the upper end as far as my regular stops go. Worth checking out and often a place to find a bottle of something that has been sold out at other places around town.

September 21, 2009
Ambiance and beer knowledge of the staff leave much to be desired, but this is definitely a go to beer store for the selection and generally steady of supply of some stuff that others like Bottleworks sell out of quickly (most notably HOTD and Scandinavian brands) take your time searching the shelves b/c you will find some surprises tucked away; doesn’t seem to get as much limited releases, but does get some

October 28, 2008
Not as clean/organized as say Bottleworks, but it does beat the rest of the Seattle market on sheer volume. Lots and lots of beers, but not all are ones I’d necessarily want. I’d say Bottleworks is more curated, and anything ’special’ you’d find at Big Star you’d find at Bottleworks too. Exception is all of the European beers, particularly Eastern Europe, Russia, the Balkans. Tip of the hat to Big Star for these. Service is pretty hands-off, but I’m often hunting on my own. I’m sure they’d help where they could if I asked. Prices are a touch more than others, perhaps, but can’t really complain here. Bonus is a great selection of glasses.

February 12, 2008
Big Star is one of thee competitors in the market here in Seattle. Basically, the main assortment of people that go here are Seattleites too lazy to drive to Bottleworks, or Seattleites that simply don’t know about Bottleworks. Check out Big Star for your rarer odd imports from Eastern Europe and Russia. Lots of different cool sake to check into as well. About 50% of the brew is cold, and 50% is under horrid fluorescent lighting. Worth a stop, but most of you beer hunters will be good with a stop at Bottleworks.