Best Damn Beer Shop in Town

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"Best Damn Beer Shop in Town"

By The STL Collective

"....What if we want to buy some good ole American made beer? How about something from a brewery that doesn’t make a product for the masses? Where do we go? We go to the Wine and Cheese Place, that’s where we go I tell ya. With 3 locations in St. Louis and a 4th to open soon, they are easily accessible by almost all St. Louis beer, wine, liqour, and cheese lovers. They also get into all kinds of delicious foods such as fresh farm eggs, local salsas, and delicate chocolates. Which is all nice, but I’m here to promote them for their beer selection… as I’m a beer nerd and fully appreciate them for what they do. Out of their 4 locations their store in Clayton off of Forsyth is the pinnacle of beer shops in the area.."

Many aspects of The Wine and Cheese Place make it an incredible store for beer lovers. Don’t know what you’re after? Feel free to make your own 6 pack with several great options to experiment that way. Want to try something new but the 6-pack price is a little too much to pay on something you’ve never had? Ask the clerk, they’ll often sell you just one bottle out of a six pack so you can try it. Still on the fence about spending money for a beer you’ve never tried? Well friends, you’re in luck… head down to the Forsyth location any Friday between 4-6 for a free weekly beer tasting where there will be 6 to 8 different beers for you to sample. Sampling is a must considering that they have over 1,000 different bottles of beer in this store for a customer to browse through! From California to New York, from Belgium to Japan, there are beers from all over the globe to shop and they’re organized on the shelves by the coutnry each beer is from to easily search out what you want if, if you know exactly what you want that is. I often go and roam back and forth for 30 minutes or more just browsing.


Need more reasons to shop for your beer at the Wine and Cheese Place? True beer lovers like myself are all too familiar with the hard to get or limited release beers and the importance of trying ALL OF THEM. If it’s a beer that only a few bottles come to St. Louis for sale then odds are The W&CP will get some in. They’re fair about it as well. They’ll put limits on how many bottles each customer can buy in order to make sure to get the beer into the hands of all that want it. Paul Hayden is the manager in charge of all things beer down there and he works hard to bring awareness to anyone who’s paying attention. Paul will post on websites such as beeradvocate.com and stlhops.com, he will tweet, he will facebook, and he’ll even personally email you back any answer you might be looking for about beer. The customer service all around at Wine & Cheese Place is sensational but Paul is who I deal with most and have never been let down. In the last year I’ve obtained through Paul and the W&CP such highly acclaimed beers as the following: Hopslam, KBS, Big John, Olde Bluehair, Nemesis, Firestone 14th, Barrel Aged La Trappe, Bourbon County Rare & Vanilla stouts, and many many others.


Still need yet another reason to check out The Wine & Cheese Place? How about special events. There is constantly something going that makes the visit worth it. The next event I suggest all to attend is their Beerfest on May 14th (my birthday!! you know where I’ll be). For more information click here.



In closing, if you need a better selection of beer, are interested in expanding your knowledge of microbrews, or just want to see what all the world has to offer in terms of brews all together then make a stop at The Wine and Cheese Place. You will not be disappointed… I promise.
-- The STL Collective 


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