The Liquor Locker

I was shopping nice wine selections for client gifts and this establishment has a great selection of fine European wines and champagnes. Butch helped me over the phone and was so helpful in educating me about Medoc wines and in organizing my gift orders.

While the moniker stirs visions of Molotov cocktails fused by dirty gym socks, this booze barn on Main St, Gloucester is tits. Here’s why:
— Vast selection of standards, organized by type then price. BFD, right? That’s bush league.
— Killer coolers chock full o’ chilled-​down bombers from fairly rare brewers. Even the standalone big boys are right-​priced, with Well’s Banana Bread beer (try it as an ice cream float!) was a paltry $ 5.
— This is the big one: they don’t bend you over for mixers. Whereas most liquor locales love to run up convenience store stickers on club soda, cups and ice, these cats keep it at grocery levels.
Bonus for the prominently displayed, American flag edition Svedka bottles. Vodka for President, 2066! Murrika!

The Liquor Locker, located near the beginning of Gloucester’s downtown area, is pretty good. They are always well stocked, and have a large selection of non-​traditional items. They also occasionally have wine tastings, which is pretty cool for this area.
The staff is very nice. Some places, the people behind the counter have this vibe about them– like they’re watching you and making you feel like you’re doing something wrong. Now, I’m not paranoid generally but I always get this feeling in the other local stores, but never in this one. I know several other people that feel this way too. Weird, but it makes a difference, especially when you want to browse and not feel like you’re being watched.
My boyfriend loves Sam Adams and they always have a huge selection here. Around Christmas, I picked up some sort of spicy alcoholic egg nog (not very good) and the price was lower than other places. As far as beer and wine stores go, this is a good place and has a nice location (with a parking lot in the back).