It's nice to know Raleigh has a place to go to outside of the bars that sells alcohol after midnight and up to 2am but if it's busy you can not find a place to park your car safely. The offerings are limited in regards to brand and quality. This place lives up to it's name College Beverage - the beer and spirits offered are for the college student in mind. read more

Great huge mart by NCSU. They open at 7am now, have an extensive variety of everything. Across from University Towers and next to Bliss Cafe. The biggest beer and wine selection, Vapes and THCA/ Kratom products, and much more. read more

Incredibly helpful & friendly. I am from out of town & ordered some kegs for an event and everyone on-site made sure I had exactly what I needed (and recommendations to make sure all ran smoothly). Would absolutely recommend! read more

Owner robbed me at the counter...he told me for three fireball shots is $3.87...then said $4.15 after tax then charged me $4.27. When I can walk to the liquor store and get more for the same price...and frankly that is not right. Label $1.29 for one. read more

Friendly owners and great ice cold beer! They also have great prices on kegs! Ask for Lea and tell her Charles sent you to the right place for cold beer! read more

We always use College Beverage for our Keg-needs just because of price. The customer service isn't great and like Brian W. said, the place is always packed with semi-drunk kids, even midday on a Friday. We live in WF so I'd love to avoid the trek to Hillsborough street for a keg but since we only use them for our holiday parties, it is worth the drive to save on the money. They require a $90 deposit which isn't the worst I've seen and have always been great about refunding it, no probs there. The problem is that they are not consistent. When you go to return the keg, they sometimes do not abide by their hours posted so you can head down at 11am to make a return, and the doors are locked. No one answers the phones so you don't know what to do but you are held hostage because you want to be sure to get the keg returned so you can get your deposit back. I'd love to use another place but for now, with the price, we'll prob continue using College Beverage, although I don't have a smile on my face while doing it. read more

Summary: Old beer, wrong beer and the customer is always wrong! I've gone there to get kegs. Once they did not have the keg I had reserved and they told me to look around for another one. Another time they gave me a 60 minute IPA when I had reserved a 90 minute. "It is the same." Actually no! The last straw was when I reserved a Endo India IPA. The cap on the keg said "Endo IPA" It did not taste like an IPA. Turns out a small label on the side said Nut Brown and there was a born on date that about 16 months earlier. Yuck! read more

Manager was very rude. Worst customer service I have had. Would suggest going to Total Wine.

This place is unbelievable. Went here to get a bottle of wine last night and the woman working there asked for me ID. When I gave her my South Carolina drivers license she kept staring at it and bending it back and forth. I said "please don't bend my ID like that". She then told me she wouldn't accept my ID because it was "fake". She hands back my ID and its snapped right down the middle. I immediately asked for the owner and he complete denied the fact that she broke my ID and was turning me away even though my drivers license is completely valid (im 23). Long story short the owner started screaming at the top of his lungs for me to get out while the lady who works there grunted behind him. Totally thought about filing a police report cause now I have to get a new license. Unbelievable. Hate those people more than anything. read more

Charged me $16 for a case that was labeled $11.99. You're better off going to the grocery store.

If I could give less than a one star review, I would. The people are friendly up until they did something wrong. Make sure to check the date of any craft beer that you buy from this store. I am willing to bet money it's out of date. Also don't even bother trying to get your money back. Crooked people run this store. read more

This place is a joke. Don't try to make a reservation for a keg or rely on their "instock" database. Thanks to total wine for saving the day. Not only were they inconsiderable . But they were incompetent . Don't make plans around beer for your party, if so you might be greeted with the same story I was "only miller lite". Ugh no. Will never go here again or recommend it. They deserve -5 stars. read more

I would have given this place 0 stars if I could. We used them for a keg this weekend. The tap we received was broken - didn't realize until we tried to tap the keg to no avail. Not sure how else I would be expected to know. This was for a large party that we were hosting, so I had to scramble to borrow another (which fortunately Ridgewood Bottleshop was more than will to accommodate). Upon returning the keg and tap, the owner refused to redeem me for the tap - claiming that we were lying and replaced it with one that worked - trying to rip them off. When my friend got me on the phone to tell me what was going on and let me speak to the manager (since I couldn't be there), he THREW THE PHONE BACK AT HER. Incredible. In hindsight, the customer service at the beginning of the experience was rude and unhelpful - but I was willing to look past it since I was so excited about the party. Overall, a terrible customer service from a pathetic business. read more

I bought a keg of Killian's that was four months old and had somehow turned sour, but was given a full refund by the guy behind the counter after telling him that I barely drank any. He said that if it was over 90 days old, the distributor would compensate him. Can't complain for getting all the money back - I bought another keg! read more

So I have been to college Beverage many times to purchase my kegs. But the last keg i bought had been expired for 3 months already. When I took the keg back there to get a new one the management told me that was my problem and that they would not return my money or give me a new keg. So no im stuck with a $150 keg that is full and flat and I cant even get beer out of it, all because they dont care about their customers and sell expired kegs. read more