Pike Street Beer and Wine

Well shoot. I loved this place. We spent $ 250 on biers here for a birthday party a few years ago – it was a very positive experience and we tried to get back whenever we could. Guess it wasn’t enough.
Sorry to see you go, Pike St Beer & Wine.

R.I.P. Was in the neighborhood today and found a spot in the next block. It’s empty.

I visited this store from way out of town, and I mean the other coast side of the country. Was in Seattle for vacation. I wanted to bring home a nice selection of local Seattle beer for a tasting with friends.
I was fortunate enough to attend on a Friday evening for a beer tasting.
They had all local beers for tasting, so I knew what to look for. I was hoping to get a Black Butte Porter, but the store had none.
I did walk away with a couple of nice bottles on recommendation from a lovely lady. She pointed me in the direction to go and what is considered good.
They were friendly and took time to assist. They had a wide variety of beers to select from. They have domestic and imported beers. And some hard to find items. I did walk out with a fine Stone Russian Imperial Stout.
Prices were very reasonable to other Beer stores I’ve been in.

This is quite easily the best beer store in Seattle. Whatever you are looking for, you can find it here from the relatively easy to find Belgian Trappist Ale you tried at Brouwer’s to the most random Norwegian Porter that makes you want to listen to Scandinavian Black Metal.
Yes, the nearby QFC may be a few bucks cheaper, but come on, help out the little guy. Especially when the little guy has a much bigger selection.

Great beer selection, great location, friendly service. Wish the prices were a bit lower, but whaddaya gonna do.

Holy. Beer. It’s like beer heaven. And they have fun free beer tastings on Fridays AND the owners are really friendly and knowledgeable. I can’t believe the selection in there. I never thought I’d be visiting a store that just sells beer but we do, and more often than we ought to admit. I always find those obscure beers that I’ve had one time before and never thought I’d see again. Like the Brown Sugga.
If you know someone who really likes beer, bring them here on a Friday for the tasting and to browse and buy. It’s good fun.

I usually walk in sober and doldrummy but walk out tipsy, exhilarated and in such a good mood that I put up with that yammering stoner over at Feedbag next door.
Friday beer tastings, Dogfish Head Festina Peach, three different kinds of Crispin Apple Cider, 21 kinds of stout, decent wine, shelves and shelves of imported and American craft beer, lousy Asian and Eastern European beer, hot hot lady behind the counter… Pike Place Beer’s got it all.

I’m somewhat of an aficionado when it comes to beer. Living in Capitol Hill, the closest store with consistent selection used to be Bottleworks all the way over in Wallingford. While still a great store, their prices have slowly creeped up over the years.
Along came Pike — they get all of the special releases I’ve come hunting (Abyss, Berserker, etc), and they offer it at the market price, rather than the sometimes steep price Bottleworks may charge.
It’s easily my favorite bottle shop in town. Well done.

They have got an amazing beer selection. It’s fun to go there and look at all the yummy beers and spend too much money on beers… It’s a bit pricey… Sometimes, if it’s a recently released beer, I’ll find the same thing at QFC for a buck or two less, but this place has got way, way more beers to choose from. I just picked up a Trappist ale that I’ve never tried before. Exciting! ^_​_​_​^
One other thing that kind of, not too much, but kind of bothers me is that I get the feeling the man that owns the place doesn’t know too much about beer, or at least he hasn’t tried the ones I’m interested in. But he tells me he has when I ask about them, and then tells me exactly what it says on the label. No need to lie sir. I’ll keep coming back and buying beer whether you’ve tried them or not. Come on over for the great selection, but don’t come with too many questions expecting awesomely useful answers.
Oh and this is definitely a beer store. If you’re looking for a huge wine selection, you’ll probably be disappointed.

This is an amazing beer store. I’m moving from Seattle next month, and I think the thing I’ll miss most is being able to walk two blocks from my apartment to this place’s unparalleled beer selection.
Not only do they have thousands of different beers, but everything is organized according to country of origin, and the owner is a really cool, friendly guy who knows his beer. A few months back, apparently after observing my beer tastes for a few months, he pointed me in the direction of Boont Amber Ale – he actually said, «You HAVE to try this.» He was not wrong. I have a new go-​to beer.
Like all specialty shops, the prices are a little high. For the variety you get at Pike Beer though, it’s well worth it.

I think the only reason that my boyfriend will go to Capitol Hill with me is so he has an excuse to walk by Pike Street Beer.
They have a selection that is unparalleled in the Seattle city limits– for an exiled Philadelphian like myself, the best find is Monk’s Flemish Sour Ale, which is only sold on tap in Philly’s unparalleled Monk’s Café. The shelves also hold some of my favorites, like Rogue’s Soba Ale, Tradewind’s Laughing Buddha Mango Weizen, and real lambics (not just Lindemans)! A nice selection of wines at several price points is available as well.
The extravagance of choices aren’t cheap, and if it’s a relatively common beer here in Seattle, you could probably get a better price elsewhere. However, for those times when your taste buds want to travel (to Philadelphia, Abuja, or Munich), Pike Street is ready to provide your ticket in a bottle.

Sometimes you walk through a door, not knowing what might be behind it, what kind of experience and whether it will be memorable in a lovely or painful way. Whether you want to walk through again and again and look forward to every entrance, or not… And you always hope the door will be that kind. And you never know.
This is one of those doors, the one you want to walk through again and again. Shelves of beer, refrigerator cases of beer, full of labels of breweries you know (or I know, anyway), but brews of theirs you never see and only hear about. American, Belgian, English, everywhere. IPAs. Ciders. Barleywines. Double and triple ales, dopplebocks and maibocks. Wheat beer. Beers brewed with Curaçao, coffee, apples, spices, chocolate, figs…
Hopeful in the Seattle sun, buoyed by new discoveries, still not sure what other surprises lurk in store. Only sure that they do… Surprises in beer, and in elsewhere…

Great place for a beer dweeb like me. Hundreds of bottles, for sure. Shame that they’re often loose on shelves where heat and light can get at them, but maybe the stock really turns over quickly here (I hope). The advantage is it’s easy to find everything – organized by country of origin. Plenty of stuff in coolers, too. Very nice owners. They get a few things none of the other bottle shops have. Nothing outrageous, they just have a very complete lineup. I’ll be back whenever I am in the neighborhood.

This place has a damn fine selection of beer and wine available, though presented in a very personality-​less setting. Seriously — a slew of MetroShelves in a large, white room? It downright Kubrickian.
The owners are very friendly, though sometimes not super knowledgeable about their offerings. The prices aren’t outrageous, but I wouldn’t even come close to calling this place cheap.
For now I’ll be sticking with Bottleworks, but popping in here when I don’t feel like making the trek all the way over to Wallingford.

This is a relatively large store with several of shelves filled with individual bottles of various types of beers. There are a lot of imports and a good west coast microbrew selection. I explained the type of complex hoppy brew I was in search of to the man running the show and he directed me to a bottle of Moylan’s Hopsickle that was right on. I also found that same beer in the little refrigerated section in the corner. Most of the beer here is a little more esoteric and expensive than common lower quality six packs from the supermarket. Although this place has a large selection, I’m used to specialty beer stores in the midwest carrying regular bottled six packs of exclusive microbrews. I probably wouldn’t drive here just to grab a beer or stock my fridge, but if I was at one of the many coffee houses, bars, or restaurants in the area I would be inclined to stop in and pick up a couple bottles.

Hands down the best beer selection on Capitol Hill, possibly in Seattle. They have an amazing selection of Belgians, stuff from all over Europe (including former «iron curtain» countries) and quite possibly every microbrewery on the West coast. I know a bit about beer and they had a ton of stuff I didn’t recognize. The prices are quite reasonable as well – about what I’d expect to pay at QFC.
I can’t really comment on the wine selection, except that it is smaller than their beer selection and what you’d find at the QFC up the street. Maybe they’re more careful about which wines they select, or perhaps they stock more unusual stuff you won’t typically find at a grocery store. I don’t think wine is really what this place is about though. So if a wine-​loving friend tags along with you on your pilgrimage to beer Mecca perhaps he/​she will find something to take home too. But the real reason to come is for the beer.

I happened upon this little store in its first week or so of being open; things weren’t even all the way put-​away yet. Granted, I didn’t spend a ton of time here, and I can’t say TOO much about their overall selection (to someone like me who doesn’t really know beer or wine that well, it seems like a lot!), But what I can say is this: When I visited Belgium, I had amazing lambic. Not the flavored kind (which is good also), but just regular Belgian lambic. I hadn’t been able to find it (other than the flavored kind) anywhere in the US… until this store came along. I got my lambic, I got some other drinks, there is now an empty bottle of lambic displayed on my bookshelf & I am a happy girl.

Yea, this place has a lot of growing to do, but I am just thankful to have it w/​in a five minute bike ride from home. This place conjures up fond memories of my bike for beer escapades in Boulder and therefore its already at four stars.
This place should just drop the wine and stick with beer, however they do have some interesting picks and last time I went many were 20% off.
Anyways…tons of Belgiums, British, Czech, Japanese, and local brews. Also, they sell some of the fun glasses you see at places like Brouer’s and Stumbling Monk, and then you can look cool and impress your friends (if your friends are impressed by said glasses).
Yes, its pricey, but they don’t sell the cheap stuff. If you are like me… just get a couple fun, unique bottles here and round out the rest of your consumption with a six pack on sale at the Q-fer…its right down the street after all.

There are a couple low reviews (2 and 3 stars) so far so I’m going to rebut a couple of the complaints:
— small wine selection. Well sure, but surely that isn’t a surprise? The «beer & wine» stores in WA just throw the wine in there for good measure. As in, «well maybe people will buy it so we might as well use a couple shelves for wine.» Beer & wine stores are really just beer stores, so in my opinion it’s not worth penalizing them for slightly misleading naming (same story with Malt & vine on the eastside).
— «The prices are top shelf.» If by top shelf he means standard beer store prices, then yes. I checked the prices on 10 to 20 beers today and they were all standard market price (ie., what you’d pay at another beer store like Malt & Vine, or at QFC without a sale). Also, they had Christmas ales on sale this week (10% off).
FYI, they do tastings on Fridays at 5 – 7. They don’t have a website though so I don’t think there’s any way to find out what the current tasting is besides going there or calling.

This shop is one of the latest to offer a fine selection of wine and beer. The proprietors are on site to give you advice and they offer regular tastings on Friday nights. They have a lot of room to grow, and they don’t stock as many varieties of beer as Bottleworks, but it is a handy location for Capitol Hill dwellers who want more of a selection than the Broadway Market QFC can offer.
They feature a good variety of Belgian, Eastern European and German, American and English beers, along with some other venerable nationalities. They do have a wine selection, but I don’t think I was paying attention at all.
This is a welcome edition to the neighborhood, and I look forward to them expanding their variety.