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Sergio's World Beers
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1605 Story Avenue/1553 Frankfort Avenue
Louisville, KY 40206
(502) 618-2337
Louisville, KY 40206
(502) 618-2337
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
- Smoking:
- No
- Coat Check:
- No
7 reviews for Sergio's World Beers
Well I'll just reiterate what everyone else has said...this place is awesome. They have around 25 beer on tap plus around 4 refrigerators scattered throughout with hundreds of other labels. They have great specials (like Tuesday night $2 Two-Hearted...one of my all-time favorite) during the week. I haven't treid the food, but maybe next time I'll have to.
As for the place itself, it is kind of hard to find...just look for the flags hanging in the window! Or, if you want lot parking, turn just after it and go around to the back for a free lot!
"If this is the gay bar (Fuzion), I am going to ditch you here so they can eat you alive" I tell my friend who lead me to Sergio's World Beers.
There's only one sign outside the store and it says "Fusion". How peculiar. And the windows are completely covered with flags. How suspicious. We brace ourselves and walk in to the bar.
Wow. A person with Beer OCD decided to open a store here. This is beer drinker's heaven, but don't bring your stuck-up bitch girlfriend here. She'll probably frown at the smell of used oil and dirt in the glasses. And god forbids we see that look on her face, amirite?
Best beer bar I've ever been to, bar none. That is saying something. We went here on a random suggestion from a friend-of-a-friend at the Mag Bar, and man am I glad we did.
It's a little hole-in-the-wall place, that we almost missed even though we had a GPS. Walking in, it took us a second to get our bearings and realize that the main seating section was in the back past the bar. The owner Sergio is the bartender, cook, and waiter -- or at least, the night we went, he was. That night was a little out of the ordinary too, because there was a large party that was doing a 6-course meal, so Sergio was rather busy. Even while having to deal with that, he still got us beer though. The guy knows his stuff -- you tell him what you like, he will make a suggestion. He's very nice, and open to conversation.
The beer list is absolutely phenomenal. There is a draft selection that Sergio changes up every so often, and the bottled beers are all listed with what type they are, and a beer rating where applicable (I think from Beer Advocate, but I can't remember). At the front of the tome o' beers, it gives a detailed description of each of the types of beers, so if you're not a beer connoisseur you can still know what you're getting if you order an Imperial Stout, for example. But then again, whether you're a connoisseur or not, I suggest just getting a recommendation from Sergio himself.
There is a whiteboard in the front with a ranking of various patrons and how many beers they've tried. Sergio himself is at the top of the list, having tried 1169 different types of beer (at the time that we went).
Oh right, food. This place has food too. There was a decent selection, and what we got was unremarkable -- neither notably good, nor bad. Quesedilla, turkey sandwich, and I can't remember what else. You don't come to a place like this for the food though. As I said, the night we were here, Sergio was dealing with a large party having a 6-course meal (each course came with a beer that complemented it; man was I jealous!), so it was a while before he could get food to us. He was very apologetic, and whenever we went up to ask for a beer he was on it.
The only downside to this place is that it's cash only. But knowing how much the credit card companies gouge merchants, I can understand how a small business like this would make the decision to be cash-only. And there is an ATM at the front of the place if you forget to bring cash.
Sergio's makes me wish I still lived in Louisville. This has become one of my must-visit places whenever I come back to town.
Amazing beer selection. Sergio certainly is passionate about beer! He's fun, too. Very eccentric in a charming way.
The food is great too, especially the ceviche.
SOOO MANY TAPS
cash only but there's an ATM in the bar.
Don't come here looking to drink cheap nasty beer because he will laugh you out.
The men's room has a collection of bottles of beer that taste like pee (bud light, high life, etc.)
I had to check this place out based on cinimod's review.Thanks to her review I found a great eclectic place to have some outstanding beers. When I first arrived I thought I walked into a private tasting.There were about 6 guys standing around some talking about beer,some just standing.There were beer bottles on the bar,packs of beer on the bar,glasses on the bar some empty some used.A cooler filled with beers on the opposite wall.The bartender was talking to his supplier.I stood at an opening at the bar and waited for a considerable time to be served.
Once I was served I realized the bartender was Sergio himself. I ordered a double chocolate stout and it was gooood. After that I thought I would try something else and Sergio asked what I preferred and took me to a wall of taps containing stouts and dark ales and recommended a couple selections.Sergio never seems to be wrong on his advice.He asks customers what they like and goes off of what they usually drink.
Soon enough,the guy next to me realized I wasn't too shady a character an struck up a conversation.Then a younger man came in for a birthday party and we talked about the place.One of his friends arrived and noticed the flag of Brazil covering the front window and commented he lived in Brazil for some time .His buddy asked if he knew Portugese and his friend said yes, so Sergio began having a conversation with him in Portugese.
As the evening went along the place became more crowded with various types of people young,old,babies.It had a nice neighborhood feel.Sergio's serves food,but I ddin't have any since this was just a couting expedition.Everyone I saw witha plate seemed very happy with their meals.I'll need to go back and try some solid nourishment.Be sure to bring cash,no credit cards accepted but the is an ATM on premises.
Don't let the lack of a sign and the flag covered windows fool you, there is a bar back there.
Know your beers and be ready to learn a lot more than you thought you knew from Sergio, who will likely be behind the bar/running the operation.
The beer list is the most extensive I have seen, ever, somewhere between 750-1000 beers in the place. Its absolutely incredible, and features the largest selection of Belgian beers outside of Belgium.
They have a food menu but we tried only beer, and barely put a dent in the list. Go, but don't order a miller lite.
No sense cluttering things up, this place is up there with Toranado's, or Seattle's The Stumbling Monk. Had a whole fried fish and great ceviche. Oh, did I mention the tap list:
* Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
* Brooklyn Brewmasters Reserve Grand Cru
* Left Hand Fade To Black 2009
* Carlow O'Hara's Irish Red
* Gouden Carolus Grand Cuvee of The Emperor Blue Label
* Anchor Old Foghorn Ale
* Clipper City Heavy Seas Loose Cannon Hop 3
* Ngne
* Christoffel Nobel
* Lindemans Framboise
* BBC Mephistopheles Metamorphosis
* Rogue Imperial Porter
* Sierra Nevada/Dogfish Head Limb and Life
* New Albanian Elector Ale
* Upland Bourbon Barrel Aged Winter Warmer
* Bockor Cuvee des Jacobins Rouge
* Maredsous 8
* St. Feuillien Saison
* Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier
* Tripel Karmeliet
* Goose Island Matilda
* Abbaye De Leffe
* St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout
* Dogfish Head Black and Blue
* Great Divide Hercules Double IPA
* Chouffe McChouffe
* Anchor Steam
* Bell's Expedition Stout
* Summit Extra Pale Ale
* Van Honsebrouck Kasteel Rouge
* Kentucky Kolsch
* Verhaeghe Duchesse De Bourgogne
* Brownings Belgian Quadruple Ale
* Schneider Aventinus Doppelbock
* Arrogant Bastard Ale
* Wells Bombardier
* Murphys Irish Stout
* Ommegang Hennepin Saison
* St. Bernardus Abt 12
* Blue Moon
* Chimay Triple
Being a native Minnesotan I was impressed that our Summit EPA held it's place with so many huge beers. This place is worth a day's trip!
Joe
