Finding Demerara Rum in Maryland - Tiki Drinks and Food

R rupe33 Tiki Socialite DC Metro Area (MD) Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 381	R rupe33 Posted posted on Mon, Jul 23, 2007 11:27 AM Hi there - Not sure where you're located, but... the liquor stores in Montgomery County are run by the county, which has both pros and cons. The big pros are that they often put stuff on sale, and when they order something they order in bulk. I've not had much trouble finding Lemon Hart and El Dorado's 15-year in the Takoma Park, Wheaton or Silver Spring stores near where I live. Have even found Lemon Hart's 151 on occasion. The other big plus - they actually post coupons on their website! http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/dlctmpl.asp?url=/content/dlc/liquor/home/index.asp You can find the coupons and stores listed here. The guy at the Flower Ave., Takoma Park, store is terrific, very customer oriented. I highly recommend checking out Montgomery County if you can! The cons - at least according to one Washington CityPaper article - for a restaurant to special order something (like a specific wine) it can be difficult: you have to order in bulk, and it can take up to 2 weeks. It seems the liquor distributors in the area love the county-run business because they don't have to deliver product all over the county! They only have to deliver to one location: the county's warehouse. Then the county distributes from there, which allegedly can take awhile. Another con: due to the weirdness of the county's laws, venues such as the tremendous Dogfishhead Brewpub in Gaithersburg cannot sell their wares for takeout. Also, no liquor sales on Sundays in MoCo. Here's the CityPaper article of which I spoke: http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=640 Good luck in your hunt! And if I can be any assistance, PM me. ~Rupe "Rum will be absolutely necessary to get through this night" --Hunter S. Thompson in 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' [ Edited by: rupe33 2007-07-23 11:28 to fix a typo] [ Edited by: rupe33 2007-07-23 12:32 ]

Hi there -
Not sure where you're located, but... the liquor stores in Montgomery County are run by the county, which has both pros and cons. The big pros are that they often put stuff on sale, and when they order something they order in bulk. I've not had much trouble finding Lemon Hart and El Dorado's 15-year in the Takoma Park, Wheaton or Silver Spring stores near where I live. Have even found Lemon Hart's 151 on occasion. The other big plus - they actually post coupons on their website!
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/dlctmpl.asp?url=/content/dlc/liquor/home/index.asp
You can find the coupons and stores listed here.

The guy at the Flower Ave., Takoma Park, store is terrific, very customer oriented. I highly recommend checking out Montgomery County if you can!

The cons - at least according to one Washington CityPaper article - for a restaurant to special order something (like a specific wine) it can be difficult: you have to order in bulk, and it can take up to 2 weeks. It seems the liquor distributors in the area love the county-run business because they don't have to deliver product all over the county! They only have to deliver to one location: the county's warehouse. Then the county distributes from there, which allegedly can take awhile. Another con: due to the weirdness of the county's laws, venues such as the tremendous Dogfishhead Brewpub in Gaithersburg cannot sell their wares for takeout. Also, no liquor sales on Sundays in MoCo.

Here's the CityPaper article of which I spoke:
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=640

Good luck in your hunt! And if I can be any assistance, PM me.
~Rupe

"Rum will be absolutely necessary to get through this night"
--Hunter S. Thompson in 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'

[ Edited by: rupe33 2007-07-23 11:28 to fix a typo]

[ Edited by: rupe33 2007-07-23 12:32 ]

Post #320644 by rupe33 on Mon, Jul 23, 2007 11:27 AM