December 8, 2010
A good store for beer and wine and liquor. Usually a pretty good selection, though yo won’t find any top 50 beers lurking here, you can get a good selection especially for a town of this size.

August 28, 2009
This rating is for the stand alone store, not the liquor departments contained within the Hy Vee grocery stores.

A decent little place to get some nice craft brews in Galesburg. The ambiance is fine - the place is clean, well-lit, but nothing exciting. The service is really hit or miss. The workers tend to know where things are, but not always, and unless you get the manager, you aren’t going to find someone that knows about beer or has had many of them. The selection of beer isn’t great, but it’s far from bad. In fact, I’ve gotten some pretty good bombers of good beer there like Lagunitas and Hoppin’ Frog BORIS the Crusher. The prices are average to slightly high - nothing terrible. Overall, one of the better choices to hit up if you’re in Galesburg. I always stop by in case they have something in I haven’t tried before.

January 27, 2006 [ Updated April 14, 2007 ]
I live near Galesburg, home of Knox College and Carl Sandburg, and I often go there for shopping, movies, dining, etc... and this is the best beer store I’ve found in Galesburg. If there is a better one, please let me know where it is located. I was surprised that the selection in this HyVee wasn’t very good. The HyVee here in sleepy old Macomb offers more craft beers and imports than this store. They do have a few selections like Goose Island, Sierra Nevada, Anchor Stream and all your usual macros, a couple of German imports with Ayinger being the most impressive, but everything else is the standard imports you find everywhere. They do offer a few singles, but no Belgians. You can buy lottery tickets here. The turnover rate seems to be good and the store is clean and largely dust free. The staff is friendly, but not beer knowledgeable, so you’re on your own. (03/07) They now have a small mix-a-six section and a slight improvement in selection, Bear Republic can be found here.