Towamencin Beverage

My experiences at Towamencin Beverage have always been pretty successful. They have a really great selection. I constantly find things here I never expected to find. I love that they now sell 12-​packs as well. The prices are not great, but I feel like all alcohol prices are pretty crappy in PA. Decent sized cooler section, but I find it a little weird that it also seems to be the refrigerator that the workers keep their lunch in. The staff here is generally helpful and friendly. I really don’t have any big issues with Towamencin Beverage, just PA laws. For that reason, I have to lean towards 4 stars rather than 3. Worth a stop if you’re in need of beer in the area.

My husband and I have driven past this building so many times on our way to 476, but have never gone in. Now that we’ve moved to Harleysville, we are shopping around for our go-​to beer distributor. My husband went here this past week for a case of beer, and although the beer selection was great, he was received with the worst customer service EVER from the old man behind the register. While ringing up my husband, he continuously complained about the other customers. What’s funny is that the other Unilocal complaints about this guy from a year or so ago were acknowledged by Towamencin Beverage, but clearly have not been carried through.
We will never be doing business with this establishment again. If you want a good beer selection AND excellent customer service, go to Ambler beverage exchange. For us, the 40 minute drive is absolutely worth it.

This is a great beer depot for the area! Their craft beer selection is above and beyond other local distributors. One particularly excellent offering at Towamencin Beverage is the wide variety of sixtel kegs. As a homebrewer this wide selection of sixtels makes rotating my creations with prime commercial brews in my kegerator a breeze. The pricing is fair and I’ve never not been able to find any specific beer I went in looking for. Towamencin always has samples brews on tap too. Nothing beats getting a taste test to help make up your mind! They also run «Make your own Case» specials from time to time, which offers a unique opportunity to assemble a custom selection to fit your taste. On top of all this CJ’s Dog House is just 1 door over and offers individual bottles, pints, growler fills and delicious gourmet hot dog! The icing on this already impressive cake is that the owner is one of the more caring and generous business owners in the area. A local gem!

I went to check out their cigar selection and was at first impressed. But then I seen the prices… What a crack. The 10 dollar sticks were about 8 dollars and their 4dollar sticks were like 9 bucks!!! so I got a parts gas 1845 for a decent 7bucks, but when I got home to smoke it, it fell apart! The humidification system wasn’t turned on and when I mentioned it to the people, every one of them looked at me like I was speaking another language. I guess that’s what I get for buying a cigar from a beer joint. Never again!

They don’t care enough to take care of their customers let alone enough about updating their website for their keg selections. The staff is rude when you have questions and even when you just say hello or goodbye and they fail to respond. Yes they turned the selection of beers around in this place, but completely forgot about customer service. Not to mention they try to sell you the swag they get from the beer distributors for free. Won’t go back again! It’s a shame cause it could be a great place if they were just friendlier and managed their business better.

Went there to grab a case of Yuengling. The staff was not very friendly and didn’t even respond to when I said «Hello» and «Goodbye» during checkout. The worst part is that once I got home, there were two broken and empty bottles. There was no liquid at all, which means that they were busted before, leaked, and were still being sold at full price.
I will not return. I will not recommend.
Update: 11/​05/​2014:
I went back to get another case of beer because I was in the area and thought that maybe I just had an employee having a bad day on my previous trip, but I still received horrible customer service. I know it’s just a beer distributor, but when I say hello and get a grunt and then choose to pay with a debit card and the guy rolls his eyes at me and sighs, I don’t care, it’s rude. Once again, I will not return and not recommend.

It is tough to rate this location. The beer selection is very good. For the most part I have always found what I am looking for. It’s like any other beverage distributor; the lay out isn’t too disorganized and I seem to find what I am looking for. So from that standpoint I cannot complain.
However the older gentleman who works behind the counter (majority of the times I come in) is a miserable human being. Just about every occasion I come in he is complaining about something. The most recent time was because of how many people were in line. There must have been about 5 customers in line and he spent the whole time complaining about the line. I have worked in retail before, having too many customers isn’t a bad thing.
Another experience was my first time at this location. I read somewhere online that this store sold individual bottles. So when I went in I asked the older gentleman about this and he snapped at me: «This is a state beer store, its state law not to sell bottles!» A simple, «no we don’t» would have been fine.
All and all if I am in a bind I will go here, but if I have my options, I will avoid it.

They have a decent selection of craft beers. Check the drink by date on the case if it is visible. I have found many of the craft cases to be way! past the expiration date.

the bud lime is ok for the price.

Two of my pet peeves with beer distributors a disorganized set up and having difficulty finding the prices. Towamencin Beveverage does neither of these well, nor really poorly, so three stars it is. They perk to stopping in here is twice recently they have had samples on tap that helped me with my selection. A «junkyard» type dog is also present who wanders between the store and the parking lot. Prices are pretty standard in comparison to other distributors. Only other thing that sets them apart is they have a large selection of cigars for sale. If cigars are your thing.