cheap liquor

reboot · Post by **reboot** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 10:50 am

I am driving to BM from Salt Lake City and was wondering where the cheapest place to buy beer and liquor is in Nevada. If I go past exit #43 (BM exit) to go all the way to Reno to stockup it looks like I'll have to go about 25 miles each direction out of my way. So it seems it needs to be a city/town east of Reno. Thanks!

Jp · Post by Jp » Mon Aug 16, 2004 11:28 am

I drive from SLC every year and have had pretty good luck in Winnemucca. We always go to Raileys, the local grocery store. The only problem I've encountered is that sometimes the other burners clean them out of the cheapest booze forcing me to buy the next to the cheapest booze. I've never searched for the very cheapest booze because it all seems cheap compared to Salt Lake. I think that Winnemucca has a Wally World or something hateful like that but is it worth selling your soul to walmart to save a couple bucks? One thing I do know is that Wendover seems super expensive comparatively.

Raileys is a great place to get food and ice etc too.

have a great drive and hope you find the mecca of cheap alcohol.

Jp

JezebelinHell · Post by **JezebelinHell** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 11:49 am

If you're actually IN Reno for any reason, BJ's Liquor (there are several of them) is about the cheapest liquor store on earth. Great selection too. Just something to keep in mind.

sator · Post by **sator** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 2:02 pm

BJ's Liquor (there are several of them) is about the cheapest liquor store on earth.

Pardon my ignorance . . . is tequila much cheaper in Reno than in California?

LostMachine · Post by **LostMachine** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 2:15 pm

ALL Booze is cheap in Nevada. I once spent more on Water than I did on Beer.
Nevada is the last great drunk state.

Post by **AntiM** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 3:56 pm

Nevada is the last great drunk state.

You haven't been to Wyoming lately, have you?

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 4:13 pm

AntiM wrote:
Nevada is the last great drunk state.
You haven't been to Wyoming lately, have you?

New York just hasn't been a contender since they illimnated the 3-martini lunch.

Icepack · Post by **Icepack** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 6:53 pm

Jp wrote:I drive from SLC every year and have had pretty good luck in Winnemucca. We always go to Raileys, the local grocery store. The only problem I've encountered is that sometimes the other burners clean them out of the cheapest booze forcing me to buy the next to the cheapest booze. I've never searched for the very cheapest booze because it all seems cheap compared to Salt Lake. I think that Winnemucca has a Wally World or something hateful like that but is it worth selling your soul to walmart to save a couple bucks? One thing I do know is that Wendover seems super expensive comparatively.

Raileys is a great place to get food and ice etc too.

have a great drive and hope you find the mecca of cheap alcohol.

Jp

I believe the Albertson's grocery store in Winnemucca may have booze too, but I can't remember for certain. There is a Wally World and a Flying J's truck stop in Winnemucca as well.

I'd be curious to know where is Railey's?

fancy1 · Post by **fancy1** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 10:41 pm

Just be glad you're not buying at the Oregon State-controlled Liquor stores here. Can't buy anything but beer and wine at the grocery store. And the state controls the pricing on the booze at liquor only stores.
I'll be stocking up once I cross the border!

Fancy

reboot · Post by **reboot** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 6:54 am

Icepack wrote:
Jp wrote:I drive from SLC every year and have had pretty good luck in Winnemucca. We always go to Raileys, the local grocery store. The only problem I've encountered is that sometimes the other burners clean them out of the cheapest booze forcing me to buy the next to the cheapest booze. I've never searched for the very cheapest booze because it all seems cheap compared to Salt Lake. I think that Winnemucca has a Wally World or something hateful like that but is it worth selling your soul to walmart to save a couple bucks? One thing I do know is that Wendover seems super expensive comparatively.

Raileys is a great place to get food and ice etc too.

have a great drive and hope you find the mecca of cheap alcohol.

Jp
I believe the Albertson's grocery store in Winnemucca may have booze too, but I can't remember for certain. There is a Wally World and a Flying J's truck stop in Winnemucca as well.

I'd be curious to know where is Railey's?

Icepack, I believe Jp meant "Raley's" and according to their website the address is 1125 W. Winnemucca Ave. (It's right off the freeway on the North side if memory serves). FYI, I have not set foot in a Sprawlmart in years.

Fancy, at least you can buy beer and wine at the grocery--can only get watered down beer in Utah. Everything else is at the state liquor stores and it is EXPENSIVE!

Thanks all for the tips. My vote for cheap liquor in NV, if I could get all the way to Reno, is Costco.

playa greetings!

Selkie · Post by **Selkie** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 7:12 am

theCryptofishist wrote:AntiM wrote:
Quote:
Nevada is the last great drunk state.
You haven't been to Wyoming lately, have you?
New York just hasn't been a contender since they illimnated the 3-martini lunch.

Yeah, but Denver just got voted the drunkest city in the US.

http://www.menshealth.com/cda/article/0 ... 61,00.html

Icepack · Post by **Icepack** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 7:48 am

fancy1 wrote:Just be glad you're not buying at the Oregon State-controlled Liquor stores here. Can't buy anything but beer and wine at the grocery store. And the state controls the pricing on the booze at liquor only stores.
I'll be stocking up once I cross the border!

Fancy

New Hampshire is like that too.

In Massachusetts, you can't buy beer and wine in most of the grocery stores unless they have a special license. Some convenience stores sell it. Mostly though you have to go to the liquor stores to buy it all.

In Massachusetts you get hit with a 5 cents/can deposit for the beer cans too. So we will be buying our stuff in Nevada. We can buy it at the last minute and load it in the passengers laps for the last bit of the trip from Winnemucca to the Camp.

(Nice to see you here Fancy!)

Icepack · Post by **Icepack** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 7:50 am

What is the legal drinking age in Nevada anyway? Is it 21 all across the country now? Once we are at Burning Man, who cares, but I'm just curious if our under-21 friend will be able to drink anywhere else.

JezebelinHell · Post by **JezebelinHell** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 7:56 am

The legal drinking age is 21, and that's absolutely anywhere in the U.S. (including Nevada).

I've never been to the one in Winnemucca, but I've found Raley's to be pretty damn expensive compared to other grocery stores. If you can find an Albertsons it'll probably save you a bit of cash.

Icepack · Post by **Icepack** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 7:57 am

JezebelinHell wrote:The legal drinking age is 21, and that's absolutely anywhere in the U.S. (including Nevada).

I've never been to the one in Winnemucca, but I've found Raley's to be pretty damn expensive compared to other grocery stores. If you can find an Albertsons it'll probably save you a bit of cash.

Thanks Jezebel!

reboot · Post by **reboot** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 9:47 am

JezebelinHell wrote:I've never been to the one in Winnemucca, but I've found Raley's to be pretty damn expensive compared to other grocery stores. If you can find an Albertsons it'll probably save you a bit of cash.

Thanks, JezebelinHell. I scanned the ads for both and you are right. ABS is cheaper. Just have to have another damn membership card :evil:

See ya a week from Monday Icepack/Fancy!

JezebelinHell · Post by **JezebelinHell** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 9:55 am

When you get to the ABS checkout, tell them your phone number is (write this down now): 775-813-1237. That's an old, nonfunctional number, so I don't mind giving it out, but it's what my membership is under, so feel free to use it. No one will know the difference.

Icepack · Post by **Icepack** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 10:30 am

reboot wrote:
JezebelinHell wrote:I've never been to the one in Winnemucca, but I've found Raley's to be pretty damn expensive compared to other grocery stores. If you can find an Albertsons it'll probably save you a bit of cash.
Thanks, JezebelinHell. I scanned the ads for both and you are right. ABS is cheaper. Just have to have another damn membership card

See ya a week from Monday Icepack/Fancy!

WHoohoo. Another L-A Fer! We'll be flying right through Salt Lake City on our way out.

Back to the topic.... I missed, what is ABS? Is that Albertson's? or something else?

MissNev · Post by **MissNev** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 11:51 am

Another good place to buy inexpensive liquor, food and ice is Scolari's in Fernley. Fernley is the last little town before you hit the turnoff at Wadsworth. They have a pretty good selection as well.

bcbud · Post by **bcbud** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 9:42 pm

Do the liquor stores around them parts carry Sake?

We've got a large asian population in Vancouver that makes sake pretty common... will it be easy enough to find "down there"?

MissNev · Post by **MissNev** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 10:35 am

I've seen a couple of varieties of Sake at Ben's Discount Liquors. I was in PJs yesterday afternoon and I was amazed at the low prices for good alcohol. I was at the PJs on Baring Boulevard across from Reed High School. For instance, I was looking for Meyers Dark Rum. I saw a 750ml bottle in Safeway "on sale" for $29.99. I bought the same bottle at PJs for 17.99.

reboot · Post by **reboot** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 11:31 am

I was at the PJs on Baring Boulevard across from Reed High School.

MissNev, interesting zoning there....Hey, is PJ's what was referred to earlier in this chain as "BJ's?"

And Icepack ABS is Albertson's (their Dow Jones trading symbol)

Guess I should just drive the extra miles to Reno....thanks all

cheap liquor

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probably Winnemucca

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Re: probably Winnemucca

legal drinking age?