Not much of an import selection but that's not what I came here for, I suppose this would be a bit more bothersome if you lived in the area and wanted a wider selection of such things, but I am spoiled so I can't really complain about that particular lack of selection. So they at least keep the beer in pretty decent condition here, which is nice to see. I didn't see very many, if any, bottles covered in dust. This is not a big store, which is nice because it seems like the bottles get turned around pretty quick here. Few from Upland, Steel Head, some other locals that I can't find in Illinois. Lots and lots of Stone, almost a full line up I'd say and what was nicer was seeing that basically every bomber the store carried could also be found in coolers in the back of the store. Walked in to the beer stacked up on the right. Easy place to find thankfully, no one needs to drive around Indiana needlessly. Made my way out to Indiana to visit 3 Floyds, saw this on beerfly, saw that I was severely lacking in Stone beer and decided that this was the place to find it. Please don't get me wrong here, this isn't a terrible place to stop, but it is far from the best in the area. The proximity to FFF (about 10 min away) is the best feature of this store. If you're coming from out of state, it isn't a bad store to hit up, but don't expect too many gems. If asked "do have any (insert limited beer name here)?" the reply is almost always a generic, "it's all gone but we should get more next week." It never comes though of course. The employees don't seem to care about beer too much except that it is an item they sell for profit. The store is also very warm inside, well above normal room temp, which I see as a negative. Otherwise, the selection is about the same as the Delocke's in Munster only it is smaller here. Now those have all dried up- you can't find Saison Brett, BBQ, or Rye on Rye any longer and it makes me a sad panda. There used be a never-ending supply of the best of the Smokestack beers from Boulevard. At least, that's what I would have said last year. This is a decent little shop- lightyears ahead of either Delocke's Discount Liquor stores. Overall I will still probably stop here if I am in town (though I admit I didn’t go here yesterday when I went to pick up some Zombie Dust), but this store can use some improvement. The value was good, though a hint pricier than stores I am accustomed to frequenting in Illinois. This is disturbing for two reasons: first of all, it is a year old DIPA they are still trying to sell for $11 dollars second of all, they are located less than ten minutes from Three Floyds and they are trying to pull this stunt. While the selection is good, the most disturbing thing was I saw year old Arctic Panzer Wolf on their shelves – the graphic of the Viking woman (not the wolf). The selection is a hell of a lot better than the Discount Liquors a few minutes away, though over the past few years I have stopped in, they definitely do not have as much “rare” stuff that they used to have (I may attribute this in part to the fact that many more people are into craft beer now and pick up all the “rare” stuff that would have stayed on the shelves a few years ago). They had just got some Blushing Monk in a while back and let me know about it (it was behind the counter) and let me know of other random oddities. The service for the times I have been there was relatively good. It is a bit rundown inside and is hot as hell which is not reassuring. The quality of the store needs a bit of improvement. The atmosphere is what you’d expect for a smaller family run liquor store. I have stopped here a few times – both on my way up to Traverse City for vacation, and on my way to Three Floyds.
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