Steve's Liquor

Steve's LiquorSteve's Liquor
Steve's LiquorSteve's Liquor
Store

122 Junction Rd
Madison, Wisconsin, 53717-2687
United States

(608) 833-5995 | map
stevesliquorstores.com
PLACE STATS
Average:
4.28
Reviews:
57
Ratings:
88
pDev:
10.51%
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Rated: 3.93 by jera1350 from Minnesota

Jul 26, 2022
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Reviewed by Milktoast75 from Wisconsin

4.5/5  rDev +5.1%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4.75 | selection: 4.25
Stop by when I am in town. At least once a month. They carry a large selection of local craft brews and Wisconsin beers. Given the smaller size of the store, they provide a very good selection. Make sure to check the walk in cooler for a nice selection of bombers.
Wife enjoys the wine selection and a helpful staff.
Thirsty Thursdays offer specials and taste testing of beers. One Saturday afternoon they were taste tasting vodka.
A very helpful, non snooty, staff. A Total Wine has opened about a mile from Steve’s causing some concern for Steve’s future. I give Steve’s the bulk of my business and will continue to do so.
Feb 21, 2019
 
Rated: 4.32 by basaywhat from Illinois

Feb 26, 2018
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Reviewed by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois

4/5  rDev -6.5%
vibe: 4 | quality: 4 | service: 4 | selection: 4
I've been here once. It's smaller than the McKee location but it's clean and well lit. Service was friendly and helpful. There is a pretty good selection of quality craft beer from around the country. I'll stop here again.
Feb 08, 2018
 
Rated: 4.47 by hoosier222002 from Illinois

Jul 22, 2016
 
Rated: 4.17 by AlarmClock314 from Wisconsin

Feb 03, 2016
 
Rated: 4.32 by Duff27 from Illinois

Jan 10, 2016
 
Rated: 2.5 by ejimhof from Pennsylvania

Nov 25, 2015
 
Rated: 4.74 by nuebs from South Dakota

Oct 21, 2015
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Reviewed by Hrodebert from Michigan

1.89/5  rDev -55.8%
vibe: 2 | quality: 2.5 | service: 2 | selection: 1
Stopped in on our last day in Wisconsin to put together a couple of mixed 6's of Wisconsin only beers for friends at home.
Left with nothing more than a sampler 12 of New Glarus.
Staff didn't seem to have time to be bothered, even though the store was nearly empty.
There where numerous empty spaces in the single bottle section which was quite small. Actually saw a much better selection in a BP gas station earlier in the day, but held out for Steve's because of the reviews here.
Oh well, live and learn.
Oct 05, 2015
 
Rated: 4.18 by UWBadgerFan4Life from Wisconsin

Jul 08, 2015
 
Rated: 3.83 by Hendrick24 from Wisconsin

Jun 17, 2015
 
Rated: 4.5 by Ri0 from Wisconsin

Jun 06, 2015
 
Rated: 5 by chazmcbro from Wisconsin

May 08, 2015
 
Rated: 4.28 by djhowell from Wisconsin

Apr 30, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by egrace84 from Illinois

Apr 04, 2015
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Reviewed by Schmitfaced414 from Wisconsin

4.64/5  rDev +8.4%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 4.5 | service: 5 | selection: 4.5
Staff was helpful and gave me accurate information on when to expect a shipment. They also do a good job keeping their Facebook page up to date with new arrivals. If you are in the area, I recommend stopping in to see what is on hand. I was able to pick up some nice bottles from TG and Karben4.
Feb 23, 2015
 
Rated: 4.36 by twb0392 from Wisconsin

Jan 05, 2015
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Reviewed by cbutova from Massachusetts

4.37/5  rDev +2.1%
vibe: 4 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4 | selection: 4.75
Recommended as the bottle shop to stop in by a friend-of-a-friend from Madison. Stopped in here on the way out of town during a road trip from Chicago to Decorah, IA. Did not get to go to any other bottle shops in Madison but this place had a great selection. I found all of the New Glarus fruit beer 750mls and most of their regulars. I also got some Central Waters beers and other random WI locals of which there were many. Be sure to look in the walk-in cooler as I found a few bombers in there that were some of the best bottles I found during an 8000 mile road trip around the US. Prices were great compared to the East Coast cities, which was a big plus for me. I was also impressed by the fact that almost all of the beer was in the fridge, perfect since I had to put it into a cooler anyways. All around great bottle shop if you are looking for some quality brews.
Dec 30, 2014
 
Rated: 4.61 by Stevedore from Oregon

Dec 28, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by Soneast from Wisconsin

Dec 13, 2014
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Reviewed by WiscoTerr from Colorado

5/5  rDev +16.8%
I love this store. I live in Madison and stop by most of the liquor stores around town every couple weeks, but always seem to find the best selection at Steve's. It's a solid mix of the good local brews, without filling half the store with junk. They are always one of the first to get new breweries to town and have a Twitter presence which I personally love. They generally run $1 per product that other stores, but totally worth it to support local and have that extra knowledge on tap. My only knock is that they could have more singles for sale, but that's not a big deal. Also love that everything, including bombers, are in a cooler.
Dec 10, 2014
 
Rated: 5 by cokebabies from Colorado

Dec 02, 2014
 
Rated: 5 by Ranick10 from New York

Dec 02, 2014
 
Rated: 5 by irthesteve from California

Dec 01, 2014
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Reviewed by seanlaughery from Ohio

4.5/5  rDev +5.1%
Visited Steve's on recommendation from a friend while in Madison to visit family for the holidays and was incredibly pleased with the highly knowledgable staff and selection.

I'm looking forward to coming back around Christmas time when I visit my family next.
Dec 01, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Gotti311 from Wisconsin

Nov 28, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by 22Blue from Kansas

Oct 10, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by BeerMeBro720 from Ohio

Sep 30, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by d5001986 from Wisconsin

Sep 21, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by BarrelAgedG from California

Jul 30, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by sourdog from California

Jul 16, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by bpfrush from Wisconsin

Jun 24, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by TX-Badger from Texas

Jun 10, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by tyleeis from Wisconsin

Apr 16, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by vinny21bal from Illinois

Feb 27, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by mattmarka1 from Minnesota

Jan 21, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by mkfuzzles from Wisconsin

Nov 19, 2013
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Reviewed by MarcatGSB from Michigan

4.3/5  rDev +0.5%
vibe: 4 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4 | selection: 4.5
Well, there hasn't been a review of Steve's for almost a year now, so I'm happy to give it some fresh props.

Emily and I made our way out to Steve's in hopes for some off the wall stuff (actually, I was thinking they may have some Blushing Monk left, but no luck). They had a really nice selection of singles both in 12 oz. and larger format bottles. The cooler is stocked with all sorts of beer, with a great selection of all these fine Wisconsin beers that aren't available anywhere else.

I ended up scoring a couple bottles of Pannepot 2010, and some Lagunitas Sumpin Wild, which I was surprised to see still on the shelves, I thought this went quickly. A great lil store, well worth the effort to make it out from downtown.
Aug 29, 2011
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Reviewed by jrallen34 from Illinois

3.8/5  rDev -11.2%
Passing through Madison onto Darkness and we had to stop at one of the highest rated beer stores along the way. Its a decent place, worth stopping by if you are close but not a destination place at all. The quality of the beers is average, not a ton of super high quality beers or internationals but most of the better local brands. The selection is heavily biased toward local offerings Central Waters, NG, etc. They have several of each which is great for someone driving though to get locals you can't get out of state. As an added bonus they offer tons of single's of most of the local beers, so for the ticker like me its decent. The prices are super cheap as well so that's welcome as well.

Stop by for cheap locals but don't go out of your way.
Oct 25, 2010
Steve's Liquor in Madison, WI
Place rating: 4.28 out of 5 with 88 ratings