Carrboro Beverage Co. & Bottle Shop

We are a family of beer enthusiasts so this was a logical stop before dinner in Carrboro. I was excited to see that they’ve added a draft system so you can (very affordably!) sample 30 beers or so (or fill your growler!). As a sour beer enthusiast, I was pleased with their selection and picked the Myrtille Blueberry Sour from Wicked Weed which was delicious. I wish I still lived in the area so I could take full advantage of their selection but I will definitely be back next time I’m in town.

Always good to have another local craft beer place nearby but still don’t visit very often.
I never need much help as I get good ideas on the internet.
Can’t/ Won’t speak about ALL the staff but some of them act like they are doing you a favor checking you out.
There are too many places to buy craft beer for that to last long in this town.

This was the first true craft beer bottle shop in the Chapel Hill/​Carrboro area. Selection is pretty good, a little expensive, and you can even sample some beers on tap and get growler fills. There is a glassware shelf, which is nice. Those working have a very good knowledge about beer the beer selection for sale. Turn around on the beer is quick, so nothing is really old. 60% of the beers are refrigerated– a good thing. Special foreign import bottles may be of suspect age though. Still, this place is a major contributor to the craft beer culture of Chapel Hill.

So the bottle shop is now putting in a full draught system and will be pouring 20 taps very soon!

Independently owned. Knowledge staff and some selections that are nearly impossible to find anywhere else. Go CBC!

Great place to fill up your growler or find a good six pack of beer. Granted, not that you couldn’t find most if not all of these at the Weaver Street Market, but it’s nice to know it’s here. I don’t know what it’s hours are, but they seem limited. That’s only due to my anecdotal evidence of the place being shuttered at the hours I’m usually stopping by!

These guys are really helpful, very nice, and super knowledgeable. They give great recommendations, and also let you break up a six pack if you want to try something new but do not want to commit. They also stand by their products and their recommendations.

they are on point, period! you want swag, they have it. anything imaginable, unreal selection of shirts, brewery signs, pictures, and the sickest collection of glasses in the universe. oh yeah, they sell beer too, lots of it. they know the customers and after a visit or two you are hooked. there passion for beer makes you want to be a part of it. Final thought, I drove from Ft Bragg to Carrboro, NC weekly to shop. It was 65.9 mi, or 1 hour 39 minutes away.

This place has a really nice feel. Nothing is too over– or under-​done in terms of display, and these guys really know their stuff! If Evan’s there, pick that man’s brain for suggestions. He’s quiet at first until you get him talking about beer, then you realize how knowledgeable he is. He actually cares whether or not you leave with the right beer for you, and he’s gonna make sure you do.
This place has tons of different beers (my fave’s the smoke-​beer category), growlers, pint glasses, wines, and accessories, and even a few snacks. There are rotating tap beers for sample purposes, which is incredibly helpful if you walk in without any ideas. I’ve learned a lot about beer just by stopping by here once in a while and talking with Evan and Israel.
The t-​shirts are awesome, too.

I can’t find a beer store I dont like, but this place is a great find. They pack a lot of great beer into this modestly-​sized store. The selection is very impressive for all styles, and of course they allow you to create your own 6-​pack. Some of the more rare beers I spotted were Uinta’s Double IPA, Avery’s Dugana, Drie Fonteinen, and Rasputin XII.
The service is also excellent and experts alike will get useful suggestions and guidance. The store itself has four rotating taps for tasting purposes. They serve 9oz samples for a reasonable price.
As a bonus, this is one of three attached and related establishments. Tyler’s is a great restaurant/​bar next door.

Great little beer shop next door to Tyler’s Taproom.
While they have some international beers, they really spotlight the American Craft & Microbrews. What I like best is the assortment of ‘big bottles’ they have towards the left-​hand side of the store.
Here you’ll find some of the most original and creative experiments of America’s best brewmasters. My advice, try to go in with more of a ‘wine’ than a ‘beer’ mentality and be open to spending $ 10 – 20 on a champagne-​sized bottle of something that sounds interesting.
And if you have questions, just ask… I’ve always found the staff to be helpful & knowledgeable.

Hey all,
Making my first review for the area because this is place is so awesome. Moved to Carrboro for graduate school about a month, discovered this store a block from my house last Thursday. I happened to come in for Thursday night which is sampling night. There were two guys working and both definitely knew their beer. They had five free samples to choose from and a pretty good variety of types within them. In addition on non sampling nights they have three rotating drafts behind the counter that you get can get half pints of for 3 dollars.
Other notables, as others mentioned great overall selection of beers both locally and internationally. They also have monthly beer specials for a brewery and you get a discount on all the breweries beers. Will definitely be back. They also have some advertisements and postings in the store for local beer events which is cool.

Good selection, not even close to Sams and more expensive.
If venturing over to durham for better price and selection is too much for you then its ok.

Good selection, reasonable prices, friendly people. You can find a beer you like here. I’d love to have this place around the corner from my place.
On the other hand, the selection wasn’t big enough that I’d drive across town to come here.
Overall, nice store, though.

I’m tempted to give this place FIVE STARS but «as good as it gets» seems so limiting, as though there is no room for improvement.
GREAT beer store. (Yay! I’m a fan.) A large selection of quality beer is key but the manager, Jason, is just so dang friendly, enthusiastic and knowledgeable that he puts this place Over the Top. Come on, Tyler, give that man a raise!
Here’s the thing: if you want to buy some beer you go to the beer cooler at Food Lion and pick up a six. If you want to TALK about beer and compare different types and have someone recommend a beer to you based upon your likes and dislikes then you go to the Carrboro Beverage Shop and talk to Jason. Pretty simple…
They get seasonals, special editions, have tastings and special events and can order kegs for you. OH, they also have 3 – 4 beers ON TAP that you can buy and drink while you’re browsing. I browse a lot.
Room for Improvement: bigger free samples

aka Carrboro Beverage Shop.
I’ve been looking for one of these sorts of beer type places for a while in the Chapel Hill/​Carrboro area. Yes, Harris Teeter and TJs have decent selection, but HT’s is completely the big boys (though to their credit, they do apparently still sell 4-​packs of Sparks) and the layout at TJs is a little haphazard (this particularly applies to the Franklin Street one, but I digress). Carrboro Beverage, on the other hand, has a great selection of microbrews and an outstanding layout.
This place is incredible. I think it’s all either craft beers or other high quality beer-​related wares. They’ve got a lot of microbrews in stock, and the ability to pick and choose 6 packs from their left-​side wall (I haven’t had a chance to try that yet, but it looks like a great way to try out 6 different beers).
They also have a good deal of beer tastings: I didn’t get a chance to try out the beer they had on tonight, but it looked like they had a bunch of different samples out and available for testing.
I ended up getting the Monty Python’s Holy Grail Ale. It’s apparently made by a microbrewery in Rochester. It was not produced by the man from Scene 24, the Knights who say «Ni!», or Dennis the peasant. Quite good :) And decently priced.