Perry’s Liquors

7/12/2008 1:42:23 PM, saturday, july 12, 2008 [ Updated saturday, july 12, 2008 ]
Decent selection of rare 22oz bottles. Seem to be getting better. The clerk always seems to know the beer he has.

11/27/2007 9:59:25 PM, tuesday, november 27, 2007
Not the greatest beer store (small, limited selection, and haphazard bottles), but they had a lot of Cali micros that I can’t get in Colorado, so I was satisfied. When I brought $60 worth of beer up to the counter (most of which was IPAs and double IPAs), the clerk told me I had some good stuff picked out. He was rather friendly. He asked about our tasting party and I told him we were from Colorado visiting for T-day, and we were about to throw down. We all laughed, and then I coughed up a lot of dough for just one box of beer.

9/9/2007 9:47:27 PM, sunday, september 09, 2007
I live in Livermore, and I have no idea what this is doing on this list. True, they have a decent selection of micro’s and imports, better than most corner liquor stores, but Perry’s has no business being on this list. That being said, I will probable go back to get beer when I want to go some place close. Quite a good wine selection, also.

8/12/2006 11:59:20 PM, saturday, august 12, 2006
As a life long Livermore resident, I have been a regular patron of Perry’s for over 20 years. The original owner- "George", was extremely kind and helpful in getting hard to find beers for me. One time, George actually allowed me to age a keg of Bigfoot for 18 months! He was known to get us cases of hard to get beers from Belgium, The Netherlands, etc. In the 1980’s, I personally took a huge interest and effort in helping George develop his beer selection. When George sold the business in 2001, a couple from India took over, and kept the integrity of the beer selection. They were very helpful if I wanted a special order done. In 2004, they sold to two gentlemen also of Indian descent. Anyhow, they too have been very good in keeping the specialty beer selection that George and I created all those many years ago... There is one gent behind the register who is a bit "off" but he is a nice person- but a bit hard to understand because of his extremely thick Middle-Eastern accent. But whenever I ask them to order something- they usually get it! (One example- when I found Anderson Valley’s Brother David’s Double and Triple at Beverages, and More!, they said "no problem" and they got it for me.) So folks, any of the Belgians you see on the shelves is due to my steady pursuits with this store over these past 20 years. But the effort has been worth it...

6/2/2006 7:52:00 PM, friday, june 02, 2006 [ Updated friday, june 02, 2006 ]
Good selection of getto beer if that is what you want. However, at some point someone knew their beer. Odd finds of old beer; Talon barley wine, Anchor X-mass ’04, Achel Extra Bruin in 11 oz, Stone’s Oaked Arrogant Bastard Ale magnums and other random beers. Some beer is past their best before date, but they seem to have been in the cold box the entire time. The beers I have purchased here have tasted fine.