The best selection of craft beers and specialty wines in Marin. If you're a connoisseur of complex, hard to find brews like I am, this is the only place to shop in town. They also have a great site so I can order ahead and take my time browsing the selections.
WOW!!! This place is incredible! Ryan is so friendly, personable, and beyond knowledgeable. He has worked in the beer industry for years and can tell you literally everything about every beer in his shop. You can chill out in the shop and it's outdoor seating; sipping on drinks and chilling out. Or bring your favorite beer home! Libation has great prices on 4 and 6 packs! And you can create your own 4 pack of any unique craft beer combination you can think of of to take home! You can find craft beer here you wouldn't find anywhere else! I couldn't recommend this place enough. It's so fun!!
When you walk into a place like this, it will either become your new favorite beer bar or it will shatter all of your illusions.
Overall the beer selection was uninspired. Everything we drank kind of tasted the same. We had a few rounds and didn't find anything we liked.
Nonetheless, we thought the place had the scrappy appeal of service industry veterans who perhaps thought they could do better than their previous employers. We were looking forward to coming back, bringing friends, etc.
We were surprised at checkout by an undisclosed $2/can corkage. Kind of galling what with the pretense and lack of followthrough on substance. Especially during happy hour in an empty bar.
The owner got cagey and weird when I asked about it, and seemed pretty clear that if I didn't like it I could go elsewhere.
This has become my favorite beer spot since it opened, I can't say enough good things about Libation! It's the perfect setting for enjoying quality beer at reasonable prices.
The selection is phenomenal. Between the numerous taps and fridges stocked full with beer, you will always find something you'll love. It's updated so frequently that I'm excited to see what's new every time I go back.
The entire staff is both knowledgeable and friendly, and will definitely help you make a selection based on your preferences. The layout and atmosphere makes it easy to sit down and chat with friends of you'd like, or move around and talk with other beer lovers. Very well designed and set up.
I highly recommend Libation to anyone who is a fan of beers, and especially sours!
This is a great beer lovers hangout. (Yes they also have some wine and ciders). The owner is extremely knowledgeable and friendly. The selection is the best in Marin without a doubt. The last time I was there, they had a food cart popup so you could even get some food. All you can eat popcorn for free too! You are going to enjoy going back to this place again and again.
Not really much of a bar per se it's nice it's clean but they wanted to charge me like $2 more if I drank on the premises as opposed to go. I've never ever heard of that before. They have an interesting selection but I've actually seen better selections elsewhere and they don't have some of the local brewerys represented they also don't didn't have any dark beers on tap which I thought was odd.
Really cool spot with delicious beers including the occasional hard to finds at a reasonable price! They had about 12 taps and 6 fridges of cans and bottles. The taps change frequently so visit often! Staff was helpful and nice. I'll definitely be back!
Beer is tasty, interesting, varied. The tunes were all toe tappin' goodies and the beer tenders are friendly.. I wanted to stay, keep drinking beer and close the place down... But I don't have the energy to defend that decision to the wife... I'll have to bring her next time! 😏
