Akzenta Barmen

Came here on 21.11.2019. Great selection of German beers. I mainly came to buy Düsseldorf ales from Ürige, Füchschen and Schlüssel. I believe this is the only place in Wuppertal offering these traditional Alt beers. All of them are filled in bottles with swing top. Hopefully all beers will survive the trip back to the US. Very friendly service and I was glad they accepted credit cards (still not a given in Germany). Was definitely worth the 45 min detour during rush hour.

Very large (one of the largest I’ve ever seen), clean and sterile Getränkemarkt. Enough space to park your car in front of it, although it was quite crowded on a late Saturday morning. Massive amounts of crates with mostly the standard stuff you’ll find in every shop of that kind, although there was so much available due to its size. It’s good to pick up some local stuff from Wuppertal or Düsseldorf (or some Kölsch which is quite hard to find east of the border which divides Rhineland and Westphalia), but other than a handful of standard Belgians, there is nothing else of special interest, not even Franconian or Bavarian beers.

Huge hall with crates of beer. Very much focused on regional, bavarian and german beers in general, with little interesting beers from abroad. Very good prices and good for local beers and standard german typical beer styles.

One of the best-sorted bottle shops I know in NRW. A bit chaotic, but great selection!!

Akzenta offers two big markets. One is a big supermarket with a big wine, spirits etc selection (and "help yourself" wine tasting taps) and some nice ciders. There are some selected beers available, too. On the other side of the road is the big Akzenta Getränkemarkt / bottle shop. The selection is okay but it offers nothing that special, except Belzebuth, Satan and some awful Mongozo. The rest is normal German stuff with some few local beers like some Kölsch or Schwelmer. Prices are a bit above average but in general quite cheap. Staff is okay.

Good selection of local beers, all the national brands of course, some Bavarian, incl. Rauchbier. Uerige at very fair price.

Impressive selection of local and bavarian beers in a huge supermarket, some rare seasonals sometimes available sells exclusively the Schwelmer Trassengold........... Now (8/2016) a very poor selection, only the usual suspects from the big brewers, thousands of cheap, crappy beers and only a strictly limited selection of quality brews ( e.g.Uerige).Poor...