The Beer Cellar

Great selection of local beers and extremely helpful staff. I love stopping in on the weekends and browsing what’s new. Good spot for the beer geek and non-​geek alike.

Great selection of craft beers, and Dave is very knowledgeable. Found it on accident, best accident I have had!

I’m a craft beer lover, which is part of the reason why I have a gym membership and a separate budget category. When I discovered this place a mere 10 minutes from my house, I knew I was in trouble. While it is not a huge shop, it is well stocked with a constantly changing variety of brews to keep an enthusiast happy. Prices are reasonable– if you’re complaining that they’re ridiculously expensive, you clearly drink domestics (does that sound snooty enough?). I believe the fellow who is always in there is Dave (the owner), and he is always a help when I’m feeling indecisive and want another opinion outside of Untappd. Apparently there is now a rewards program, so sign up if you pop in occasionally!
The Beer Cellar isn’t located in the most noticeable location but it’s still easy to find: find the Thipi Thai restaurant on Crescent and you’re near the Beer Cellar entrance. There’s always a sign outside the staircase leading down to it (it’s literally «a cellar»). Parking is all along the street, both parallel and diagonal.
Some of the brewers you can find here are: 3 Floyds, Pipeworks, Church Street, Four Hands, Lagunitas, and many more. Most of the beer is stored on shelves at room temperature, but some are also refrigerated. Happy crafting! ;)

Cool micro brew beer store! Great selection and superior service!

I can’t believe that I have managed to stay away from this place for so long! Dave and Lauren are friendly and Dave made some great recommendations for me. Awesome addition to downtown GE!

I come here pretty often. Obviously it is smaller and doesn’t have the grand selection that the bigger places have, but they have quality. BC seems to always get beer that is super fresh. Like canned a day or so ago fresh. They also carry a lot Chicago area breweries. They still have stuff from other parts of the country but it is definitely more Midwest breweries. The best part about this place is the chance to get rare beers. Follow them on Facebook and you’ll see what they get in. Just make sure you stop by as soon as you can! Even if you are new to craft beer don’t feel intimidated about going here because the guys here will always help and give recommendations.

5-​star owners, 5-​star beers. Dave and Lauren are excited to share their love of beer, and you get to benefit. Hurray for The Beer Cellar!

I have to say this place is pretty awesome. I would have rated them higher but, one of the times I went in with my husband, the person working was unable to answer any of our questions. The pricing is not horrible, but it is also not low enough to make me go out of my way either. This may seem like a harsh review but when my husband was able to explain more about the beer and the breweries than the person working, I was a little disappointed. With that being said, this place does have a decent selection of hard to find beers and appears to do a great job with tastings and events.

Place is the epitome of a guy that’s passionate and delivers what we (customers) want. I’m a regular and go in there for gift 12 ers, train roadies, special liters for the game, but mostly to see what’s new and awesome in the micro brew landscape.
From many IPA makers in the USA, just ask Mr. H and he will get you an answer /​one of his MANY local suppliers will get it.

Excellent selections and excellent suggestions. The staff is very knowledgable about their stock. All the beers I have tried have been right on target for what I like. I’m confident in the scrutiny the owner has about what is a good quality beer and what is not worth my time.
Fun location tucked away in the basement.

Cool little place that you can easily miss as it is really in a basement. Pretty good selection of craft and specialty beers. The guy who is always there, who I assume is the owner, is always helpful and kind. We try to get our beer here whenever possible to support a local business.

I’ve been wanting to check out this place since I moved to Glen Ellyn. So when I saw that they had a dollar off special going on during Chicago craft beer week, I made a point to stop in.
This place is like a beer lover’s haven. There is a large variety of different types of beers plus lots of different breweries represented including quite a few local Chicago breweries.
The owner was a great guy and pointed us to a few beers we might enjoy after we told him some of our current favorites. Plus he was offering samples for craft beer week so we tried some of those too. He seemed like a really great guy! And I can’t wait to go back and try some more beers!

Great selection, good prices and friendly shop owner. Good selection of fresh IPA’s and rare stouts (some mikkeler beer I hadn’t seen before).
This place is literally in a basement and can easily be missed, it’s close to tipi Thai. I’m glad to know where it is and will be coming back.
Cheers!

Wow! Great find! So «real» –for lack of a better term. Good beers, super knowledgeable & rotating selection. Love the «hidden» feel of the location– like a secret shop!
Only good things to say!

My gosh. This guy is living the dream. Seriously… I wish I were him. He looks like a beer nerd. He is a beer nerd. He owns a beer store. He’s nice as heck. He knows his stuff.
It’s super easy to walk past Beer Cellar, but you shouldn’t if you have any desire for good beer. Hell, the biggest name beer I saw there was Sam Adams seasonal. Most of the other stuff are beers that even I haven’t heard of, and I am a beer snob. They have some six packs, some four packs, and many 750mL bottles, which are my favorite. I ended up purchased two from Begyle, a Chicago brewery I’ve never had before, which were pretty good. Before driving back home to Kansas City, I decided to stop by and grab a few more that I wouldn’t be able to get in KC — one out of Zion, and one out of Chicago. Prices for the Chicago area beers seem to be about $ 9, give or take, for a 750mL, which is a good price to me. Beers from further afield (such as Boulevard from Kansas City) seem to be about $ 9-​$ 12, which is still about what I would pay for the same beer in Kansas City.
So (a) great owner, (b) great beers, © good prices. I hope this place makes it, because I love it, and will return immediately upon my next visit to Glen Ellyn.

Nice little store in downtown Glen Ellyn. Knowledgable and helpful owner. Great selection of craft and micro brews. Not a lot of European selections, but still more than enough that I’m interested in.

Made a quick stop in here yesterday. Pretty cool place. Looks like a really good selection of «GOOD» Craft Beers. If you love your specialty and craft beers, you need to check this place out. Owner was there and very nice and welcoming.

Our friend and his wife own this shop. However, even if we weren’t friends, I’d want to be his. The Beer Cellar has a modest supply of quality brews that can be hard to find, intimidating for the newb, but delicious for the open minded.
It can be hard to miss from the street, with it being in the basement, but it’s totally worth the descent. Dave and Lauren truly have a passion for beer and it shows with the quality and care they show when helping a customer make a purchase.
I can appreciate Dave talking shop about the flavors of this, compared to the flavors of that and etc. My fiancé eats it up, and loves having someone else to talk to about the brews. We don’t have the same flavor profiles, so it’s really great that Dave can talk
Lauren on the other hand is an angel in disguise as a beer connoisseur; A helpful hand for the ladies who want to change up the usual, but are nervous about the taste. I can tell her something that I do like, and a handful of things I didn’t like in the past. She then points out why I didn’t like something and how it relates or contradicts the flavors that I do like. It’s so helpful having another sistah to talk too.
I definitely recommend stopping in, you won’t regret it!

I have nothing but respect for someone who takes their personal passion and decides to do something big with it. The Beer Cellar is a perfect example of this. It carries a feel of walking into a cellar and stumbling upon someone’s private stash. Small and unassuming, this place manages to carry an impressive selection with craft beers that would rival any larger liquor store.
So whenever you are in or near the western suburbs, take a jaunt to downtown Glen Ellyn and buy some great beers here.