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Brand New Brewer. Cecil County Maryland

Discussion in 'North East Homebrew Forum' started by Gary22, Mar 18, 2013.

 

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    Gary22

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Mar 18, 2013
    Hey everyone. New to everything home brew (beer of course). I'm reaching out to my fellow Marylanders for help as a beginner.
    With that said, I just made my first home brew with mr. Beer. It's fermenting now n will be for the next 3 weeks or so before bottling. It'd be great if anybody local could point me in the direction of aLHBS. Thank u
     
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    Hammy71

    Senior Member  

    Posted Mar 19, 2013
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    Gary22

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Mar 19, 2013
    Yea. I was there before a few years ago. But I was only 18-19 years old so the owner wouldn't sell me anything. Can't say that I blame him. But with all honesty, it was for the art of brewing. Not the alcoholic beverage it created. I was wondering if there are any other LHBS around the cecil county/Newark area. Thank you very much for the information though.
     
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    Hammy71

    Senior Member  

    Posted Mar 19, 2013
    No. You can drive all the way up to Chad's Ford, but they don't have a lot. Otherwise your going to Lancaster or towards B-more.
     
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    Gary22

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Mar 19, 2013
    Well I'm in Towson at least one weekend a month. Where is this LHBS in the Baltimore area located? N is it worth going to and checking out?
     
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    Hammy71

    Senior Member  

    Posted Mar 20, 2013
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    Gary22

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Mar 21, 2013
    There well within my range. Ill definitely check them out. Thank you very much
     
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    mjdonnelly68

    Always drinking - never drunk.  

    Posted Mar 21, 2013
    Welcome to the madness.

    Brew a ton before you buy any serious equipment (that way you'll buy based on what you need not what you want).
     
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    STJonesin4

    Member

    Posted Mar 21, 2013
    The Thirsty Brewer in Baldwin is nice. Very helpful dudes in the store.
     
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    Gary22

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Mar 21, 2013
    It seems like they're helpful. I'd like to try to make it to their beer brewing sessions the first Wednesday of the month.
     
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    STJonesin4

    Member

    Posted Mar 21, 2013
    I was thinking the same thing.
     
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    boortzie

    Active Member

    Posted Mar 21, 2013
    I used to live in DC, and learned how to homebrew from the guys at the Flying Barrel in Frederick. They do brew-on-premises, providing all of the materials, equipment, and know-how to get you started. Plus they have a homebrew shop that's pretty nicely stocked (not as good as online vendors, but pretty good nonetheless). I can't recommend them enough for a beginning brewer.
     
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    Gary22

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Mar 22, 2013
    Hmmm that's a lil far but ill have to look into that. What's the cost for their brew-on-premise service? Thanks a lot for the info by the way!
     
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    boortzie

    Active Member

    Posted Mar 22, 2013
    Here's their website: http://www.flyingbarrel.com/brew_on_premise.htm

    I think it's about $100 for a 5 gallon batch. $175 for a 10 gallon batch. That's all in (extract, hops, yeast, equipment, bottles, etc.). But you should know that they only do extract batches there.
     
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    Gary22

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Mar 25, 2013
    That sounds like a good time. And a very knowledgeable one as well. I'm going to try to plan a trip out that way here soon. Thanks for the heads up.
     
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    tonyp063

    Supporting Member  

    Posted Mar 25, 2013
    http://www.nepenthehomebrew.com/

    I've been there several times. New place. The owners are nice, knowledgeable & they seem to have the customer service aspect well in hand. They just started up their brew-on-premisis operation, but I have no knowledge of the pricing.

    They have a good selection of ingredients & such & their prices are competitive.
     
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    Gary22

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Mar 25, 2013
    Thanks a lot. That's very close to my unit and I'll be sure to check it out one weekend I'm down that way.
     
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    squarepeg

    Member

    Posted Apr 25, 2013
    Thirsty Brewer is great. You can tell the staff loves what they do and are great resources. Good prices and selection of ingredients (I'm an extract brewer, so take that for what it is). I've seen some negative comments about the place online, disregard these. Yes, you have to go down cement stairs that always seem to be wet to an unmarked steel door. However, isn't feeling like a bootlegger part of the charm of what we do?
     
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    MDVDuber

    Well-Known Member  

    Posted May 1, 2013
    There are a couple of us in Cecil County - so welcome to the "club". I started with a MR. Beer a few years ago and now - well let's just say MR. Beer is an entry level drug.

    I second How Do You Brew - great folks and always willing to do special orders if you need.

    I also second the buy gear carefully thought above. I spent a good bit of $$ finding my way early on - could have been better spent on better gear with some more experience under my belt.

    Have fun!
     
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    bboykin87

    Member

    Posted Jun 10, 2013
    I just started brewing myself, I'm also in cecil county. I did my first brew last weekend, a red ale from a best brewers kit and I did my second last night/this morning, following an extract recipe for a strawberry blonde, tho I suppose at this point it's just a blone as I haven't added the strawberries yet.

    I've made two trips to How Do You Brew and they seem knowledgeable and helpful, I may check out some of the other stores in PA and the surrounding area just to see how they are. I have been researching and looking into geting into this hobby for a few years and I just wish I did it sooner. I want to brew everything, I wish I could brew all the time lol. I'm gonna run out of room for fermentation and such.
     
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    Gary22

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jun 11, 2013
    That's pretty cool. I've just recently gotten pretty serious into brewing after years of looking into it. It's definitely awesome. The folks up at how so you brew are great. They offer classes for beginners as well. It was very informative n a wealth of knowledge. Unfortunately, I don't think they'll be having another one til fall time.
    Ur blonde ale is pretty odd as I have a blonde(1 gallon) sitting in my primary waiting to go into the secondary with an addition of strawberries as well.
    Anyway, welcome to the obsession. If u need anything that I can assist u with-feel free to ask.
     
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