Corona Extra is the top-selling beer in Montgomery County, Barefoot wines are the leading wine sellers and Tito’s Handmade Vodka is the most popular spirit. Those products headed their respective lists of the top-selling products according to 2020 sales results released by Montgomery County’s Alcohol Beverage Services (ABS).
Corona Extra has been the top-selling beer brand in Montgomery County for the past five years and Barefoot has been the best-selling wine brand over the same period. Tito’s has been the best-selling liquor brand in the County for the past three years.
The lists are based on sales dollars through the ABS warehouse to private restaurants, privately owned beer and wine stores and the 26 County-operated retail stores.
The top 10 beers by sales:
- Corona Extra
- Heineken
- Modelo Especial
- Bud Light
- Miller Lite
- Coors Light
- Budweiser
- Stella Artois
- Sam Adams
- Michelob Ultra
- Barefoot
- Black Box
- Kendall Jackson
- Sheffield
- Turning Leaf
- Woodbridge
- Sutter Home
- Yellow Tail
- Bota Box
- Franzia
The top 10 spirits brand by sales:
- Tito’s Handmade Vodka
- Hennessy
- Jack Daniel’s
- Johnnie Walker
- Patron
- Jameson
- Bacardi Rum
- Maker’s Mark
- Grey Goose
- Smirnoff
While the top 10 brand list is similar to last year’s list, ABS reports seeing some substantial growth in other categories.
This past November, ABS partnered with the Maryland Distillers Guild to promote Maryland Spirits Month. The retail stores offered 10 percent discounts on Maryland-produced spirits during the promotion campaign. Helped by the campaign, Maryland-made spirit sales in ABS stores increased by $57,007 (288 percent) for November 2020 compared to sales in November 2019. More information on this program can be viewed on ABS’s Maryland Made and Keeping it Local website pages.
