Heinen’s Fine Foods of Brecksville

July 21, 2007 [ Updated August 29, 2008 ]
I attended their beer tasting July 07. The beer tasting was nice, my first, so I don’t have anything to compare it to. There were 35 beers, about 15 I had tried already, but the food made up for the difference. Mean Manalishi, Olfabrikken porter, Rogue 10,000, Allagash Curieux, Chouffe, Westmalle, and New Holland Existential are a few I tried. p They sell all the ones they sampled except for Rogue 10,000. On my quick walk through the aisles I saw some Alesmith, Stone (still had some Epics left), 3F, Southern Tier, Bear Republic, DFH, Bells and a lot of other stuff. Most of the regional crafts and interesting imports p Go check out their selection, it’s increased a lot and better than any other Heinen’s- I would say it’s twice as large as Mustard Seed’s now and they have singles too. p They also have an in-store beer consultant, Tim, and he was very helpful and knowledgeable. He said they’ve grown quite a bit since earlier this year. Heinen’s has always been a great wine place, now it looks like they’re really trying to cater to beer enthusiasts as well.