Balt/DC area Beer Store?

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I found the following that look promising in the Baltimore area:

• The Old Vine
• Wells Discount Liquors

Cheers and Happy Holidays!

-- Todd Alström Co-Founder & President

-- Extreme Beer Fest = January 29, 2005

This place, while mainly a wine store, has a huge selection of beers - from all over the world. They're in a large warehouse, and they dedicated two whole aisles to beers. They're about halfway between DC and Balt, right off the B/W Parkway on MD 198.

I heartily second the motion for Wells. They offer arguably/possibly the LARGEST selection of retail beers on the Eastern Seaboard. The last time I pulled a list from them, it had 1,156 SKUs (Stock Keeping Units)--though, of course, this includes variations of megabrews in cans, bottles, bigger bottles, etc., and Belgians in small and large bottles, and beers of several vintages (JW Lees 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003 in four casks), etc.

The nearby Old Vine is good as well, as is Chevy Chase Liquors in just-north-of-DC and The Wine Source in the Hampden neighborhood of Baltimore, but Wells is indisputably THE champ. The next nearest competition at that level is State Line Liquors in Elkton, Md., adjacent to the Delaware state line southwest of Newark, Del.

Not to limit you to only one place or option, but you could also consider a gift certificate to pubs like the Brickskeller

Alexander D. Mitchell IV Baltimore columnist, Mid-Atlantic Brewing News

Just want to thank you all for your help! I contacted Wells Liquors and they do offer gift certificates. Once again THANKS!