Hoping someone can help me out. I'm headed to NE Illinois in a couple weeks, (Zion/Waukegan area) and am looking for a good bottle shop to pick up some things I can't get in Madison (Stone, Pipeworks, FW, MBC etc). It doesn't look like Binny's is in that area, nor a Woodman's. Any places that have a good selection, preferably one that sells singles as well. I can drive a bit, but this will be on a Friday afternoon and I want to stay away from Chicago and all the traffic.
I was in Arlington Heights last weekend and dropped quite a bit of money at Foremost Liquors. Excellent selection. http://www.beermenus.com/places/4271-foremost-liquors-arlington-heights
The Deli Lama in Laka Villa, about 15 miles from Zion. Large selection of Pipeworks, Stone, Zumbier, Solemn Oath, etc bombers and sells all their 12 oz beers by the bottle, very large walk in cooler, pretty large selection and its all fair game for picking and choosing whatever you want to try.
Another option is if you want to head due south on Rt 41 about 15 miles to The Art of Beer in Highland Park. Very unique selection of bombers and 12oz singles all craft, nothing refrigerated though, but they do tend to get some things that I don't see anywhere else. Lake Effect, Only Child, and others...
