Bottles N’ Bins

I used to pick up some craft beers around home before visiting Monterey, but now I just go here when I show up. Great selection and very friendly staff. The guy there helped me find the last six pack of Founder’s Breakfast Stout when I thought they were all gone. If this place was near me I’d stop going to my other spots, simply for the selection of craft beers.

This is the best liquor store i’ve ever been in! Its total organized chaos in a good way! There is sooooo much diversity packed into this small store. I worked at Bevmo and they had things I had never heard of that looked delicious!
Deffinately worth stopping by!

I spent my 21^st birthday in Monterey so I came to this place to get some alcohol and they have an amazing selection! Lots and lots of great stuff! The cashier was very friendly and also said Happy birthday after checkin my ID ahah so it was def a good experience.

I don’t want to write a bad review. Only reason I’m giving it 3 stars instead of 5 is prices! The people were very nice, and very helpful! If ratings were only on that they would have 5, but when it comes down to it, what comes out of my pocket matters! And they seem way overpriced. I checked on Bevmo, and they had what I was looking for for $ 8 cheaper.

Friendly and knowledgeable staff. Exceptional selection of bourbons, but prices are high, even compared to BevMo. Expect insane, black-​market price gouging for the hard to find bourbons. (No bourbon is worth $ 400 unless you’re a collector and have money to burn.) If you are closer to the Bay Area, Beltramos has a better selection and MUCH better prices.

OMG… amazing beer selection. I wish I had more money so I could buy everything they have. Just a huge selection of really good beers. They’ll have a good selection of beer from each brewery they carry. While I was here, I picked up a few bottles from The Bruery. The owner was super knowledgeable and friendly. Awesome place.

You need a keg, right? That’s why you’re reading this? Yeah, ’cause this is the only place in town to get a keg. Come here and tell Vince that Ethan from down the road sent ya.
Into more specifications, what a fascinating place. You walk in, and you’re just bombarded with a bunch of beer and wine. They weren’t lyin when they call this place Bottles N Bins. And pardon, why is it #2? In my mind, this location is by far #1.
If I need to pick up a nice Talon Double IPA and some scratchers, this is where I’m gonna go. The selection leaves you with no excuse of, «what should I drink?»
Swoop in, grab some beer, and enjoy the atmosphere. Ask about their kegs too, ’cause Vince loves hooking people up with a sweet keg!

Bourbon enthusiast rejoice i just went ther sunday night mother’s day and asked for pappy… Guess what its in store!

Lots of unique items here.
Picked some bottles just based on the names. I.e. Six pack of tramp stamp
Also got a few bottles of Belgian beer that came recommended, and a bottle of red wine. The guy was very friendly and helpful with recommendations.

If you’re easily overstimulated with stuff, or if you’re a recovering alcoholic, I highly recommend you don’t visit Bottles N’Bins. For everyone else, ya’ll should definitely try it.
Conveniently located off the main drag, getting to B&B is easy, but maneuvering entering, parking, and exiting can be tricky. Once in, though, it should all be a breeze.
Absolutely covered from wall to wall, up all the sides and stacked high, are every type of alcohol and otherwise that your heart could possibly desire.
Some of my favorite selections at this place are the 21^st Ammendment Hell or High Watermellon Wheat Beer, the Saffron infused Gin, the incredibly diverse sonoma county wine selection, and the neat flavored mixers and specialty cocktail ingredients scattered about the store.
Biggest surprise was finding the Brother’s Ridge by Rodney Strong there for $ 60something, when we purchased a case of it at Rodney Strong for over $ 75 per bottle, absolutely amazing.
Now that I’m in Monterey on a regular basis, I will be returning, and am looking forward to discovering all the delights that B&B has hiding in its extensive collections.

Liquor, beer, and wine! A ton of varieties and at pretty decent prices. I bought a mango and black pepper mead wine, WTF right??? I can’t wait to crack it open and take a drink. My people bought some interesting beer and liquor. Check it out if your in town!

Like many others I’ve been discovering the joys of fine Belgian beers recently. The only problem is I had run through most of the brands at places like BevMo and other liquor stores and was really craving some new, hard to get finds. Thank god I found this place!
I’ve yet to find another liquor store that has such an extensive selection of great Belgian doubles, triples and quads. Really rare stuff that you’re not going to find at many other places in the States. Their selection of other beers as well as wine and liquor is also very good. On top of the great selection the owner is very helpful and will try to find you something that they don’t carry in the store. Definitely worth a stop if you’re anywhere near the peninsula.

Okay, I’m biased… I adore Belgian and Trappist Ales and these guys have the best selection I’ve seen so far in the States. Plus they had my all time favorite, La Trapp Quad, which I have never found in the U.S. before.
The sales person was very knowledgeable and helpful. He said that if I called ahead next time they could put in a special order for me.
I’ll be visiting every time I’m in the area… which sadly is only a couple of times each year.

Lots of different alcohol, even weird stuff and expensive small batch selections. Now I know why a cocktail made with some artisinal booze costs $ 15. To be rich and have a bar with all this… well, perhaps that wouldn’t be such a good thing.
What makes all this interesting is that it is all jumbled about, boxes on the floor, knowing they got a shipment, but taking some time to find it. People order unusual stuff from them. I like that big-​city jumble sometimes.
Actually several parking spots. Not bad most of the time. Friendly staff.
Carlos’s especiale foo foo cocktail, universally beloved*:
2 oz whipped cream vodka. Spend the extra couple of bucks for natural flavor, just because.
Mix in glass of orange juice. I suggest getting expensive fresh squeezed for this, or the closest you can get to it. You could also add a bit of lemon to tart it up.
You can add ½ oz simple syrup if you feel the need to.
Same for a burst of whipped cream, again hopefully some decent brand.
You might want to blend this with an egg, but haven’t tried this. I would think maybe 1 egg per 2 – 4 glasses. There is some danger in raw eggs (per my attorney).
I mixed it in an ice-​filled shaker and poured it over ice.
* Never met anyone who didn’t like an orange julius! This tastes jut like one!
Of course, you get vitamin C, but you also can drink a lot of these pretty quickly and get into trouble. Save one for breakfast.

Great selection of beer. Friendly and knowledge staff. One of the best beer selections in Pacific Grove area, even though its technically Monterey. The clerk being a local gave me the low down on places around the area.

Pretty decent selection of craft beer, especially for the area. I found a busted bottle in my 6-​pack when I got home. I brought it back and they gave me a new one. Prices are good.

Very good beer selection, OK junk food selection (that’s becoming a theme with local liquor stores).
I haven’t bought hard liquor in probably ten years, but those skull shaped bottles that look hand painted behind the counter might one day change my mind, regardless of what’s in them.

THE best liquor store in the Monterey area by a long shot. BnB boasts a beer selection that will literally knock your socks off. You will leave with a 2009 North Coast Aged Old Stock in one hand and your socks in the other. I promise. Pricey, but good, and better than driving into Salas just to visit BevMo.
They will also be happy to gift wrap for you, on the rare occasion that your selected Ale will be a gift for a good friend, in which case that friend will be very grateful.

If you love Belgian Ales and you live within 30 minutes of here and you’ve never shopped at Bottles ‘N Bins #2, then punch yourself in the face.
This is the spot to buy hard to find styles and brands. I live in the Santa Ynez Valley but whenever I am in the area, I stop in here. The selection of Belgians is stupendous and the prices are fair.
PLEASE stop in an buy Beligian Ales to encourage the owner to continue to stock them!

BEER BEER BEER! We were driving downtown to get some food and WHAM we saw a sign ’ BELGIUM BEERS’ and had to pull over. I was impressed with their selection, the sign did not lie! We grabbed like 6 bottles and it was only around $ 30. If you don’t like belgiums (what the hell is wrong with you?) they do have a lot of craft american, UK and German brews.