Drunk Thread

[MTK]

Originally Posted by mredskins

Same here no beer or wine have to go to a liquor store. In Rhode Island we called it the Packy.

Ahh yes, the package stores. The wife and I lived in MA for a couple of years, I remember the first night in town we went grocery shopping and were searching high and low for the beer section. Found out the hard way that they don't sell beer in grocery stores, LOL.

[KLHJ2]

Wait, there are 2 different types of Liquor stores in MD. You have the Beer and wine stores that are only allowed to sell beer and wine and then you have the Liquor stores that can sell everything.

As crazy and as rare as it sounds I do know of at least one grocery store in MD that sells beer and wine; The Safeway off of Briggs Cheyney Road off of Route 29. It's quite possible that the liquor laws vary by county.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by Angry

Wait, there are 2 different types of Liquor stores in MD. You have the Beer and wine stores that are only allowed to sell beer and wine and then you have the Liquor stores that can sell everything.

As crazy and as rare as it sounds I do know of at least one grocery store in MD that sells beer and wine; The Safeway off of Briggs Cheyney Road off of Route 29. It's quite possible that the liquor laws vary by county.

Hmmm...maybe. I do know one 7-11 that sells beer and I guess wine. Where I live though it is mainly beer,wine, and liquor all under one roof selling nothing else.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by Angry

Wait, there are 2 different types of Liquor stores in MD. You have the Beer and wine stores that are only allowed to sell beer and wine and then you have the Liquor stores that can sell everything.

As crazy and as rare as it sounds I do know of at least one grocery store in MD that sells beer and wine; The Safeway off of Briggs Cheyney Road off of Route 29. It's quite possible that the liquor laws vary by county.

MD is very county-centric with the liquor laws

MoCo being a govt run county, calvert county some of the smaller independent grocery stores carry the full array, in charles it seems you have to go to a liquor store (pretty much all of them are beer/wine/liquor), and the hours vary everywhere

I can't keep up

[BDBohnzie]

The liquor control laws do vary by county in the State of Maryland. Montgomery County and Wicomico County have county run liquor stores, and in MoCo, all beer/wine stores, restaurants, anyone who sells alcohol in the county HAS to purchase straight from the County. So if there is a new wine or booze out there, you can't just find a distributor to get it from. And if the county doesn't have it, you're SOL. Also in Montgomery County, there is a weird law that allows a chain that has a certain amount of stores within the county to sell beer/wine at one of their locations. The Magruders in Gaithersburg, The Shoppers in Germantown, a Giant Food in White Oak, 7-11 near Georgia and Connecticut are able to sell beer/wine in their locations while the rest of the stores cannot.

In Frederick County, beer/wine/liquor is sold at liquor stores for the most part. No grocery stores have beer/wine for sale that I know of. Some convenience stores sell beer and wine, but not all. There is an awesome liquor store in Frederick (Ye Olde Spirit Shoppe) that has a ton of rare and virtually unheard of beer, and does all keg purchases by special order, so if you can think it and they have a distributor for it, you can buy it.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by BDBohnzie

The liquor control laws do vary by county in the State of Maryland. Montgomery County and Wicomico County have county run liquor stores, and in MoCo, all beer/wine stores, restaurants, anyone who sells alcohol in the county HAS to purchase straight from the County. So if there is a new wine or booze out there, you can't just find a distributor to get it from. And if the county doesn't have it, you're SOL. Also in Montgomery County, there is a weird law that allows a chain that has a certain amount of stores within the county to sell beer/wine at one of their locations. The Magruders in Gaithersburg, The Shoppers in Germantown, a Giant Food in White Oak, 7-11 near Georgia and Connecticut are able to sell beer/wine in their locations while the rest of the stores cannot.

In Frederick County, beer/wine/liquor is sold at liquor stores for the most part. No grocery stores have beer/wine for sale that I know of. Some convenience stores sell beer and wine, but not all. There is an awesome liquor store in Frederick (Ye Olde Spirit Shoppe) that has a ton of rare and virtually unheard of beer, and does all keg purchases by special order, so if you can think it and they have a distributor for it, you can buy it.

MD is weird with their liquor laws but for the most part it is a cool state to live in. I like it here.

Your sig reminds me where is SGG, long time no hear from him.

[BDBohnzie]

Originally Posted by mredskins

MD is weird with their liquor laws but for the most part it is a cool state to live in. I like it here.

I've lived in Maryland my whole life, even went to Salisbury University to get my undergraduate degree. I love the fact that from where I am, I'm 45 minutes away from Baltimore, 45 minutes away from downtown DC (as long as it's not rush hour), less than an hour from skiing and the mountains (2 hours to Wisp and Deep Creek Lake), and 3 hours from the beach. And most importantly, 2 minutes from Flying Dog Brewery (to keep in line with the Drunk Thread), and only several minutes from 2 other microbreweries.

Not that anywhere else is better or worse, I just love living here.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by BDBohnzie

I've lived in Maryland my whole life, even went to Salisbury University to get my undergraduate degree. I love the fact that from where I am, I'm 45 minutes away from Baltimore, 45 minutes away from downtown DC (as long as it's not rush hour), less than an hour from skiing and the mountains (2 hours to Wisp and Deep Creek Lake), and 3 hours from the beach. And most importantly, 2 minutes from Flying Dog Brewery (to keep in line with the Drunk Thread), and only several minutes from 2 other microbreweries.

Not that anywhere else is better or worse, I just love living here.

I agree I have lived on most of the east coast and I find this to be the coolest state to live in.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by BDBohnzie

The liquor control laws do vary by county in the State of Maryland. Montgomery County and Wicomico County have county run liquor stores, and in MoCo, all beer/wine stores, restaurants, anyone who sells alcohol in the county HAS to purchase straight from the County. So if there is a new wine or booze out there, you can't just find a distributor to get it from. And if the county doesn't have it, you're SOL. Also in Montgomery County, there is a weird law that allows a chain that has a certain amount of stores within the county to sell beer/wine at one of their locations. The Magruders in Gaithersburg, The Shoppers in Germantown, a Giant Food in White Oak, 7-11 near Georgia and Connecticut are able to sell beer/wine in their locations while the rest of the stores cannot.

In Frederick County, beer/wine/liquor is sold at liquor stores for the most part. No grocery stores have beer/wine for sale that I know of. Some convenience stores sell beer and wine, but not all. There is an awesome liquor store in Frederick (Ye Olde Spirit Shoppe) that has a ton of rare and virtually unheard of beer, and does all keg purchases by special order, so if you can think it and they have a distributor for it, you can buy it.

And it's such a gigantic pain in the ass. They have a monopoly on booze distribution, so they could give a shit about customer service. It's a such a huge hassle for me. They are constantly out of our staple products, offer no explanation, and don't really care to look into when they'll be back in stock. Plus they always act like they're doing us a favor. I loathe MoCo DLC.

But Maryland is awesome! I wouldn't trade being from the DC Area for anything.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by GMScud

And it's such a gigantic pain in the ass. They have a monopoly on booze distribution, so they could give a shit about customer service. It's a such a huge hassle for me. They are constantly out of our staple products, offer no explanation, and don't really care to look into when they'll be back in stock. Plus they always act like they're doing us a favor. I loathe MoCo DLC.

But Maryland is awesome! I wouldn't trade being from the DC Area for anything.

ABC in Va is way worst. I used to order for a bar through them, if it was anything outside of the norm good luck.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by mredskins

ABC in Va is way worst. I used to order for a bar through them, if it was anything outside of the norm good luck.

lol that sucks.. which location?

we special ordered stuff just for restaurants all of the time.. hell we special ordered stuff for ourselves, other customers, etc

I always got to get the last look at the order because it was in a college town and I knew about the trends more so than the older guys

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by tryfuhl

lol that sucks.. which location?

we special ordered stuff just for restaurants all of the time.. hell we special ordered stuff for ourselves, other customers, etc

I always got to get the last look at the order because it was in a college town and I knew about the trends more so than the older guys

It was the Fairfax location on Maple Ave.

[BDBohnzie]

Originally Posted by GMScud

And it's such a gigantic pain in the ass. They have a monopoly on booze distribution, so they could give a shit about customer service. It's a such a huge hassle for me. They are constantly out of our staple products, offer no explanation, and don't really care to look into when they'll be back in stock. Plus they always act like they're doing us a favor. I loathe MoCo DLC.

I've heard horror stories from friends who work at restaurants and bars in the county. I think one summer, you were hard pressed for a week or 2 to get Captain Morgan products at any place that didn't keep a good stock.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by BDBohnzie

I've heard horror stories from friends who work at restaurants and bars in the county. I think one summer, you were hard pressed for a week or 2 to get Captain Morgan products at any place that didn't keep a good stock.

Yeah it's a constant uphill battle. 3 of our 4 restaurants are in MoCo. Keeping them fully stocked at all times is next to impossible. The county is ALWAYS out of something important. I get tempted to go purchase products in the district, but that carries a hefty fine.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by GMScud

Yeah it's a constant uphill battle. 3 of our 4 restaurants are in MoCo. Keeping them fully stocked at all times is next to impossible. The county is ALWAYS out of something important. I get tempted to go purchase products in the district, but that carries a hefty fine.

We had an ABC guy walk into our bar in NOVA and someone was marrying bottles, huge fine!