Global Wine & Spirits

I've always seen the staff being friendly and helpful. There's a great wine collection along with some good imported beer. There's parking right in front of the store.

Oh yeah-After further investigation (and a lot of drinking, but SOMEONE HAS TO DO IT), looks like Shawn U. was right, and they are independently-owned-but-loosely-affiliated due to ownership laws. While the west side mothership still has the better selection, this does raise another question: why does Kansas suck at making liquor laws?

I'm not used to shopping at package stores. Where I'm from, you buy your everyday hooch in the grocery store and the fancier alcohol in big warehouse style stores. We don't really have many of the classic liquor stores. Maybe that's why I like Global so much; it doesn't feel like a typical liquor store. To me, it feels like a Pier One or a World Market, only filled with lovely, lovely beer. And I do mean filled. They have hundreds and hundreds of different kinds of beer. Everything from Pabst Blue Ribbon to Blue Moon to Chimay Bleue, and everything in between. Most impressive for me was their wide selection of Trappist Ales and single-run or special editions of more popular microbrews. That kind of thing is hard to find anywhere, but Global has an abundance. Hell, it has an overabundance. My first thoughts upon entering the store were "how much room do I have on my credit card?" and "my wife wouldn't REALLY make me sleep on the couch, would she?" Difficult decisions lay ahead. The man behind the counter was very knowledgeable and helped me narrow my selection back down to a reasonable, non-wife-angering level. His recommendations turned out to be spot on, he didn't simply seem to be claiming to have tried all the beers in the store (like the guys at some places do). To figure out how good the prices are, I always use Chimay Rouge as my litmus test. Global performed at just about average in this test, which is completely fine by me given their insane selection. I used to paying much less for 6 and 12 packs, but I also live in another state. From what I've seen in package stores in Kansas, the prices at Global on this stuff is pretty much on par with everywhere else. Global is more of a connoisseur's store than it is a place to pick up a sixer before the game starts. But if you are a connoisseur of beer, if you consider drinking Sam Adams slumming it, if you know the difference between a lager and a pilsner, then you should love Global.

I have witnessed the Holy Grail of liquor stores and it is curiously located in Wichita, KS. This place is unassuming in its location in a strip mall. But don't let outward appearances fool you, inside it is a boozer's delight! According to the guy at the counter, they have 630 different types of beer. Literally an entire WALL of any import or specialty brew you could ever want to find. You can even buy them as singles or in six packs (or larger, depending on what you want). I was paralyzed with indecision - there were too many. This store also sells liquor and regular domestic brands as well. And they sell the cold beer from a huge BEER CAVE in the back! Even if you are going to buy Miller Lite you should come here as apparently the beer at gas stations and such are 3% whereas the liquor stores can sell the higher alcohol content ones - you know, the beer that you normally buy in other states. Don't even think about it, just GO HERE and stock up!!!

Clean well organized store. Not overly cluttered with boxes and displays. Friendly knowledgable staff and a huge beer and liquor selection. Tons of pre mixed drinks also.

I tried to shop here at 10 pm on a Wednesday but the door was locked. An employee saw me at the door but just kept walking to the back. They are supposed to be open until 11. I took my business next door to Jt's or I shop at Gametime. I shall never return.

It's not curious that there are ties between the two liquor stores global and Goebel. In Kansas you may not own more than one store. Rob helped this owner (I don't know the owner of Global), I would assume for a fee of some sort. They tried to name it Goebel very similar to the way there are more than one ABC Liquor in town. The gods of liquor would not let them do it because it's too chain-like (even though there are several liquor stores in town that share a name). They were quite the nazis about it so they changed it to Global Liquor. It works. They have a very good selection, just not as good as Rob's. They also don't have the miller's working there which puts them a point behind Goebel Liquor in knowledgeable service. If you are on this side of town go to Global and know that it is a top notch store, especially for beer selection. I have also gotten some AMAZING prices on beers there.