05/19/2018 @ 6:42pm - old grumpy man at the counter asked for my brother's id and he gave him his…read moremassachusetts driver's license, which clearly states that he was born in 1994, 23 years old and legally able to purchase alcoholic root beer. to my shock, the old grumpy man said "do you have your other license?" because according to him, he cant sell him alcoholic root beer because his license was issued to him before he was 21 but had not yet expired. this of course is total bs, but being gentlemen, we humored him. ready to put our drinks back on the shelf and do business elsewhere, the nasty old man gave the most ridiculous dirty look and said he would "do us a favor" and sell the root beer illegally to us. we could not beleive what we were hearing! "this must be a dream" i thought, but i am not going to get into an argument with a mentally ill man. we concluded our purchase and before we could leave he scolded us once more for not having the "right license." this is no way to treat cash paying customers and only proves why this establishment is always empty. me and my boys will never purchase alcohol from rhis store again until we receive an apology for this terrible service! shame.

Yankee Spirits is a wine & spirits store that opened in Sturbridge, Massachusetts in 1971. The…read moreliquor superstore is one of the largest in New England and carries a wide selection of wine, spirits, beer, hard cider, and mead at very competitive prices. As of 2026, there are additional locations in Attleboro, Norwood, and Swansea. I recently made a trip to Yankee Spirits while I was passing through the Sturbridge area. I have visited before, but this was my first visit in about six years or so. They have an absolutely enormous selection of alcoholic beverages, but I was only interested in exploring their very impressive selection of craft beer. I don't make it to this area very often, so I was most looking forward to see if they carried anything that's either hard to find or just totally unavailable in my home area of New Haven, Connecticut. I spent maybe a half hour just walking down the aisles and seeing what all of the options were. Afterwards, I was ready to begin shopping. I ended up purchasing a pretty sizable haul which should keep my refrigerator full for a while. Most of the beers I grabbed were rare barrel-aged stouts, but I also picked out a few IPAs and other various styles that no longer get distribution in my home area. If you're looking for a serious selection of excellent craft beer, wine, or spirts in New England then look no further than Yankee Spirits!

Do not recommend going they have terrible customer service!!!! The cashier was yelling that was…read moredefinitely not appropriate

Good selection and well laid out store. They serve good sandwiches as well as some grocery staples…read more The alcohol prices are reasonable and they have just about everything.

Great collection of all Beer, wine and liquors and great service…read more Great sandwiches of all types. Clean and organized.

This used to be my go to local liquor store for over 10 years. Recently it went through a…read moremanagement/ownership change. Service has gone from excellent and some times above & beyond to abysmal. They are removing interesting hard to find items with huge stacks of generic ales. They were previously well known for their craft beers and large variety of different stouts, porters and Scotch ales. Not to mention the wine & spirits selection was amazing. I am now much less interested in utilizing their services so much so that even though they are walking distance to my home, I Uber or bus to Shrewsbury or utilize delivery services to get the selection & variety I want.

Wide wines and liquors selection from $ to $$$. Help available to carry purchases to car.read more

Great Store and very nice people that own it. I was very happy with the service and for a small…read morestore they have everything you need.

The nicest lady works there. I love how she remembered my dad from Germany and the wines he likes…read more... she seemed so genuine and nice. Pricing is very reasonable and while we hardly ever even enjoy a beer, whenever we DO go there, everything is always great. Very central in town, clean store, very neatly organized and amazing staff.

Totally totally love the Italian grinder! Delish!!…read more Your basic neighborhood town packie that makes a small variety of grinders. They have to be made with love because they are awesome!

Fred's used to be a run down little convenience/package store with cramped aisles and dusty…read moreshelves. In high school, we'd often stop there in the mornings to stock up on Jolt cola and other necessities. I have very fond memories of this litle store. I stopped in to pick up some booze on my way to my parent's house for a visit. I hadn't been in there in years and I was greeted by a bright, clean, modern-looking space. A major upgrade from the dingy decor of yesteryear. However, and maybe it's just because there's more space now, the store looked practically empty to me. There was only one or two of everything on the shelves which just made it look depressing. And, any store that calls itself a package store should have a decent booze selection, which sadly, this place did not. I wanted red zinfandel for me and blue curacao to make my mom "that magic blue drink you made me this summer" as she called it and neither were to be found. Sooooooo, 2 stars for the less than adequate selection of booze and an extra star for the upgrades to the store.

This place is super friendly and they go out there way to help you recommend they have a good…read moreselection ..the place is little old school but yet it has its own taste to it

These are the hometown guys I have known since they opened in their first location just a little…read morecorner store and they called you by name as you walked in. Now in just a few short years they have opened a brand new store that's is 20x bigger and 200x busier they have every specialty wine and micro brew you could imagine, The prices are better than anyplace around and I have checked , Thru the growth and change they are still the same local heros and they still call you by name. Please support local businesses and keep our community strong.

They just opened at the new location but I have been a customer for years ,good place owned by…read morelocal people ,their prices are in line with the "big guys"so I say buy local ,help the "little guy".

Honestly if I could give this zero stars I would, I went in just to turn in some cans and while I…read morewas checking out the owner started harassing me because of my hat. It's an OD green army hat my uncle who has been in the army for 30 years gave me as a gift and this guy started saying it was "communist" and called my uncle and the rest of my family communist traitors. I've never been so disrespected in my life for no reason at all, my family has watched their friends get blasted apart in Afghanistan and for someone to suggest they're traitors is beyond ridiculous. Never going back again especially if the owner thinks it's funny to disrespect patriotic americans there's plenty of places that don't insult the sacrifice of our soldiers.

Staff is incredibly helpful and knowledgeable! They have a lot of variety of products!read more