Wholesale/Discount Alcohol in the DC/DMV area?

Ive heard good things about totalwine.com (especially for kegs if thats of interest) but havent used them.

Total wine & spirits in Alexandria could probably help. I heard they will take back unopened alcohol.

A friend with a private club uses Capitol Liquor. They will allow you to return unopened bottles afterward.

Total Wine. There are a few locations. I usually go to the one in Laurel, md.

I'd price it out too... after I'd priced out the liquor we'd want; it was slightly cheaper (maybe $500) than the caterer providing the bar, which to me, wasn't worth the extra hassle of having to buy and deliver everything

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Then again, you'd probably save more returning unopened bottles. I did that at Corridor Liquors (now Total Wine) in Laurel once for an event I helped plan

Mt Airy Liquor does this, that's who we are using. I can't advise on prices since we are still too far out to order.

We did this. For liquor, Montgomery County (MD) Wine and Spirits stores typically have the lowest prices. They have coupons, sales, and bulk discounts. Total Wine has the best selection on wine and also puts out coupons, and I think has case discounts. Both chains, and the VA ABC stores, have online inventory and pricing, so you can comparison shop before you go. We've found beer pricing to vary a lot, depending on how specific you are on brands.

These are great suggestions, thank you! We live in Md, work in DC and are getting married in Va so can really open our options on where. Love total wines and go there for our wine, so will definitely look into thait. Thanks everyone!

Funny I just made a post about buying our own alcohol, and we are also in the DC area, and if we can figure out the logistics of how we would get it to our reception location this would be our next step, so I'm following this thread and writing these down haha. Total Wine and Costco were our initial thoughts

Check out Ace Liquors. They have multiple locations in the DMV area and allow return of unopened bottles.

I’m getting married in a few months and also trying to save on liquor. Also not sure of how much to buy?

We're using Ace Beverage in the Foxhall area and they buy back after. They've been very helpful with estimating - caterer have is specialty drink ideas, passed that to Ace and they have us estimates letting us add more or less of whatever liquor.