Consumer's is a great place to go if you're looking to purchase some beer, as the prices are usually more reasonable than you would find at a grocery store, and definitely more reasonable than any specialty beer store. They usually have the seasonal beers out for sale well ahead of the season (which seems to be a trend in the industry... by mid-august the shelves are full of pumpkin beer... though I can't complain...).
This particular location is interesting. It doubles as a bottle/can redemption center, which is nice because you can buy your beer then return it to the same place. However, the whole place smells just like that -- the stale beer smell of any stores bottle return. It doesn't look very appealing either but I guess that's not the first thing you look for in a beer store.
Every once in a while they have random beer tastings where you can get free key chains and stuff. I actually got a free Magic Hat glass today on my visit for buying the beer they were tasting.
This location also doesn't have any taps, as many of the other Consumer's around the area do.
The employees are always very friendly. It's convenient, cheap, and does the trick. read more