My LHBS is over an hour away. But they are pretty much fully stocked, plus have flour for bread, cheese ingredients, etc., Cigars, amazing selection of beers and wines. Much like Cap 'N Cork, but in Grand Rapids. The people are all experienced brewers and will help with advice and recipes, and they've even let me use their laptop to look up recipes on HBT when I forgot my ingredients list.
There is another LHBS that is a bit closer. They are decent, but I have to hustle after work, as they are usually only open until 6PM. They don't have as much stuff, but still have most things you could want, and they used to have a kegerator in the place for sampling from... Don't know if it's still there. They also do a fair amount of online sales. www.brewgadgets.com.
I rarely order online simply because I enjoy going to the stores. I probably don't save money over gas. I'll even wait 3-5 days to go there instead of saving money on gas and time too. I'm dumb that way.
There is another LHBS that is a bit closer. They are decent, but I have to hustle after work, as they are usually only open until 6PM. They don't have as much stuff, but still have most things you could want, and they used to have a kegerator in the place for sampling from... Don't know if it's still there. They also do a fair amount of online sales. www.brewgadgets.com.
I rarely order online simply because I enjoy going to the stores. I probably don't save money over gas. I'll even wait 3-5 days to go there instead of saving money on gas and time too. I'm dumb that way.