Andersonville Wine & Spirits

Andersonville Wine & SpiritsAndersonville Wine & Spirits
Andersonville Wine & SpiritsAndersonville Wine & Spirits
Store

5201 N Clark St
Chicago, Illinois, 60640-2101
United States

(773) 769-0858 | map
PLACE STATS
Average:
4.06
Reviews:
14
Ratings:
35
pDev:
10.34%
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Rated: 4.3 by Archfiend from Illinois

Oct 04, 2020
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Rated by Inna from Illinois

5/5  rDev +23.2%
vibe: 5 | quality: 5 | service: 5 | selection: 5
Great wines as well as perfect costumer service.
Mar 06, 2017
 
Rated: 4.16 by Eman17 from Illinois

Jun 02, 2016
 
Rated: 5 by jimmyddalton from Illinois

May 29, 2016
 
Rated: 4.19 by offandennui from Illinois

Mar 17, 2015
 
Rated: 4.19 by Sweffin from Wisconsin

Dec 22, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by Soloveitchik from New York

Nov 29, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by TheRealPour from Illinois

Nov 19, 2014
 
Rated: 5 by Davit from California

Nov 13, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by waitwhatamidrinking from Illinois

Nov 13, 2014
 
Rated: 4.28 by bowzer4birdie from Illinois

Nov 03, 2014
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Reviewed by SD-Alefan from South Dakota

4/5  rDev -1.5%
Convenient stop after and evening at the Hopleaf. Not a huge place, but a very nice selection of Chicago brews and other craft beer. Prices seem about average for Chicago. Grabbed a couple of nice bombers.
Oct 16, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by Pwbres from Maine

Oct 05, 2014
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Reviewed by WallyJaz from Florida

4.75/5  rDev +17%
My wife and I spent a long weekend in Chicago and we were looking for some Zombie Dust,
Hopleaf had it on tap, and then we went to Andresonville Wine & Spirits, and although they
did not have Zombie Dust in stock, they had a great selection of craft beers from all over the
country.
Aug 19, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by MaximumYuks from Oregon

Aug 11, 2014
 
 
Rated: 4 by dtomes from New York

Jun 24, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by cadaugherty from Illinois

Jun 14, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by ChicagoNick from Illinois

Jun 11, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by Canada_Dan from Colorado

May 26, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by leprechaunandfatman from Ohio

May 21, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by tanis from Illinois

Apr 12, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by MSandahl23 from Indiana

Nov 11, 2013
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Reviewed by Fluffheady from Illinois

4.04/5  rDev -0.5%
vibe: 3.75 | quality: 4 | service: 4 | selection: 4.25
I live in Andersonville and it makes me very happy this store is on the strip. They recently upgraded most of the inside and expanded their beer selection. The prices are a bit high, but get over it, it’s convenience. Did you go to Hopleaf? Stop by to get a night cap for home. Are you going to dine in one of the many BYOB restaurants in Andersonville? Stop here before you go. They have a huge amount of coolers, which besides lots of beer includes chilled white wine and Sake.
Aug 05, 2013
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Reviewed by mcnkldzyn from Illinois

3.9/5  rDev -3.9%
vibe: 3 | quality: 4.5 | service: 3 | selection: 4.5
Only problem I have with this place is that you are made to feel very uncomfortable the entire time you are in the store. I am a regular customer so it's not as if they don't recognize me yet they have someone standing in the back watching me the entire time I'm in the store.
Apr 01, 2013
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Reviewed by drumminbrewer from Illinois

3.3/5  rDev -18.7%
vibe: 3 | quality: 3.5 | service: 3.5 | selection: 3
Great location for a liquor store (kiddy-corner to the hopleaf and acre), and amidst all of Andersonville's great dining.

Smaller place, you're always pleasantly greeted by the guys as you walk in (tip, they get a bit offended if you don't say hi). Focus is much more on wine but they have some nice offerings in the cooler. Always check the back of the store, they keep more things warm than they have cold. Often times that's where I find the good stuff.

Outside of the regular two bros, goose, half acre stuff you'll find pretty much anywhere in Chicago I've seen some Great Divide (quite happy to always see the Oaked-Yeti variations there), Gouden Carolus & rare Sam Adams stuff there. Again, always check the back of the store.

You'll pay a few more bucks, but you might walk away with something that most people are long sold out of. They are really nice guys behind the counter, but the security guy really does enjoy his job (if you know what I mean). I'm sure it would be my local place if I lived close by.
May 16, 2011
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Reviewed by madorb from Illinois

3.35/5  rDev -17.5%
Nice little place with a relatively good selection, they often have limited release beers for longer than other places - but it might be because they're on the expensive side and not afraid to bump up their prices when something is "hot".

A buddy clued me in that they had some Bourbon County Coffee stout left - he saw it for $14 on Friday (already a healthy but reasonable markup) - I finally got around to stopping by on Tuesday after calling to verify that they have some left - and they have just just a bit left... but now the asking price is $16.

Bad on me for waiting so long. Bad on them for their cutthroat price raising tactics. I can understand it's a small shop so they have to charge a bit more - but adding an additional markup after they've already been selling it at a lower price? Boo.
May 12, 2010
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Reviewed by solargoat from Wisconsin

3.55/5  rDev -12.6%
Stopped in on a Friday Morning, looking for some items I could not get in northern wisconsin. They had a pretty good selection overall, nothing that took my breath away, but solid.
Nice selection of Belgians, lots of Bells, goose island, great lakes, very minimal 3 floyd's which was sad. So I picked up some Edmond Fitzgerald and some christmas Imperial stout (Port) that I had not seen before. It was a good store overall, but I expected more selection in one of largest metro areas in the country.
Nov 14, 2009
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Reviewed by KrisPaulk77 from Mississippi

3.85/5  rDev -5.2%
Stopped in on a recent visit to Chicago to stock up for the trip back to Mississippi. There was a good selection of a wide variety of beers. I was specifically looking for Three Floyds and some other regional offerings that we can't get in the South, along with some Dogfish Head stuff. Tons of beers in the coolers, and a pretty good selection of warm beers in the back. I was surprised to find some bottles of Abita. Service was fair and prices reasonable. If I'm ever back in the Chicago area, I'll stop back and shop here.
Sep 09, 2009
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Reviewed by mymrnngjckt from Pennsylvania

3.7/5  rDev -8.9%
Stopped here to pick up a few local offerings to take back home. A very long store. All the craft beer was in the back and down a ramp. (What is the fasications with ramps in puclic places in Chicago?) They had a decent selction of local and regional craft brews. I managed to pick up what I was looking for from Goose Island, Three Flyods and New Belgium. I saw a lot of offerings from the Shelton Brothers line and other belgian products. They seemed to have a lot more offerings in the cooler than warm which wasn't what I was looking for. Prices were reasonable for Chicago. Service was basically non-existant.
Aug 26, 2009
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Reviewed by spointon from Illinois

4.2/5  rDev +3.4%
I visited this place on 5/16/2009.

Like othere have mentioned, this place is across the street and down a few doors from the Hopleaf. Parking was not too hard to find, even on a Saturday evening.

This is a really long and narrow store, with the front 2/3 of the store being dedicated to liquor and wine. The coolers run along the left wall and the last 10 or so doors are dedicated to beer (and only one of those had macro stuff in it when I visited). There was also a small area in the far back end of the store labeled "craft beer" where I found a ton of warm beer in bombers, 750s, and six packs. Overall I was pleased with the selection at this place. There were many of the great quality craft beers you would see in a high end store like Binny's, but there was also some pretty rare stuff. Case in point, I saw some Gouden Caroulus stuff that I have never seen anywhere else in Chicagoland.

The prices were average to just a bit above average I would say but all in all quite fair. Service was friendly and I got the feeling I could have asked a beer geek question and received an educated response.

Highly recommended if you are in the immediate area...
May 17, 2009
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Reviewed by inhoc00 from Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +10.8%
This was the first place that I went to and had that "WOW" effect and probably got me into collecting. Several years ago I went and they had a DFH WWS when the distribution was still slow before they expanded their brewery. I almost fell over when I saw it. He said he had special ordered a case for some guy and had some extra. Today WWS is pretty available, but back then it was a find.

This place is still good for unusual finds. The guys are pretty into the craft brew loop and order what people want to buy. Plus its across the street from Hopleaf so its like a Hopleaf "gift shop". My brother and his boss came in from Texas and I took him to Hopleaf. Afterwards, we went across the street and bought some of what we were drinking.
Nov 18, 2008
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Reviewed by Georgiabeer from Georgia

4/5  rDev -1.5%
Went to this store after a visit to the Hopleaf. I agree with the other reviewers that it isn't necessarily a store to seek out, but if you are going to the Hopleaf anyway its just down the block and worth stopping in. Nice, clean store that has quite a few coolers and most of the beer is there. Quite well chosen selection of available locals including a fair sample of Three Floyds. I was looking for locals, so I didn't really notice the imports. One nice thing is that they seem not to sell out of everything immediately and I actually found several things here that the Binny's on Grand near downtown had sold out of. Reasonable service, but I didn't really ask for much.
Nov 18, 2008
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Reviewed by emerge077 from Illinois

3.8/5  rDev -6.4%
vibe: 3.5 | quality: 4 | service: 3.5 | selection: 4
In years past I wouldn't have entered this shop into beerfly, but after stopping in tonight, i'd say they've improved quite a bit.

The Orval and Bells posters on the front doors clue you in on their quality beer selection. It's pretty bright inside, flourescent light with long narrow aisles. Craft beer and imports are in the wall cooler about 1/3 of the way down, and continue to the end (past the deli case humidor). Southern Tier (6), Three Floyds (8), Bells (8), several Founders, many Belgian 11.2 oz. bottles occupying the majority of one cooler door. Wosyntje, Orval, Piraat, Gulden Draak etc. Rochefort 8 was $6, the 10 was $6.49, Rodenbach 750s were $9.99. They could use more Lambics, but i'm sure Lindemans is the top seller anyway. Pretty good pricing and not intentionally gouging like so many corner stores. At first glance, the back room looked like warm storage, but I found a few lone gems hiding around. Cuvee Angelique and the recently arrived ST Cuvee Series, strangely only one bottle of each. Curmudgeon was hiding back there too.

The guy at the counter was friendly and mentioned some bourbons they had when I asked. The other staff sort of silently shadow at a distance. Overall it's not a bad place to stock up on beer. If you're looking for craft singles head up Clark St. over to "In Fine Spirits".

Edit: They seem to be fond of price gouging on limited releases... expect prices to be several dollars higher than elsewhere if a beer is highly sought after.
Oct 23, 2008
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Reviewed by bluemoonswoon from Illinois

3.7/5  rDev -8.9%
Stopped in here after dining and drinking at Hopleaf. Noticed it by the numerous displays of craft beer singage. Long and narrow on the inside, the beer selection is smaller compared to other more reputable stores in the chicagoland area but the selection is also by no means weak. Most of the beer is in coolers which is nice to see and I'd say about 60 percent or more of the entire store's selection was single bottles with an about equal amount of american micros and belgians. Nice selection from 3Floyds that I don't normally see in Chicago and a Double Dourtmunder from Great Lakes which I had never seen before. In the back of the store are the non coolfied beers, some on the bottom shelves are pretty dusty. Also you can by a good percentage of beers by the case here, I assume you can do this at most other stores but its cool to see them all laid out. The staff mainly stayed out of my way when I was in there but the cashier seemed helpful to the person in front of me at the register so I've giving it an average rating to be fair.

Overall a nice selection, some rare finds and a nice location close to Hopleaf. If you don't live or visit near the area I wouldn't make the trek out here though.
Jul 26, 2008
Andersonville Wine & Spirits in Chicago, IL
Place rating: 4.06 out of 5 with 35 ratings