Best Places to Buy Brewing Hardware?

[yourfavo]

I plan on starting my build in the next few weeks and have been reading many of the posts on the thread on everyone else's build. I have a list of all the parts I think I need but not many people posts where they got everything... Some have prats lying around(I'm not that lucky, except for maybe some lumber).

So my question is where are people buying parts... burners,pumps,tubing,snaplock conectors,valves,etc?


I have a limited budget and I want to make sure I have some cash to buy grains and such after I'm done with my build

 

[JohnnyO]

start here:
www.bargainfittings.com

 

[yourfavo]

start here:
www.bargainfittings.com

thanks... they have great prices on connectors and valves

 

[LandoLincoln]

Brewhardware.com is my go-to place for most parts.

 

[Transamguy77]

Brewhardware.com is one I have bought from several times, all good transactions.

 

[jafo28]

Another vote for Brewhardware, just got some stuff from them yesterday.

 

[yourfavo]

Anyone order from brew international.com their prices look really good.


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[LandoLincoln]

ritebrew.com has good prices on a lot of stuff. I usually go there for kegging equipment.

 

[Durhamite]

The few that I usually purchase my stuff from:

Brewhardware.com
Bargainfittings.com
Kegconnection.com

And last but definitely not least, AMAZON. Tons of stuff is much cheaper on there, such as ball valves.

 

[Flboy]

My vote, heartshomebrew.com hands down best prices

 

[kegtoe]

BrewHardware and BargainFittings. Support the folks that contribute to this site. Both have been very helpful to tons of people.

 

[maierhof]

I am going to add my .02 here - I used to use some of those guys but found the quality and price of stainlessbrewing.com to be better fwiw. Best of luck with your build! Kegconnection is still great for beer dispensing items though...

 

[BroomVikin]

I too am wondering about Brew International. Prices almost seem too good to be true and when I called with a question all I got was a recording asking me to leave a message. It didn't even identify who I had called. Seems odd.

 

[EJay]

I just received an order from them a few hours ago. There were two problems with the order. I understand when something doesn't go 100% right, but I base my opinion of a merchant largely on how they deal with a problem when it occurs, so I want to give them a chance to respond to my emails before I say anything bad.

I can say this: I picked up a 3 piece SS valve, some other fittings, a nice weldless thermometer, and various other doodads. Those parts appear to be good quality.

 

[ColbyJack]

I like to peruse the Williams brewing catalog, then shop the internet for the best prices. Helps me find sizes and part numbers, which in turn speeds up the web search.

 

[kegtoe]

I agree with Colby. Looking through magazines is a good start. I get Northern Brewer, Midwest, Williams. The Williams actually has a lot of stuff. Plus magazines support the paper industry
I shop those 3 sites most and dabble with Austin and few others for for equipment. Hardware is kind of a "free for all". Lots of options on the internet. The magazines help keep up to date with all the new products.

 

[yourfavo]

Ok. Here's an update. I bought a false bottom from brew international. Their price was awesome and it shipped quick and was great quality. A+. I did notice that the package label said learntobrew.com. So I checked them out and they also had a great price on a chugger pump which they had sent me a coupon for and over $100 is free shipping. So I ordered that too.

I put in two orders from bargainfittings and got some snap locks and ball valves. All great quality and can't beat $5 2 day shipping.

Satisfied customer!


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[EJay]

Ok. Here's an update. I bought a false bottom from brew international. Their price was awesome and it shipped quick and was great quality. A+. I did notice that the package label said learntobrew.com. So I checked them out and they also had a great price on a chugger pump which they had sent me a coupon for and over $100 is free shipping. So I ordered that too.

I put in two orders from bargainfittings and got some snap locks and ball valves. All great quality and can't beat $5 2 day shipping.

Interesting. My 'from' address was "Online Manager (555)555-5555" but the street address was same as Learntobrew.com, so I think you definitely made a connection.

I was able to contact them about my problems and they say they are fixing them (one missing item, one wrong). I'll know in a few days. So far, satisfied, but I'll know for sure when the other stuff arrives.

 

[AngryMonk]

Going to have to add http://www.ssbrewtech.com/ to the list, their fermenters, both buckets and conicals, are over the top and reasonably priced !

 

[stevehardt]

start here:
www.bargainfittings.com

I've had good luck here as well

 

[Hamaki]

Adventures in Homebrewing has a good deal on center inlet SS Chugger pumps right now. I'll second the nomination of Stainless Brewing, also. Great prices on all your basic SS hardware. Brewhardware has great deals on some really interesting hardware that I haven't been able to find anywhere else. I also just picked up some 3 pc 1/2" SS valves from Jaded for under $10 apiece.

 

[Experibrew]

I may have just been ripped off by this site. No joke. More than 10 days without a response on shipping of an item paid for using Paypal. Not cool at all.

I am very suspect of a review in particular stating that there was a positive experience by the thread starter here who is not a HBT supporter, but oddly started the thread. Last month. I'm not sure what's going on exactly with this ecommerce site or the A+suggestion that came up in the thread like an epiphany. If you're just now looking for hardware, but have a ton of brewing experience? Hmmm. This just doesn't add up.

If out of line, I will kindly retract and relay my eventual experience if I find out otherwise. I see some others online saying "where's my stuff" too.

For now I say it is surely not out of line to shout out *buyer beware* based on my experience and move with extreme caution on any purchase on BrewInternational.com until also proven otherwise. I would hate for anyone else to get taken.

 

[yourfavo]

I am in no way affiliated with brew international. Just pointed out they had a great price on the stuff I was looking for, it shipped fast, and the false bottom in particular was great quality. Sorry you had a bad experience.


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[Experibrew]

Again, in no way set to disparage. You're not Chris Milum? This was not what I would call a normal transaction process. I just can't recommend something so very quickly based on the poor performance seen in the customer service end. It seemed too good to be true and that you did give a stellar review in rather very short order.
The message machine from this company is not professional and a Gmail account for responding to orders or checking up (with no response either way) is very troublesome. I am also troubled to see this matched up with LearnToBrew (?) Is this really the case? I wonder.

The level of surprise on enticing to buy very large amounts of product (free shipping of $100+) had me suspect. If you sent more than $100 and didn't receive anything, I'm sure you would be out of luck. I'm looking to resolve through PayPal and investigation into practices.

Lesson "learned". Other companies will have better customer service and offer only what they have in stock and ready to roll. Cheap pricing should also be another reflective clue, but I took a chance and feel with no communication about status, I may have got burned bad in the wallet.

I needed this equipment prior to now and the shipping appeared like it would be less than a week at worst. Locally some items are not as available.

Details I have discovered which may also be false:
Website: brewinternational.com
Title: Brew International - Supplier of Beer, Wine, and Draft Beer Equipment and Ingredients
Type: wholesale clothing,Wholesale and Outlet
Domain Age: 84 Days
Website Speed: Average
Owner: Chris Milum
Owner Address: 2307 South I-35
Owner City: Moore
Owner Postcode: 73160
Phone Number: 1-405-793-2337
Phone Type: geographic :Moore, OK Southwestern Bell
Email: [email protected]
Ip Address: 192.200.179.14
Nameserver 0 IP: 74.86.11.162
Admin Organization: Learn To Brew

 

[yourfavo]

Nope, my name is jim and I'm from PA. Been brewing for about 7 years and just started getting into all grain and upgrading some of my equipment. Based ok what I saw it does look like brew international and learn to brew are related. I order a lot of merch online so I am always looking for the best places to order. These two sites gave me the best prices for both my pump and false bottom. Although there were others that had some better prices on some other hardware.


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[Cioffi]

Brewhardware. Bobby was very helpful when I was putting together my electric herms system.

 

[EJay]

FWIW I got a reply right away from brewinternational when i logged into their site and sent a message with their internal system.

A paypal dispute would get their attention. I have a non-brewing-related online business and in the rare occasions I get a dispute it gets my attention

I think they're just new and working out the kinks. I got everything I ordered. The first shipment was missing a couple items but they made it right. They'll definitely be in my list of places to look for hardware.

 

[Experibrew]

Shotty system there to say the least. Got the refund finally, but they insisted they had responded to the order. I provided a screenshot of the order and minus of any communications whatsoever. No other communications via email after requesting. All around a long wait for nothing. Not sure how I'd begin to remotely start to recommend a business that was missing things in my first order, if it even partially came to me. Might depend on how necessary the purchase was and timing. In this case, they just did not meet expectations (no merchandise) and in ending the transaction stated that I should "return the item when it comes" to me, while at the same time in prior email stating to me that they never shipped it and we're waiting for my response. Such double speaking confuziblah. I called and emailed to get to that actual point of customer service. Very cross-brained circuit way of answering emails and I guess I shoud have known better. I acted purely on price and that was my big mistake. Lesson learned: Use the businesses that have been around and have earned their right to sell products to us, and have a proven track record, perhaps BBB reviewed and HBT certified to be on the level, and operate in a manner to which they have some kind of dispute resolution agreed fully. But if they can't even respond, and their email is solely gmail, watch out. Just saying. Good to be done.

 

[highgravitybacon]

But if they can't even respond, and their email is solely gmail, watch out. Just saying. Good to be done.

Just an FYI. I contacted brewinternational on their website asking where they are located and asking just some general questions about the store and who runs it, etc. No reply. That was 4-5 days ago. If a business won't even reply to tell me where their store or warehouse is, they're not getting my money.

 

[ickmund]

Just an FYI. I contacted brewinternational on their website asking where they are located and asking just some general questions about the store and who runs it, etc. No reply. That was 4-5 days ago. If a business won't even reply to tell me where their store or warehouse is, they're not getting my money.

You ever get an answer? I sent them an inquiry on their website about a week ago asking about shipping to Spain, as well as wondering about a description of an item. Nothing yet...

My issue is that I can't find stuff here in Spain. Stuff like shanks for my keezer...