{"id":13192,"date":"2008-06-26T08:16:39","date_gmt":"2008-06-26T15:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/06\/26\/applejack.html"},"modified":"2008-06-26T08:16:39","modified_gmt":"2008-06-26T15:16:39","slug":"applejack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/06\/26\/applejack.html","title":{"rendered":"Applejack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Though I worked just a freeway exit away from it for eight years, I never got around to going to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.applejack.com\" target=\"_blank\">Applejack<\/a>, one of Denver&#8217;s more prominent liquor discount stores. I had a bit of extra time yesterday before going to the goodbye thang for Sara, so I dropped in.<\/p>\n<p>The Good:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> The selection is pretty remarkable. Compared to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lukasliquor.com\/StoreLocations.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Lukas<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidsonsliquors.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Davidson&#8217;s<\/a>, there were several wines they had that I know the latter don&#8217;t (and only one where the reverse was true). They even had some Jackie wine (which I stocked up on).<\/li>\n<li> The prices were very good, too.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Bad:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> I like wine stores organized by varietal, for the most part. I don&#8217;t usually buy Merlots or Pinots, nor most whites. I like being able to zero in on the Zins. Applejack sorts &#8230; well, I couldn&#8217;t completely figure it out (there was some regional sorting, but it didn&#8217;t seem consistent) &#8230; but it&#8217;s mostly by producers. So if you love wines by&nbsp;Four Vines, you can find all the Four Vines wines they have all in one place (yum). If you want to see who else is producing Zins, though,&nbsp;you have to search the entire store.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Ugly:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Cash and carry. No credit cards. Which is annoying enough, even though they have a convenient ATM in the store &#8212; but there were no signs on the door to that effect that I saw, nor at the registers (though all their register structures were being replaced). If I hadn&#8217;t had the cash available, I would have been annoyed to have shopped and then not been able to buy. (Though philsophically I suppose that&#8217;s a good idea, from a convenience standpoint it&#8217;s annoying.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s not likely I&#8217;ll be going back, given the location &#8212; but I&#8217;m not heartbroken over it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though I worked just a freeway exit away from it for eight years, I never got around to going to Applejack, one of Denver&#8217;s more prominent liquor discount stores. 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