The Wine Thief & Ale Jail

I had not been here in a while, but it wasn't them, it was me. New job takes me an entirely different direction. Brought someone here from out of town who was looking for singles. Same amazing selection, staff were warm and welcoming, fair prices. While I can't speak for the wine side the beer side is well organized and easy to understand what is where. It remains great.

Great service and Great selection of craft beer. The staff goes the extra mile to provide the best of both!

This place is amazing. Great selection, including a huge wall of beer singles, and a really great that is very helpful. This is one of my favorite places in the Metro, can't recommend it enough. Building your own six pack of beer is a lot of fun here.

Love the team who works here and the friendly atmosphere they create--on top of their knowledge of wine and beer. They take their time with customers new and long-standing and are well-staffed with experts who typically hit a home run when you describe what you are looking for. One night it was "white wine with pizza" and they nailed it. We are big fans and venture in a few times per week--sometimes just to say hello and see what's new but we always walk out with something yummy. It's a local gem--check it out!

Great spot. Well curated collection, always have the finest MN and WI beer selection possible including occasional Barrel Theory crowlers, great Modist beers, or Humble Forager's Elevated Perspective. They also have Oliphant crowlers, a great small brewery just 30 min away in WI. When I moved here I was so happy to find a small beer store with great knowledge. Additionally, I buy some wine there and they are always respectful of my price point request when I ask for recommendations esp when I ask for something off their under $10 value wall :) And finally, with COVID 19 concerns, they've adapted with curbside pickup. I have not gone into a store unless there is absolutely no other option since March, so I have relied on businesses leaning in to curbside. You do have to call them and give the credit card info over the phone (maybe in the future they can do an online system?!) but I have never had a security issue with that. Also when I call them for my curbside order, I am pretty familiar with what they have in store but they are still helpful when I want to get recs over the phone or know what is new from the local breweries. For craft beer, the prices are exactly what they should be - no bud light here, folks! Oh.. and if you are very nice you can als for a dog biscuit for your pup (or have the pup ask politely!).

Really dig this placeBooze for those with refined tastesNo Coors Light, sorryThis is a gourmet beer and wine store. No hard liquor. They do not have nearly the selection of Surdyk's or some other places, but what they do have is 100% non-crap. You will not find Miller, Budweiser, Michelob or any other macrobrews. All of their beers are craft microbrews. A ton of stuff I have never seen anywhere else before.My sister told me to come here and get a Sour Beer (which I had never heard of before) called Duchesse De Bourgogne. Unfortunately, they were out of the Duchesse. Bummer. Decided to do a make your own six-pack instead. Went with the following: Whale's Tale Pale Ale, Odell IPA, Southern Tier 2X IPA, Lucky U IPA, Victory Hop Devil Ale, and Acme California IPA. Would have been nice if the make-your-own-pack beers were chilled, but not a biggie.I can't speak to the wine selection as I did not browse it. I am guessing they do not have Yellow Tail, though. Looked like they had a wine sampling station. I did not partake.Off to drink my beers now. Cheers!

A wonderful small bottle shop that lets you separate beers so you can mix and matched till your heart is content. The shop had a ton of local Minnesota and Wisconsin beers which we shared with family Christmas.

Wine Thief and Ale Jail is a great little store with lots of local and regional beers you can take home. You can mix and match single cans, although this can definitely get a little pricey. Despite that, they have decent prices on six packs of beer and a really interesting selection for people wanting to try something new.We came for a visit in the early afternoon on a Saturday and it was not terribly busy. To make it extra delightful, 12welve Eyes Brewing was on-site doing beer samples (which, of course, I would never turn down). Not all of the beer they sell is local or regional, but they seemed to carry a good number of small, independent breweries in their six pack selection and I did not see any national or highly commercial beer. They have pretty good amount of cold six packs they sell. Additionally, the person working was helpful in recommending beer and seemed quite knowledgeable on the subject. Overall it was a really good experience. I can't really speak much to the wine side, as I was on a mission to shop for some local beers the day we came in. However, that wine looked well organized and they had a decent selection of wines from what I could tell.I will definitely come back again to buy some local and regional beer (or maybe look more closely at the wine side).

I am by no means anything close to a sommelier, but am somewhat of a self-proclaimed beer fanatic, so this review is more so focused on the latter half of this place's namesake.First off, this isn't the place to look for a case of, well, any type of beer. This is, however, the place to pick up a sixer of craft beer, or better yet a mix of whatever craft beer your heart (and liver) desires. They have hundreds of bottles for the picking, organized by style, and they give you a 15% discount on each mixer sixer you concoct.The selection is broad and quite impressive (follow them on Facetwitterbook to find out when they get new deliveries and limited releases). For the indecisive, or less accustomed to craft beer, soliciting recommendations from the staff is recommended, as they are much beer-nerdier than the author of this review.Cheers.

Wow, this store is fantastic! I was shocked to see the amazingly low prices on high quality wine and beer. This store has a wine section and a beer section, with only unique and interesting items available. You will not find any bud light, barefoot etc here. The wine is separated by flavor (rather than region), which I found very helpful. The store offers free beer tastings (and possibly wine?) on Thursday evenings. I'll definitely be back!