Buy beer from our favourite beer shops

Completely biased towards our local area/s. Please tell us your favourite places to buy your favourite tipples!

Beer shops in Leeds

Beer Ritz, Headingley

Fantastic selection of bottled ales. My nearest stockists of my favourite Brooklyn EIPA and other  US bottles A treasure of a beer shop to live near, they sell all sorts – they even do glasses. Stop by for that special present.

Out of this World

The nearest place I can find that stocks Sam Smith’s lager, cider and IPA. Please please please start stocking the fruit beers too! Full of organic/healthy things as well. Opposite Corn Exchange.

Simpson’s of Leeds, Dock St

Once had a Duvel tasting session here, lovely stuff. A bit of a cult shop this, full of lots of niceities and goodies. And beer too. Not Morrison’s prices but some good bottles available.

Online beer shops

Beers of Europe

Oh Beers of Europe. A special place in my heart is reserved for you. It was a long and heavy night at Norwich Beer Festival in 2008 and I just happened to notice your flyer on a sticky table. “Jimmy?” I said, “Is this place on the way back to Leeds?”. And it was and we stopped off on the Sunday, desperate for a hangover cure and a can of pop. And we both left considerably poorer and the car suspension considerably lower!

Very easy to find beers from different countries, and probably easier to order your beer online (although if you do drive to Norwich from the North of the country you must stop in and see it for yourself!  If you ever need a new site guys, drop us an email.

Beer Merchants

Very easy to order beer over the world wide web and a cracking, ever expanding selection. They have good starter selections and special offers on mixed cases, with gift packs and vouchers for that hard-to-buy-for beer friend. Order beer online or you can even telephone the store. If you’re on Twitter then they are very helpful and will answer your questions.

My Brewery Tap

The concept of a brewery tap, adapted and brought straight to your door step? Brilliant! A great way for beer lovers to buy real ale online and try out new beers, and an interesting prospect for independent and craft brewers to distribute their ales. You can buy by the case,  the mixed case or join their 52 Week beer club and enjoy a wide election of great beers all year round.

AleintheMail

A brilliant concept and one that benefits beer lovers and independent breweries alike. Sign up to the Beer Club and receive a case of beer each month cherry picked from local breweries up and down the breadth of our fine brewing nation.  For more information see http://www.aleinthemail.co.uk/ and on Twitter @AleintheMail

Supermarket beer shops

Sainsbury’s (our local is the White Rose, Leeds)

My ’stop off after a bad day at work’ beer store. The usual Sainsbury’s selection, which is usually pretty good. Would benefit from better focus on local ales and better price offers across multiple bottles (I rarely want to buy three of the same bottle to drown my sorrows!). Still, Nectar points on beer, musn’t grumble.

Morrison’s (just up the road in Morley)

Probably the best place for a cheap pack of bottles for watching Soccer Saturday whilst decorating. Often have 4 packs for £2 and pretty good prices on ciders, ales and Belgian beers ASDA Morley Great for “3 for £4″ offers on Old Hooky, St. Peter’s (and even St. Peter’s IPA if you’re lucky!). Good prices on general ale and ciders and some local selection too.

Tesco

One of the only places to pick up Sierra Nevada and Anchor Steam beer outside of a specialist beer shop. Tesco’s local range ain’t too bad but varies by store and you can apparently pick up Punk IPA 4-packs (or could).

B&M (our local is Morley)

I don’t know whether Bargain Madness is actually the correct name for B&M, but it’s nickname is certainly appropriate. It’s not necessarily a beer shop but Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale @ 79p a bottle and Staropramen @ 330ml 69p are just some of the beer offers we’ve bagged in recent months. The beer section generally has 10 – 20 ales in stock at around £1 – £1.30 a bottle (at the moment lots of Adnams, Marston’s and a few local tipples) and the selection has a tendency to change every week or not for 2 months. If there’s one near you it’s worth popping in for the odd bargain beer, and best before end dates tend to be kind

Do you know more  supermarkets or stores that double as decent beer shops? Please let us know your local beer saviours for great offers.

Beer shops in Oxfordshire

Hook Norton Brewery

You guessed it, we couldn’t go a whole page without mentioned our beloved Hook Norton. Progress is measured in pints (or 500ml bottles) at North Oxfordshire’s finest brewery and shop. Order online @ Hook Norton shop or better still visit the fabulous Victorian steam brewery in the village of Hook Norton, Oxfordshire

S H Jones Wine Merchants, Banbury, Leamington & Bicester
Primarily a Wine merchants selling a selection of (now unfortunately more local only) harder to get beers from small breweries. You cannot order online at the moment but well worth a visit for finding something rare and local, perhaps for a gift or just to get to know the beers of North Oxfordshire a bit better.