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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Thousand Made-Up Loves on October 18, 2011, 07:18:07 pm

Title: Can you buy beer in Mont Co grocery stores?
Post by: Thousand Made-Up Loves on October 18, 2011, 07:18:07 pm
Just wondering. Thanks.
Title: Re: Can you buy beer in Mont Co grocery stores?
Post by: sweetcell on October 18, 2011, 07:25:08 pm
nope.

and yes, it sucks.

i believe that it is technically possible, but there are some complicated & expensive hoops to jump through.  the argument at this point is that allowing beer in grocery stores would kill off all the small mom-and-pop beer stores that dot the MoCo landscape.
Title: Re: Can you buy beer in Mont Co grocery stores?
Post by: azaghal1981 on October 18, 2011, 07:48:32 pm
The Germantown Shoppers sells it but it is an exception.
Title: Re: Can you buy beer in Mont Co grocery stores?
Post by: Thousand Made-Up Loves on October 18, 2011, 08:10:03 pm
Are there any beer/liquor stores convenient to downtown Rockville?
Title: Re: Can you buy beer in Mont Co grocery stores?
Post by: mekmad on October 18, 2011, 09:05:50 pm
Go up 355 towards Bethesda and there are plenty on either side.  Mont County Liquor store across from Wintergreen plaza.  12015-B Rockville Pike
Title: Re: Can you buy beer in Mont Co grocery stores?
Post by: shemptiness on October 18, 2011, 09:32:20 pm
From the MoCo site:

Q. Why can?t I purchase beer and wine in my grocery store?

A. Maryland State law prohibits this. Four Montgomery County grocery stores sell beer and wine today because they were licensed before the law changed.

Title: Re: Can you buy beer in Mont Co grocery stores?
Post by: Thousand Made-Up Loves on October 18, 2011, 09:42:14 pm
That's the closest liquor store to downtown Rockville? F me running.
Title: Re: Can you buy beer in Mont Co grocery stores?
Post by: wml7 on October 18, 2011, 10:17:11 pm
Sounds like you guys live in ancient times, a la Boardwalk Empire  ;D
Title: Re: Can you buy beer in Mont Co grocery stores?
Post by: StoneTheCrow on October 18, 2011, 10:44:39 pm
the new safeway in olney is allegedly going to sell beer and wine
Title: Re: Can you buy beer in Mont Co grocery stores?
Post by: Sir HC on October 18, 2011, 11:13:16 pm
There is one 7-11 in Howard County that sells beer.  It is weird to see around here.
Title: Re: Can you buy beer in Mont Co grocery stores?
Post by: sweetcell on October 18, 2011, 11:27:51 pm
That's the closest liquor store to downtown Rockville? F me running.

go north on N Washington street to the corner of dawson ave:
Tiger Beer Wine & Deli
303 North Washington Street
Rockville, MD 20850-1705
(301) 279-7070

there's another place a block up, where Washington hits 355.  but if you were looking for tonight, well, you're out of luck since it's after 10.  you'll need to hit up a bar/restaurant.
Title: Re: Can you buy beer in Mont Co grocery stores?
Post by: Thousand Made-Up Loves on October 19, 2011, 09:17:13 am
Thank you sweetcell. That will work. Possibly moving up to the area.
Title: Re: Can you buy beer in Mont Co grocery stores?
Post by: MindCage on October 19, 2011, 10:09:51 am
There's two 7-11s that sell beer in MoCo. The one on 355 right before old town Gaithersburg did many moons ago as well as one in Takoma Park.

Title: Re: Can you buy beer in Mont Co grocery stores?
Post by: evilizac on October 19, 2011, 10:38:53 am
Also 7-11 across from the Home Depot in Aspen Hill
Giant in White Oak has a nice beer and Wine selection.
The Korean Korner at Viers Mill and Randolf is not bad (plus you can use the beer to was down some Kimchee and dried shrimp. . . yum)
. . . I miss living back home (Hawaii) going to any Safeway and getting markdowns with my Safeway card. . . Nothing more satisfying than being encouraged to drink by your grocery stores discount card. . . Plus being able to buy the hard stuff in the same place as you buy your general munchies and chocolate cake.
Title: Re: Can you buy beer in Mont Co grocery stores?
Post by: Frank Gallagher on October 19, 2011, 10:51:37 am
Ha!! You reminded me of my trip to Hawaii a long time ago. Our wives worked together and it was a convention so the other husband and myself rented a car and just drove around the island. He kept pointing out '7-11' everytime we passed one, which I thought was weird. (I didn't really know him) After many "7-11's" I asked him what the attraction to them were and he just said....'BEER!!' He lived in VA and me in MD so I didn't even connect convenience stores with alcohol.

Needless to say I pulled into the very next 7-11!!
Title: Re: Can you buy beer in Mont Co grocery stores?
Post by: StoneTheCrow on October 19, 2011, 10:57:51 am
Roots on Georgia Venue between Aspen Hill and Olney also sells beer.  Only been open a couple of years, I think.  Not a huge selection but they always have Dale's and products by Troegs and Stone breweries.  Seems like Sam Adams is the only mainstream beer they sell.
Title: Re: Can you buy beer in Mont Co grocery stores?
Post by: sweetcell on October 19, 2011, 11:11:41 am
Thank you sweetcell. That will work. Possibly moving up to the area.

welcome to the 'hood.  

the intersection of rockville pike/355 and wootton/1st/norbeck, about 3/4 of a mile south of rockville center, is a good area to hit up:
- MoCo liquor store on the south-east corner.  cheapest beer prices but nothing is chilled so plan ahead.  big wine and liquor selection, beer selection is only so-so.
- belby's is just a few doors south.  decent little mom-n-pop beer shop.  better selection of beer than the county shop.
- on the south-west side there is another mom-n-pop, by the blooms grocery (wintergreen plaza).  again, better selection than the county store.  this is also your closest source of chipotle burritos :)
- there's also a beer store on the north east corner, just north of the jiffy lube, but i've never been in there.

i have yet to find a beer store that has a consistently great beer selection.

i live a few blocks away from the aforementioned intersection, lemme know if you have any other questions.
Title: Re: Can you buy beer in Mont Co grocery stores?
Post by: Frank Gallagher on October 19, 2011, 11:20:38 am
Is Rodmans still around?

Decent selection of unusual beers and ENGLISH CHOCOLATE....The two main food groups.
Title: Re: Can you buy beer in Mont Co grocery stores?
Post by: StoneTheCrow on October 19, 2011, 11:23:41 am
- belby's is just a few doors south.  decent little mom-n-pop beer shop.  better selection of beer than the county shop.

i have yet to find a beer store that has a consistently great beer selection.



Very good selection but be careful of their prices.  I recall seeing a six pack of Nugget Nectar there for ~$20.  Those go for far cheaper elsewhere.

Not sure about other shops in that immediate area.  The semi-infamous Olney store is 20 minutes away but they're a bit pricey, too.
Title: Re: Can you buy beer in Mont Co grocery stores?
Post by: StoneTheCrow on October 19, 2011, 11:24:14 am
Is Rodmans still around?

Decent selection of unusual beers and ENGLISH CHOCOLATE....The two main food groups.

Yes.  Viers Mill and another by White Flint, IIRC.
Title: Re: Can you buy beer in Mont Co grocery stores?
Post by: grateful tagle zuppi pizzaboli on October 19, 2011, 11:29:19 am
Giant in White Oak has a nice beer and Wine selection.

Depends on what you mean by "nice selection"  [/beer snob]
Title: Re: Can you buy beer in Mont Co grocery stores?
Post by: mekmad on October 19, 2011, 11:38:44 am
While we are on the subject of Mont Co beer stores, has anyone ever seen hofbrau beer for sale?  I usually have to pick it up near work in arlington. 
Title: Re: Can you buy beer in Mont Co grocery stores?
Post by: evilizac on October 19, 2011, 11:39:03 am
Oh the Magruder's in Gaithersburg (off of Quince Orchard Rd.) They used to have a beer that was everpresent in my childhood (Steinlager, New Zealand. . .). . . Not at all Rockville, but good to know that there are places that you can get legit food and stock up on the necessities. . .
Title: Re: Can you buy beer in Mont Co grocery stores?
Post by: sweetcell on October 19, 2011, 12:49:35 pm
Is Rodmans still around?

Decent selection of unusual beers and ENGLISH CHOCOLATE....The two main food groups.

Yes.  Viers Mill and another by White Flint, IIRC.

ha!  i stand corrected.  i was shopping in white flint this past weekend and stuck my head into Rodmans (didn't recognize the name, i only realized it was Rodmans after i google mapped it).  they did indeed have a great beer selection.  not exactly local to downtown rockville, but an easy drive away.  great little import deli.

english chocolate, IMHO, is unimpressive.  there is nothing inherently special about the stuff.  i totally understand how it holds nostalgia for a POME, but for me it reminds me of the boring stuff my granny put out at christmas. 
Title: Re: Can you buy beer in Mont Co grocery stores?
Post by: Frank Gallagher on October 19, 2011, 12:53:48 pm
Is Rodmans still around?

Decent selection of unusual beers and ENGLISH CHOCOLATE....The two main food groups.

Yes.  Viers Mill and another by White Flint, IIRC.

ha!  i stand corrected.  i was shopping in white flint this past weekend and stuck my head into Rodmans (didn't recognize the name, i only realized it was Rodmans after i google mapped it).  they did indeed have a great beer selection.  not exactly local to downtown rockville, but an easy drive away.  great little import deli.

english chocolate, IMHO, is unimpressive.  there is nothing inherently special about the stuff.  i totally understand how it holds nostalgia for a POME, but for me it reminds me of the boring stuff my granny put out at christmas. 

You have to be careful with English chocolate over here.....check the wrapper because most of it is made by Hershey under license so just shit repackaged. (think Lexus) Or is way past it's sell by date.
If you can get the original stuff it's excellent.

We just have family send it over or any Brit/Irish who goes home for a visit comes back with a suitcase full to share amongst the ex-pats.