Van Loan’s Discount Beverages

been here a few times, my inlaws live in the area, as in I can walk to it from thier house. dot on the proximity map is a tad off it’s a little more south on 9W on the river side. tad run down oversized convenience store is how I see it. good selection, though a ton of old beer ont he shelf. several year old pale ales on my last visit. stick to local stuff, though I did get a Goose Island Bourbon country stout there, Keegan, Ithaca, Southern Tier, the local Hudson Valley stuff, again otherwise check the dates or level of dust on the bottles. They do have four or six taps to try. Service, haven’t really needed it, but on my last visit one guy was kind of helpful or trying to be helpful not knowing my level of beer knowledge. it’s fine, not a must go to kind of place, but if for some reason you are in area, worth a visit as I suspect they might not clear out of stuff as Halftime might.

I’ve passed this place a number of times driving to Kingston to go to Keegan Ales, and finally stopped in today on the way to a mountain climbing expedition (ok, so we hiked to the top of Hunter Mountain, but it’s still a mountain). The selection was pleasantly surprising. The store seemed to be divided in half, macro on the right, craft on the left. Good selection, especially for where they’re located. There were still a few things around that had already sold out nearer to me (Nugget Nectar for example). I doubt they get anything crazy rare, but a nice enough local beer store with reasonable prices.