Home Brew Supplier???

[Willie3]

The poll does not allow for other. So answer where you do your shopping the majority of the time.

Me... its mostly on-line. If I had a store closer to where I live I would go there more.


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[brew502]

Definitely My Old Ky Home Brew store in Louisville, Ky

Paul is very knowledgeable about everything brewing related and can help you out with anything you need to know.

 

[SamuraiSquirrel]

Online - Brewmasters Warehouse. Even if you only order supplies for one batch at a time it still comes out much cheaper than Local Home Brew Store even with shipping.

I bulk order hops from Hops direct. I try to keep cascade and 1 or 2 other common varieties on hand. Occasionally i will need an ounce of something unusual and can't justify having 16 ounces of it. In that case i will throw it on with my brewmasters order.

 

[hal2814]

BMW, Rebel, and HopsDirect get most of my business these days. I have a great LHBS about half an hour away but he's scaled back his hours to the point I can't make it there after work anymore.

 

[user 30639]

Austin Homebrew via the internet is where I get 99% of my stuff. No LHBS in town.

 

[winstonofbeer]

I get all my hops from hopsdirect.
Makes it plain and simple....Little bit of cost up front but its worth it in the long run.

Yeast, Buy a pack here and there and just wash yeast the next 10 times or so before its time to rebuy or i get a yeast slurry from the local brewery.

Grain i just buy by the bag.
The little 1lb here and there i can find localy cheap.

Carboys and brush's etc,......There is a homebrew store but they kinda spendy.
So if its carboys $40.00 for a 6.5 gal isnt to bad.

 

[arturo7]

I'm close to 50-50 LHBS & online so I won't vote.

 

[motobrewer]

i'm a mix as well.

My LHBS happens to be northern brewer, so it happens to work out nicely. Altho I still end up ordering online sometimes (BMW!). Really, its only like 2-3 dollars more, and I don't have to drive 40 minutes thru traffic.

but in the end, gotta support local!

 

[nealf]

Hm, my LHBS is Brewmaster's Warehouse.. I guess I won't vote either b/c isn't that technically a "Both"?

 

[david_42]

My locals, ain't local. Shipping is cheaper than diesel.

 

[mmb]

All of the above.

Hops in bulk from Hopsdirect.

Misc Grain and equipment from Midwest, usually, so Online.

I also get sacks of grain at the LHBS when I'm in the area. It's about 80 miles away..

 

[ajwillys]

Yeah, all of the above for me as well.
Hops from hopsdirect (LHBS is still $4/oz!!)
Bulk grains and yeast are always LHBS.
Specialty grains and other ingredients are from AHS and LHBS
Equipment is always online, never local.

 

[Brew-boy]

Base grain I get from Mid Country, Hops from hopsdirect or freshops. Equipment online from Midwest or Northern brewer everything thing else is LHBS

 

[uechikid]

With the exception of hops, I buy all my ingredients at the local home brew store (More beer). I have had to look elsewhere for some equipment. I needed false bottoms for my keggles and I didn't like the ones they sell. Found exactly what I wanted somewhere else.

 

[s3n8]

My "locals" are both over an hour drive, so most of the biz goes to Ed at BMW. There is a little wine/beer shop threatening to carry homebrew ingredients, so I may shop there more when they get around to it. I still buy liquid yeast locally after a couple bad experiences.

 

[Baldy_Beer_Brewery]

I like to support my lhbs, High Gravity because I think they do a lot for the home brewing community. However I have started buying hops from Hops Direct and wash my yeast. So that just leaves grain to purchase. I want to get a mill and buy 2 row in bulk, but like I said, those guys are great.

 

[jdp]

I am HOURS away from a lhbs. I would like to support one if we actually had one though. It can be frustrating when I forget something (or in last nights case, my son broke my hydrometer)

 

[BigEd]

I'm just a short drive from a very good HBS so 99% of what I use comes from there. http://blackstonevalleybrewing.com/

 

[Rowdy]

99% comes from my lhbs
Brewers apprentice in Freehold NJ http://www.brewapp.com/

 

[shortyjacobs]

lol, my wife works 1 mile from Northern Brewer, and we carpool....so "Local", but it's not really the same as "support your local LHBS, don't order from the big guys online!"

 

[lpdb185]

my closest local store is almost 3 hours away in N.O. Louisiana, so it was of course internet based.