Whole Foods Market, Arlington (VA)

September 13, 2008
They have a lot of good beers. Hard to find ones as well.

September 21, 2007
This place carries Stone for the east coasters! IPA, Ruination, EPIC, Arrogant Bastard, etc. I was shocked.

July 16, 2007
Decent selection for a neighborhood (organic) supermarket. Found a cold 500ml bottle of Zywiec Porter here today.

March 30, 2007
This place had the most hotties per square inch I have ever seen. Crazy. Beer selection decent for the area. High quality but common Belgian bottles, a bit of a US and regional micro selection. Saw some Bluegrass BC, Legend and Lakefront along with more common stuff like Bear Republic and Stone. Few singles, mostly just 6-packs and bombers/750s.

March 19, 2006
Decent selection of microbrews, and while it lacks the selection of Vienna, when it does get something it’s less likely to be picked over by those in the know. For example, Victory’s 10th Anniversary Alt was long gone from both Norm’s and Whole Foods Vienna, but as of yesterday they still had some here (though it was $11.99 vs $9.99 at Astor).

February 16, 2006
Stopped by to load up on my way into town. Good selection. Better than Vienna on domestics but all around Vienna is better. Plenty of DFH also found Weyerbacher, Bear Republic, and Lagunitas. If you haven’t been to whole foods, then you don’t know what your missing on the food.

October 1, 2005
Decent selection of beer in coolers and on the shelf. Typicals include Victory, Magic Hat, North Coast, Brooklyn, Stone, some Dogfish, S. Smith and Germans. This is the place to find Legend brewing Co (Richmond), Old Dominion, Lagunitas, and Great Divide or the occasional Colorado special, like Left Hand, Avalanche, and Avery. Staff is so-so, and stock has been less even lately (10/05)

September 20, 2005
Not the biggest selection in the world, but included some interesting items, including bombers from local breweries and a few select other items such as Rochefort and Russian River that are not easily available elsewhere. Helpful staff, I found, and of course you can always buy some food. Convenient to the Metro and the local scene (including a walk to Dr. Dremo’s, which wasn’t that far really).

August 9, 2005 [ Updated August 17, 2005 ]
Small selection, but prices are low and there are several things not available in Minnesota, including Stone, Weyerbacher, Smuttynose, and others. Good, inexpensive cheese. Helpful staff. Crowded.

June 19, 2005
I stopped here right off the Clarendon exit on the Orange line. We ate at Cheesecake Factory and stopped by this grocery store. Picked up some Stone Ruination, Heavyweight Biere d’Art and a Lagunitas #10. Anyway, they have a cooler of stuff. Some CA brews, some East coast stuff. They have singles, sixers, etc...