Stew Leonard's is clearly a wine store first. There is a nice beer selection, though, tucked into one corner of the store with a few beers scattered around in featured displays. The first thing I noticed when going into the beer section was alot of Dogfish Head beers. At least 25-30% of the craft beers available at the store were offerings from Dogfish Head. They have pretty much everything Dogfish Head offers. Dogfish Head beers are quadruple faced (in 4 separate locations) throughout the small beer section, as well as a fifth location up front with their featured items.
Despite the Dogfish Head overkill, yes there can be too much of a good thing, there are also some other very good beers in the store. They have a nice collection of big bottles from Stone and Rogue. Noticeably absent from their selection were beers from any New Jersey brewers or anything at all from Troegs. There were 4 or 5 offerings from founders and a few scattered Belgians. The cold case had several empty slots, which I would imagine are for Oktoberfest and other fall seasonal beers.
The staff was friendly and not pushy. They were available to help me if I needed it. i didn't get to ask any questions because I didn't really have any. The next time I'm there maybe I'll ask why there's no Jersey or Troegs or some other fairly standard local beers.I'll go ahead and give it 3.5 pints because the prices were pretty good and I may have just caught them a day before a shipment. Stew Leonard's Wines is worth a visit if its not that far out of your way. There are locations scattered around New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut. I've posted a link to the website above.
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