Ruprai Food and Wines

Very good selection for a neighbourhood convenience store. A good selection full stop. Lots of real ales, lots of top quality Belgian and German staples and loads of Thornbridge. Great value too.

I’m slowly working through what Ruprai have to offer. Side one is typical supermarket options but with a few treasures thrown in. Round the other side is where the good stuff sits. Good range of Belgians, some Oakham, Flying Dog, BrewDog, Brooklyn, the odd lambic and gueuze. It’s round the corner from Bish so I pop in when I take him home from work.

Ruprai have only recently entered the craft beer scene. They have always had a good selection of the classic supermarket ’real ale’ fare (i.e. not real ale, probably, what do I know, stuff like Thwaites, Titanic etc). But now have added a range of bottles from around the world and some now from UK too. These include Rochefort 6,8,10, Cantillon, Flying Dog, Brooklyn, Maredsous, Nogne, Brewdog, Marble, Oakham, Schneider Weisse, Duchesse de Bourgogne, Thornbridge ect. Decent and growing with very good value. They are a convenience store but have this increasing interest. All good for my local though they don’t know much about what they are selling but are very friendly indeed.