We (me, Loz, Barry & Lynn) visited here yesterday Sunday 28th April 2013 on way back from a weekend at my mums in Worcester. I have to say that this is probably the best bottle shop that I have been to in the UK. I don’t doubt that the Beers of Europe has a wider and greater selection but for sheer quality and huge choice and fair prices then this wins out for me. Fairly easy to find, we accessed it from the M42, straight up the main A441 heading into Birmingham and when you get into Cotteridge you’ll see it on the left eventually, parking might be an issue but there is a pub car park opposite that you could probably sneak into, the road outside has a single yellow line and parking on a Sunday wasn’t an issue but a weekday or Saturday might be a bit more difficult, though I guess public transport up and down this road would also be very good as I guess you are just 3-4 miles from the centre of town. Beer wise, where do you start? Huge ranges of the following breweries, Brodies, Mikkeller, De Molen, Wild, Thornbridge, Buxton, Evil Twin, Kernel, Partizan, Tiny Rebel etc, etc andf then there were loads of newcomers many that I had never had or hadn’t had that often, Rebel (Cornwall?), Weird Beer and others that I forget. The shop is essentially a large oblong laid out with one central island on one side it is wine on the other is all UK beers, to the left of this central island (looking with you back to the counter) all down that left hand side is Foreign beers starting with US beers, moving onto Danish before then Belgian, Dutch, French and others. Some of the more expensive American beers along with some rare Brewdog and the odd Belgian offering are near the counter. The brothers who run this shop Cal and Jaz (I think they were called) were really friendly and we chatted for some time about who, how and where they get beers from. I was hugely impressed with this place and the friendliness and helpfulness of the brothers, I can see this becoming a regular stop off both going to or returning from my mums.

I don’t like places that up their scores by adding raters for that sole purpose: if you are involved with Cotteridge Wines please remove the ratings you’ve put on here! A couple of miles down the road from Birminghams other ’beer geek’ shop in Stirchley. This place is fine: I was left alone to wander along the rows of beer to select and browse without any interference. The prices are keen and the selection different to their near competition: these guys seem to major on craft and newer UK breweries with a smaller International and traditional area. I’ll always visit both this place and Stirchley when I need a special beer fix because between them you are going to find something you want, need or is interesting.

Discovered and recommended by Birmingham Twitter users, this is a real find. Just up the road from Stirchley Wines, they have a very large selection of British ales, Belgian beers and Germans - the latter of which is the largest selection I’ve seen anywhere (apart from Germany). Good value, friendly owners. Neck and neck with SWS, which leaves South West Birmingham ridiculously overburdened with good beer availability, in contrast with the rest of the city. Unmissable.

Hands down must be the best bottle shop in the UK. Amazing selection of the best of the best UK beers, an unusuaully phenomenal American beer selection, and mainland European selection. Very good prices. Extremely friendly staff who are passionate about beer and eager to please you. Such a great place. Absolutely mandatory place to stop.

A superb beer shop and one of the best in Birmingham. They have an unrivalled selection of English beers from the larger breweries and many of the smaller ones too. Their Mikkeller selection is larger than many i’ve seen in Denmark. Service is excellent and these guys are passionate about what they do. The prices are very reasonable too. The US selection is fine, but i’d like to see one or two more options there, however, their English selection is truly awesome and that alone makes it well worth the trip!

Friendly and helpful staff, good selection of bottles. My only problem is their website is way out of date. Prices have increased a little on some beers and half the beers I went for were not available. They told me they were going to re do the whole site and update with new range. Will re score when this is done and I visit again.

Just visited last night. Superb range of beers and came away with far more than I had initially intended. Friendly staff who leave you to browse but happy to help if needed. Lots of stuff I’ve never found in UK before. Recommended

Cheeky visit after a conference at the ICC, the perfect antidote. An amazing selection and the chaps there are knowledgable and happy to shoot the beery breeze. Could have spent an hour in there and spent a much more than I did. If you get chance to go, do it.

Great place with a really good selection of beers which are keenly priced.Many rare and unusual brews appear here throughout the year making it well worth a visit.The guys that run it are eager to please and are always helpful.They will also try to tack down beers on your wishlist for you.With the range they have coming through at the moment and previously it means i’ll never be rich,but,at least i’ll be happy!Give them a try,its well worth a visit.

What a fantastic store.Vast range of beers. What impressed me was the stocking of the complete range of bottles from a brewery from the weakest to the most powerful.British craft breweries are very well represented and don’t get me started on the German range. Top up with a few Americans and some excellent Italians and this makes for an excellent store. Perhaps not such an exotic range as Stirchley wines but the prices are more competitive. Great service-great store. Beer lovers please use them so as they can get even better.