Stateline liquors

If i show up, I'll be wearing a red hoodie and red shorts. I'm out and it would be on a whim.

 

I'm lucky that I've had most of the beers on tap, but it was a shit show back there. Everyone was surprised with how many people showed up.



I ended up driving for 2 hours total, to not meet any BA's and spend $100+ that I didn't need to. Well, at least I got some damn fine beer out of it, including my most expensive bottle to date (which I didn't think I'd have topped anytime soon, but there was a surprise bottle there).

 

I want to like this place, but everytime I go it's full of shelf turds and easy to get beer.

 

Wow --> Ratebeer's survey put State Line in the top 5 places to buy a beer (google it)- where is your go-to bottle shop that exceeds this?

 

is the bottle you found a big secret?

 

I have plenty of great shops and breweries to buy from locally in Chester County. I don't put any weight into reviews, so a top 5 rating on ratebeer means nothing to me. My experience has been there's a ton of selection, but with that comes a lot of stale beer.

 

I was surprised at how many people were there too. I have no idea where you come up with shit show. In what way? I never waited more than 15 seconds to get a pour. It was a great run event as usual. They handle crowds easily by pouring from pitchers that they have runners to refill. The only complaint is the people who get their pour and drop back two steps forming a wall in front of the completely open bar. This happens every time and is a problem easily solved by an "excuse me". They had over a dozen people behind the bar to pour. If you had entered the event there were at least 3 BA's there having a great time.

 

could you name a few? I travel to Chester County for work quite often

 

That's just my go to word for something that looks really busy. I should have gone in. I still had fun. Maybe next time.

No. It was the Baladin Lune 2012.

 

never even heard of that one, but, glad you found it for you!

 

I love Exton Beverage, Victory Brewing for Victory's beer and Wegmans in Great Valley. I'm not a Whale chaser, so if you're looking for rare beers, these places most likely won't have what you're looking for, but they have all have asolid quality selection. I also like Whole Foods and The Beer Yard in Wayne, but they're not in CC.

 

They got at least six cases of BCBS on Black Friday and it was gone in an hour. I was lucky to score one bottle. Haha.

 

If your in the area check out my buddy's shop also. Vlamis Liquors. I grew up in those small towns (North East). Vlamis is 5 mins towards route 40 from state line and while he doesn't have the quantity he has quality beers and a growler station.

 

So I will be about 20 minutes from stateline this weekend. Is it worth taking the extra 40 minutes (plus shopping time) round trip to check out the selection?

 

Yes!!! Allocate about a hour of shopping time to your travel schedule.

 

Agree with @YamBag that it depends on where in Chester Co. you are when you visit, WF Devon is close enough and worth a visit. There is Beer Store Malvern also, love it or hate it...
Probably tough to offer you anything tradeworthy, but I'd love some Carton ;-)

I always stop in to Vlamis when I'm down this way- for sure a solid stop as well!

Yes. And as mentioned, add a chunk of time for browsing/buying!

 

I've only been to State Line 4 or 5 times, but I have seen customers come out of a back room with stuff that wasn't on the shelves on more than one occasion. Mostly Cantillon and some limited barrel aged stuff. I just assume they are treating their loyal customers, which is fine by me.

 

I really, really have to make time to get up there some time! I really, really do!