Somerton Beverage

If you’ve never been to this place, you’re definitely missing out! This place is terrific! There are many different kinds of beers ranging from many different countries. The cashiers are always friendly and ready to help. They don’t charge for cold beer and their prices are definitely reasonable. Also, the place is clean and well organized. If you need beer and you’re around the area, check this place out, you won’t regret it!

My go-​to beer distributer. This place is never crowded, never poorly stocked and close by to me. Their options are decent, and there’s some good local and craft brews for sale. There’s macros as well if that’s what you’re feeling. A solid location, way better than some others in the area.

Good selection of beers from the standard mega brands to some microbrews and imports. Also the have a good cider selection and carry Philly’s own Commonwealth Ciders which keeps me from having to run to Kensington all the time but I suspect I am the only one that ever purchases it because the owners look confused every time I bring the case up to the checkout and it takes them a couple of minutes to find it in their system to ring me up. Everything with reasonable to average pricing versus all of the other beer stores in the area.
They also sell lotto tickets and cigarettes so you can get at least three of your vices covered here.

Standard beer distributor.
Never had a skunky case of beer purchased from here.
overall a lot of variety but the refrigerated beer section is smaller than most distributors (IMO)

Not a bad spot, stopped in for the first time as choices of good beer dist. are disappearing in the NE (but that’s rant for another time), had a decent enough selection of Craft Beer and their prices didn’t seem too bad, although they wanted over $ 50 for a case of Troges Mad Elf which I thought was a bit much. They also had Yards which appeared a little outdated but not too bad, however go to Yards Brewery on Delaware Ave and u can get a case brewed only days b4. All n all, not bad and the staff seemed alright. I would return.

I drive by this place everyday to and from my office, and I stopped in for the first time last night after noticing there was a sale on Leffe (see previous review of Belgian Café for my thoughts on Leffe). If you’re not from PA, you probably don’t have to deal with the antiquated liquor laws we have to abide by – beer sold in specials stores, you can only buy large cases (no 6 packs, kids, PA encourages drinking heavily?) and beer distributors usually aren’t the prettiest places, after all, it’s basically a warehouse for beer.
I walked in expecting a dimly lit and kind of dirty store, which is what I got — but it is somehow oddly comforting. Beer Boyz a few miles away is lit up like daylight and it’s kind of unsettling. Not a minute after I walk in, an employee asks me if I need help finding anything to which I tell him, «Leffe.» He tries to sound like he knows what he’s talking about by telling me how it’s one of those German beers — I immediately correct him and let him know it’s Belgian — but he takes me straight to it and picks up a case for (what a gentleman!).
A friendly cashier checked me out quickly and now I have Leffe in my fridge. Thanks Somerton Bev!