Spring cleaning: Our renovations so far

You probably know the brief version of Rebsamen Liquor's origin story. Today we wanted to give you some more details about where things currently stand with our renovations. It's actually pretty exciting! 

Through the first two months of 2015, we undertook some pretty intense work to clean the store, repaint, and remove old junk. The picture below is truly just the tip of the iceberg of what we removed.

At the same time, we have been gradually updating our product mix. With all the additional shelf space that we've discovered since shipping out the junk, we've been able to add a ton of new product lines. Our wine and bourbon selection is pretty darn awesome for this area. And our beer selection is getting there!

This photo shows us at an intermediate stage. You can see we've got some quality craft labels, and we were decently organized (from left to right: macro domestics, imports, craft), but we've improved since. We've gotten rid of some of the duplicates you see here and cycled in some great, hard-to-find craft beers. Ben Jordan, who joined in January, really knows his craft beer and has been working on keeping things fresh and challenging. You've got to come in on at least a weekly basis, though, because when we sell out of one brand, it's onto the next!

Next up is getting some exterior signage so people know we're Rebsamen Liquor and we are open for business. We've got a pylon sign that says "LIQUOR" out front, but sometimes it's hard to know whether that is an antique or a sign for a real, working store. Rest assured, we are as real as it gets. Once we spruce that sign up and get some building signage as well, it will be unmistakable.

We'll keep you updated!