We have a fourteen door walk-in beer cooler, with a full selection of all major domestic and imported brands, including an impressive offering of local craft and micro brews, totaling approximately 450 brands/styles of beer.  We feature a wide assortment of imported specialty beers, primarily from Belgium, Germany and Great Britain.  We stock half and quarter kegs in most popular brands, and can special order anything available in keg size.

We also carry Organic Beer.  Click the link above to see our featured and new
beer items.

All beer can be sorted into two major categories, Lager and Ale.  Lager is a German term for the type of ageing it undergoes (“lagering”), which is a longer-term, cellar-style ageing.  Lagers are bottom fermented beers, which take longer to ferment and are aged for, on average, 2-3 months.  Most major market beers are lager style beers.  They tend to be lighter, crisper drinks and are the traditional German style.  The lager family includes Pilsner beers, which get their name from Pils, a city in the Czech Republic, where the style was created.  Pilsners are technically lighter and more aromatic, but many beers which are not from the Pils area consider themselves to be Pilsners, a debatable title.  

Ales are British in origin and are top-fermented.  They ferment quickly and are aged for a shorter period of time than lagers.  Many ales are produced from start to finish in two months.  Unlike lager, which is a type all on its own, ales are made in a wide variety of styles.   Confused yet?   For example: IPA (India Pale Ale), Pale Ale, Bock, Stout (including Oatmeal Stout and Cream Stout), Porter, and Lambic (fruit infused) are all examples of ale styles.  Most microbreweries produce mostly or exclusively ales because of the faster time to market, and also because the incredible variety within the ale type allows more room for unique brews.

Many micro- or craft style breweries produce seasonal beers.  The styles of which usually reflect that season, i.e. summer beers tend to be lighter and fresher, whereas Christmas beers are generally fuller bodied and spicy.

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