Moon Pop and Beer for Less

On the surface seems like a big place with a good selection. Slightly untidy, sometimes smells like people smoke in there. Employees always appear unhappy. Although the micro and import section has a large variety, they have many one-off cases that have been sitting on the shelf for a very long time, at least over a year. Buyer beware. Anything they have more than one of is probably reasonably fresh, and luckily many brewers now stamp their cases with a date. I don’t shop here a lot, only if I need to get a case for a party and have no time to go elsewhere, and every time I am mad at myself for that. On the other hand, a local paper awarded them with a "gold medal" via a recent reader poll.

Ambiance? no, but they gladly order Daura by Estrella Damm for me, which is Gluten Free. Note that they had to remove the GF labeling in 08/11 due to a competitor filing a claim that it was a "health claim", which isn’t allowed on alcoholic beverages, but they’re fighting that. Very bogus. But it’s still at less than 6 ppm, which is far below the FDA requirement of 20 ppm to make that claim. This store gets high marks for taking care of it’s customers.

Recently I stopped in for the first time. I was pleasantly surprised with the selection. Service wasn’t much help; at least he was able to tell me the prices. Otherwise, it is just a typical run of the mill distributors in Pittsburgh that doesn’t make any attempt of trying to attract new customers. I think I found my new home beer distributor.

I was just in recently ƙ-20-09) and found the import/craft beer selection has expanded. It was refreshing to see that they have recognized this trend and the entire back wall is filled with just what I am looking for, well, when I ready to buy a case of something. Buying in bulk always gets you the price breaks however it comes with the limited variety price tag...

***RE-RATE*** Wow this place has changed in 4 years! Tons of craft beer cases...some of which I hadn’t seen anywhere in the area (Orval, St Bernardus to name a few). Huge warehouse with a great selection. Nice!

Typical beer by the case store. Has a special section with many, many kinds of micros and imports. Good place to go if you know exactly what you want and want a case of it. Good prices.