Whole Foods Market - Redmond

Whole Foods are pretty standardized as far as beer now. Slightly better than Safeway, but just go somewhere that takes their beer seriously, you know?

Typical Whole Foods. Above average as far as selection goes in the grocery market realm, but this particular Whole Foods has a bit thinner selection than other Whole Foods I frequent. I don’t go here regularly, so I can’t comment on how long they have some of the limited release versus other Whole Foods either. Nor have I met anyone in the beer department, so I am not sure if they have a dedicated beer buyer like some of the other stores.

Reasonable to low prices, from what I have purchased. Great selection, on par with the bottle shops and even carries some you do not find other places or comes out before you see it other places. Great service, the beer buyer knows his business and is very engaging and knowledgeable.

High prices, decent selection. They definitely know what the good beers are and how to get them. The boutique stores charge a bit more, but for stuff you can get at a supermarket, you can find the beers for less at QFC, usually. Still, the diversity of cool offerings from the meat and fish counters at these places is phenomenal, and if you need to grab beer to go with a meal, WF never lets you down. It’s never a part of my regular beer shopping rounds, but for old favorites to pair with food, the selection is really, really good.

Premium grocery store with a larger than average selection of domestic micro and craft brews and European beers. Beer tastings on Saturday nights. The Seattle University District store seems to have a larger selection.