Shelly A.
Yelp
The day: My 21st birthday
The time: Just before dinner
The reason: Treating myself to my first self-bought beer for my birthday dinner before heading out to party
I had heard that CSL had a vast selection of great beers, and this was a very special, very alcoholic day for me, so I stopped in. As I went up through the back of the store to the wall of single beer bottles, I heard the angels sing, and the sky opened up and shone down on the selection, and the rest of the world blurred away. There was only me, and a virtual museum of beers. My faculties slowly returning, I honed in on a large single bottle of banana bread beer. For just over $5, it was a steal (it was the size of two bottles, I'd say). It was also one of the best beers I've ever had, and I tend to be picky about that sort of thing.
Now, let me disspell some common misconceptions about CSL. People think it's expensive because they don't sell cheap liquor. Yes, they sell bottles of champagne that cost well over $100, and no, you cannot get plastic handle of Dubra here. Sorry. But when it comes to mid-grade to higher-class liquors, it IS the cheapest place around. A bottle of Smirnoff, for example, is way cheaper at CSL than it is at Jobi or Simmon's, believe it or not. So, unless you're looking to be REALLY cheap and get crap liquor, go to CSL and you'll actually save money.
Bonus: There's a SALE rack where you can usually find a 1.5L bottle of decent wine for under $10, or a pretty nice vodka marked down to $20 from $35.
There's also no pressure from the sales staff, which is nice. They don't need to bother me. I'm GONNA buy something.
But you'll never get out of here without a new and exciting bottle of beer in hand... and that's a good thing.