Sacramento BAs - Good shops?

I don't think there is anything in Sac that you cannot get at the Coop, DBS or Nugget. You may be able to save a few bucks at Total Wine but with gas at 4.30 you will lose out in the long run. I make the trek from Lincoln to Davis just to get your selection.

 

I have been a few times. Very cool little bottle shop that we are lacking here in Sac (perferably in Roseville). I work off of truxle and Davis is not too far away from there.

 

this place could use a true beer shop but the initial overhead, rent, and necessity of at least some cooler space would make finding a suitable location difficult. But if you can price your beers fairly and get in good with the distributors so you could become the one stop beer shop for the Rocklin Roseville area you'd probably do alright. As it sits now I have to go to two or three different locations just to get one beer that I'm looking for.

 

ok, maybe not roseville. How about something right off i80 and in the sacramento distrobution area. They seem to get stuff a little sooner that Placer co. does anyway.

 

but at that point you're starting to encroach on Davis Beer Shoppe territory. You'd need the same setup or better to draw business. Roseville has potential but where do you put it where it is accessible but not exactly next door to a competitor and still get decent traffic? South Roseville wouldn't be bad but it still comes down to somebody with the bankroll seeing the need and trying to capitalize. but really as long as word gets out somehow to beer lovers that there is a bomb place in Sac or the Rocklin/Roseville area to get everything you want without breaking the bank it might do fairly well.

 

I would like to think so too but with Total Wine here and their cheap prices and coupons I just don't know. Not everybody gets excited at the site of a hard to find Kriek, Geueze or BA whatever. I used to go out to Davis just for the CoOp because you never knew what kind of cool new beer they would have. I remember seeing a shelf full of 09 eclipse there and saying "damn these are expensive but I guess I will give them a try" . That really never happens in Sac.

 

Don't sleep on the Nuggets or Aggie liquor either. They tend to have the big name beers well after everywhere else is out.

 

The one on 5th and L (I believe) had some nice stuff the last time I was there.

 

Aggie Liquor probably has Pliny more often than anywhere else in town (not counting the Graduate, which almost always has it on tap). Other than that, their selection is run of the mill.

 

Is there a place better in the Greater Sacramento area then Total Wine? I live close to the new one on Arden, seems better then anywhere else I've seen in Sacramento.

 

If you count Davis as out of the Greater Sacramento area then I would have to say no. Unless you guys are hiding something from us South Placer BA's .

 

I'd say between the Arden Bevmo and the Total Wine there you can find most anything that'd currently in distribution in the Sac area. About the only reason to drive to Davis would be for Midnight Sun, some offerings from Anchorage, and maybe some belgian stuff if you're into that kinda thing.

 

I think between Total Wine, BevMo and Whole Foods on Arden I have just about all the beers in the Sacramento area pretty close. I'm sure there are random beers I can't get, but I'm a newbie, so I'll be occupied for a little while.

 

Yeah, I definitely remember when the Davis CoOp had the full shelf of 09 EC Eclipse. I ended up picking up a bottle, and also thought it was expensive $20.