Beverages and More (BevMo!) - Laguna Niguel

Visited on 11th May 2015 for the first time, been back a few times since, today 8th Dec 2017 being the latest. Still love the selection of beers and my original review still stands. Large store where I was left to wander around and take my time: no one asked if I wanted help, but I am sure if I had needed any I could have received some. Plenty of choice with US breweries in alphabetical order, the imports bunched by country. A most of spirits and wine also, with the wine taking up the majority of the floor space, the beers to the right on entering. Not cheap, but I found plenty of breweries new to me. Mostly Californian brewed beers, but a few other states too. I would love to visit a larger store within this chain and to see what they offer in other states than California. The website beer list is huge, I might test that out on my next trip the US.

BevMo seems to have a fairly decent selection of craft brews and world beers. They also offer beer tastings every Friday afternoon at most stores. Some locations do have larger beer selections than others. (They also have a huge selection of wine, with wine tastings on Saturdays.) The staff is well traind and quite knowlegeable, with some employees that specialize in beer, wine and spirits. You can ask all kinds of bar related questions... they always seem to find the right answers. Pretty good for a mini-warehouse style store. Food is limited to a good selection of bar snacks, cheeses and several types of caviar. Great selection of barware and accessories. [The Laguna Niguel store that has been open for over a year is not listed on RateBeer’s list but is listed on the bevmo.com website.]

Newish location in Laguna Niguel on Greenfield road, at the 73 and 5 freeways. Decent selection of local micros on the shelf. Cooler selection is less than I"ve seen at other BevMo’s, but decent. A good beer shop, but nothing amazing. Worth a visit, but don’t go out of your way for it.