Little's Liquors

intensify

Colorado

4.58/5  rDev +1.6%
vibe: 4 | quality: 4.5 | service: 5 | selection: 4.5 | $$

This small but friendly shop is located in the heart of a classy and aged neighborhood in Denver. As soon as you walk in you are greeted with shelves of wine and fine beer. The normal wall coolers have a decent selection of both local and foreign choices such as brews from Great Divide and New Belgium. The cave... this is where the fun begins. Great selection of must have brews as well as some classics. Great selections of Trappist's for you curious fellas. The folks at Littles have a typical yet diverse selection regularly. Customer service is next to flawless. The clerks help you find what you are looking for as well as chat about beer and what not. Overall I find this store quite plesent and friendly. I would highly recommend stopping by to pick up a couple tasty brews, or simply to check out the cave.

02-12-2012 09:49:26 | More by intensify

chugalug06

Colorado

4.72/5  rDev +4.7%
vibe: 5 | quality: 5 | service: 5 | selection: 4 | $$$

A - Awesome "Little" LQ Store right off Downing... When you walk in you're greeted with full shelves and a "New Arrival" display, a big plus for beer hunters.

Q - The shop was clean and organized. The Beer Cave is kept around 45-50 degrees (close to optimal), nice to assist cellering for their older selections.

S - I met DJ, an older gentlemen, who had a very embracing sense of customer service. He knew his brews too and was giving me the "grand tour"of the Cave... Awesome.

S - I walked out with a few good brews, nothing outrageous, but still all quality brews. The Beer Cave is hidden and keeps many hands away, it's quite nice. There's also two cooler doors with bombers and one shelf with 750ml.

The prices were slightly above average, nothing eye popping, but bring your wallet, you're going to find a few bottles.

10-25-2011 21:48:59 | More by chugalug06

boogles

Kansas

4.44/5  rDev -1.6%
vibe: 4 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4.5 | selection: 4.5 | $$

This little store is definitely worth hitting. On a Sunday night after two days of business, I found time to go to one store. Some of the highly rated stores with many reviews were closed, but the reviews on this store were consistent so I gave it a chance--not disappointed.

When I first went into the store, I wasn't impressed with the cooler--some decent offerings from what you'd expect, but nothing exotic. I asked about the beer cooler and they guy didn't seem to get it--I thought maybe I had the wrong place and that there was no cooler, because it's inconspicuous. Finally, he gave me the green light and I stepped into beer heaven.

I picked up nine bottles--some 12oz, some bombers--of things I can't get in Kansas (or KC Missouri): Russian River Supplication & Consecration, some Deschutes beers, Victory, Stone, Lagunitas, Dogfish, etc., not to mention a smattering of well-chosen Colorado specialty craft beers. The cooler probably contained 50-100 beers that I can't get, and I spent way more than I wanted while leaving many poor "orphans" behind. Prices were good to fair, nothing overpriced.

A young guy was in the cooler stocking beers and this made it a tight, awkward fit until he asked me what I like, and I told him, and then the customer service came out like you rarely see--incredible enthusiasm matched by knowledge. He talked about plans to expand the cave and to include more singles. The festival (GABF) had ended yesterday, and he'd already noted the medal winners--a nice, honest version of the "rating" thing that other stores do to push sales (none of that here).

Highly impressive store. Will come back when in town, because they have such a large selection of bombers that they're likely to have something I want.

10-03-2011 03:51:48 | More by boogles

StonedTrippin

Colorado

4.6/5  rDev +2%
vibe: 4 | quality: 5 | service: 5 | selection: 4 | $$$

little's is the best shop ive ever had the pleasure of calling my local. theyve got a really knowledgable staff that interacts with a lot of the brewers personally. theyre always happy to help you find something, or discuss a new product. they have beer and wine tastings each month that are free, and a great selection that is constantly changing. the real gem though is the beer cave; a big walk in cooler with super imports, craft and rare bombers, and just super special stuff. you can always find something new and delicious to try in the cave. i wish i had a second job to support my beer cave wishlist, but this is a place worth checking out. great beer great people

10-02-2011 19:42:45 | More by StonedTrippin

Mebuzzard

Colorado

4.09/5  rDev -9.3%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4.5 | selection: 3 | $$

Well, Little's is...little. Very small shop in the shadow of a larger one (Morgan's) just down the road. Little's is what Morgan's is not...personal. They have nice little wine tastings every week, sometimes a beer or two. Their cooler has about 10 doors, half wine and wine-stuff, the other beer. Not much macro and some oddities in imports. Not a place you would expect to find imports, but here they are.
Friendly staff, more knowledgeable about wine than beer, but they do some homework. I used to come here more often when I lived in the area. I'm too far away now to make a routine out of it, but it's a nice little place.

07-21-2010 22:16:33 | More by Mebuzzard

akarklins

Colorado

4.65/5  rDev +3.1%
quality: 4.5 | service: 5 | selection: 4.5 | $$

Little's is the very definition of a great local liquor store. I give them a 5 for service because the clerks are always friendly and always excited to show me what's new. They are always bringing in new and interesting beers, and try to get the rare ones whenever possible. I can get Pliny the Elder from them on a regular basis, and they recently secured a case of Deschutes' Jubel 2010, which they "saved" for regulars like me.

Although it is a small place, the beer selection is disproportionately large. They also encourage you to have a look in their walk-in "beer cave," which houses an amazing selection of bombers. They also do regular tastings of both wine and beer, which are a lot of fun. The last one I attended was a tasting of Odell's offerings, including their IPA, Mountain Standard, India Barleywine, and Woodcut No.3 (which went home with me). Offering Woodcut (at $25 a bottle) for a public tasting is just awesome. The folks at Little's are really doing their part as beer and wine advocates and I will continue to patronize them as long as I stay in the area.

03-26-2010 14:21:29 | More by akarklins