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| - I shop for beer almost exclusively, so I'll review this place exclusively with regards to their beer.
I came in here looking for a Firestone Double Jack to take home to New Mexico since that brewery and their wonderful beers aren't distributed back home and I thought for sure Lee's, with the four Yelp stars and glowing reputation would have what I need.
I scoured a few rows of beers and discovered that there were only a few rows of beers, which seemed odd considering the massive store. Where the heck were all the beers? On quantity alone for beer, this place failed me.
Well, how about the quality of the selection? No bueno? Nope. Very few things I couldn't find at a Trader Joe's or Whole Foods, first of all, and very few of the rare beers a whale hunter like myself goes after. It doesn't matter where I go, I usually stumble upon some rarity or five and walk out of the store with buyer's remorse at the amount I just spent. Not here. There were very, very few beers of note here. I almost didn't find the Double Jack I came for and that beer is very ubiquitous in the states that border Cali.
But here's the real kicker and why I give the two stars rather than three. I'm that snob that, if I were to have an establishment selling beer, I'd keep my inventory clean, keep an eye on freshness dates and expirations, and make sure my customers were getting the beers the way the brewery intended. So that Double Jack, a hop-heavy beer that is best consumed fresh, really shouldn't have a bottled on date of January 2013 and still be on shelves. That's not fair to consumers or the breweries. Lee's either doesn't manage their inventory correctly or doesn't care about their consumers. Either way, bad business.
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