Everybody has their favorite places for stocking up on beer, wine, and other liquefied fruits and grains.

Living in Frederick County, MD, I have my local place where I will pick up a six for my weekend quick fix of beer or even a bottle of the fermented grape. Unfortunately, the local place, which will remain nameless, is a little over-priced - so I do pay a premium for being able to get my alcohol only five minutes from my house rather than 25 minutes.

For the store's size, it has a respectable selection of micro-brews and imports - ranging from sixes of Wychwood's Hobgoblin to Lancaster's Hop Hog. It carries a variety of beers from across the country, but if I am really looking for something I haven't tried before, there are several places that I will look to go.

In the greater Frederick area, my favorite place for price and selection tends to be Ye Old Spirit Shop on Seventh Street, just off of Route 15. The store has an impressive selection of beer and some high quality reasonably priced wines.

For the fan of microbrews and imports, this store is something of a playground - no, it's not one of those huge, warehouse-like super-stores - but management has done a wonderful job of cramming their store full of beers from England, Ireland, Belgium, Germany, and from all over the United States. For a list of the brands and varieties, click on the link above and go to the "Beer" page where you can click on a button that will allow you to view the store's inventory.

A smaller location that I will sometimes go in Frederick is Riverside Liquors, next to the Blockbuster Video just off of Route 26, heading towards Walkersville. They don't have the selection of Ye Old Spirit Shop - for either beer or wine, but they are reasonably priced and do carry a couple of the lower end (price-wise) quality wines that are sometimes hard to find at the Spirit Shop.

Then in Williamsburg, for wine there's The Chef's Kitchen which Kelly talked about briefly in this post.

Another favorite of mine for the vino, and it's not so much about a huge selection as it is about good wine at a good price in a town that's just a pleasant day trip, is the Shepherdstown Sweet Shop Bakery in Shepherdstown, WV. The bakery, located on German Street in Shepherdstown, the main drag in the home of Shepherd University - once a Civil War hospital.

The bakery holds periodic wine tastings and is just an easy place to relax and unwind.