Despite the name, this is a great place to go for craft beer, as well. In fact, this review is…read moreentirely based on the beer selection, because I am not much of a wine drinker, while I have bought beer from them often.
I should start by saying that this store, size-wise is very small. With larger stores much closer to me (BevMo, Fairway) I would still rather purchase beer here almost any day of the week over the other larger locations, for two reasons. The first is selection: if you don'thave a lot of space, the selection is key. If you're going to sell craft beer well, you have to provide a wide range of options, and most of them have to be good! This is very much the case at Nicholas Roberts. The beers are definitely slanted towards American craft beers, with a few Belgian and UK options, but there is always something good to try. Local, regional, national, and a few imports are all represented on just a few shelves, and I am usually excited but what I can find: Horse River, Old Engine Oil, Cisco, Founders, etc. If you are like me, and you are constantly hung up at the bottle shop because of an overwhelming number of choicse, this N.R. has the solution: an excellent selection, in a very limited space. The other reason I keep coming back is the mixed sixpack, a venerable institution, largely neglected, or at least inappropriately implemented at other venues. N.R. does the mixed six justice, allowing nearly all of their beers to be included, and at a reasonable price.
If I had a gripe, my one gripe would be that they don't have a lot of large bottles, mostly 12 oz'ers.
