AB Liquor Store

Surprisingly good neighborhood liquor store. Great selection of Scotch and other hard liquors, including some hard-​to-​find stuff. Wine is hit or miss: he seems to carry a lot more reds than whites. The California wines are, by in large, outrageously overpriced, but you can get some great deals in the European and Oregon areas if you know what you’re doing. The guy who owns it is nice and very knowledgeable, if you can get him to pay attention to you (I think he really prefers to watch soccer).

This place always has whatever my latest strange request is. This year it was organic vodka made in the U.S., a single malt scotch that could compete w Lagavulin 16, and an elderberry liqueur called St Germaine. No problem, AB has it all. I should add that the owner is a nice guy who knows a lot about scotch/​whiskey and, as long as it’s not too busy, is happy to educate and chat w customers. Oh yeah, he carries Rangpur gin too. Always important.

Great selection of beer, wine and liquor, and Hubert, the owner, will help you select something if you aren’t quite sure what you are looking for.
Someone tanked the score in their rating because he was carded — come on, this is a family owned business and if they get busted selling to underage patrons they can lose their livelihood. There is no insult in it if you get carded, as it is the law and they just are trying to comply. If you are 28 but look 20, take it as a compliment and quit complaining if someone double checks your ID.

Yikes, walked in and was greeted so rudely I was in complete shock. So I walked right out. Looks like they had a lot of liquor though, but not sure about anything else.

Went here and got some rum. They have a pretty big selection and they had sailor jerrys 750 for 13 bucks, not bad!

My first Unilocal review is dedicated to AB Liquor Store and the Asian dude with glasses behind the counter. Star off for prices being a bit on the high side, but it’s not all that bad. Sometimes you pay for convenience, and being right in the middle of AdMo, that’s what you get.
Now the Asian dude with glasses — I’ve been here only a few times, but each time, this cool guy happily serves me, rings me up, and I’m turning away to leave when he suddenly becomes concerned that I might be underage.
«Are you 21? Hey, are you 21?» (very concerned look on his face). Hey genius, if you’re so concerned, why didn’t you just card me? Did I suddenly become more youthful looking between the time I walked in, shopped, you rung me up and when I turned away to leave? Save the awkward moment where you think you just sold booze to an underage dude and just card people, man. I have a feeling he does this to a lot of people.
Should I be flattered, by the way? I’m in my mid-​late 20s. For guys at this point, I don’t think it’s a compliment that I come off as under 21. So one star docked for insulting me, bro!

Great selection and friendly service. Fat Tire always in stock. :)

If you’re having trouble finding your favorite single malt, your girl’s favorite spiked lemonade, or you’re on your way to an Adams Morgan house party with empty hands, this is your one-​stop liquor shop.
I know this because I was searching for a very specific single malt, called AB Liquors, and, after some searching, the owner called me back and let me know that, although it wasn’t in stock, he had ordered some more, and that out should arrive in two days.
With that kind of service, plus the knowledge he imparted along the way about scotch fortifications, this is likely to become my go-​to for all things libation-​related.

Great selection, great prices, extremely friendly and helpful staff. The owner is always a pleasure to interact with. What more could you ask for?

This store is very conveniently located in Adam’s Morgan and really for being so limited in options, I am surprised this place is so great. The little Asian man who I think owns the store really knows his booze and is very very friendly. In spite of the few not so savory wanders that come into this place, I’d have to say its really so much better than you’d expect and it’s well worth spending your liquor money in.

Pretty awesome for the neighborhood liquor store. Good, if not spectacular, selections of beer and liquor (and it seems like they have a good amount of wine, too, but I don’t really get much of that). Plus the guy that is usually there is quite helpy.

This place is a great neighborhood liquor store — it has a great selection of specialty beer and they always have some sort of sample. I can’t say that I really drink anything other than beer but they do have a heck of a selection for a neighborhood liquor store.
Only three stars because of the high prices.

Hell yeah! Great selection, and the owner laughed at me for eating filthy lemon-​chili peanuts.

The guys at AB are sweethearts. Although they can be difficult when you’re haggering over the price of a keg or three, they’ve given you a bum tap, or they sold one of the kegs you reserved, overall it’s obvious that they mean well. With a great wine selection, a pretty standard selection of six packs and keg beer, and AB’s rockstar location between blockbuster and Starbucks on Columbia makes it pretty sweet.