Detroit Metro anyone?

[capcrnch]

We should be in town before sundown...maybe even early afternoon (2 pm) (the drive is about 411 miles give or take...) and our evenings are open.

What's your schedule look like time wise? Beer, appateasers, beer, dinner, beer??? You name it...

We're staying up the street a bit between 13 and 14 Mile.

I'm at work till about 5.. With traffic crap, i'd be looking about 6 before I would be at the mead. At that point, im thinking beer and food for sure
I know the owners son, i'll see if I can get you a walk-around of the brewery. I've done it before and it's very cool!

Are you coming in from the south?
If so, watch those f'n roads. I just came from that way not too long ago and gave my truck a beatdown on some of the gaping holes on I-75. It's horrible.

 

[homebrewer_99]

I'm at work till about 5.. With traffic crap, i'd be looking about 6 before I would be at the mead. At that point, im thinking beer and food for sure
I know the owners son, i'll see if I can get you a walk-around of the brewery. I've done it before and it's very cool!

Are you coming in from the south?
If so, watch those f'n roads. I just came from that way not too long ago and gave my truck a beatdown on some of the gaping holes on I-75. It's horrible.

No, we're coming from west of Chicago...

I've been to D'twa a couple of times...

The tour sounds good...beer and food always do.

 

[capcrnch]

Well then, ill set it up with him!

 

[homebrewer_99]

OK, 9:22...we were at the Dragonmead a little late, 6:20, but we made it.

Just left.

Must have missed you.

 

[capcrnch]

OK, 9:22...we were at the Dragonmead a little late, 6:20, but we made it.

Just left.

Must have missed you.

Wait, are you serious?
I thought it was Thursday we were meeting?
Why did i think it was Thursday?

Dammit, im sorry man.

 

[homebrewer_99]

I thought it was Monday.

Meeting may be cut short so I don't know if we'll be here on Thurs.

I asked about a tour and they were going to oblige, but I told them it wouldn't be the same without you there.

 

[capcrnch]

I've done that tour a bunch of times, it's cool.

You even said Monday in your PM.

It was just me being a moron and not reading. Totally my bad.

Hope you had a few good beers anyway!

 

[Mustangj]

I've done that tour a bunch of times, it's cool.

You even said Monday in your PM.

It was just me being a moron and not reading. Totally my bad.

Hope you had a few good beers anyway!

How fair away do you live from Dragonmead?

 

[capcrnch]

How fair away do you live from Dragonmead?

Not close enough.
I'm in the Auburn Hills area. I'm actually pretty close to King's.

 

[homebrewer_99]

OK, it's 620...I'm still at the hotel...got some HB available and some Ginger mead if your're interested...or I can meet you are Dragonmead.

cell is...309-378-3393...

 

[RICLARK]

Hey, Off topic but....Do you SE Michigan Brewers have any EXP with "Adventures in HomeBrewing" ? I was wondering cause I went to there site and they had some sweet deals on Kegging starting kits.

 

[Mustangj]

Hey, Off topic but....Do you SE Michigan Brewers have any EXP with "Adventures in HomeBrewing" ? I was wondering cause I went to there site and they had some sweet deals on Kegging starting kits.

I have not been there yet but my boss has and seid they have a lot of stuff.

 

[capcrnch]

Hey, Off topic but....Do you SE Michigan Brewers have any EXP with "Adventures in HomeBrewing" ? I was wondering cause I went to there site and they had some sweet deals on Kegging starting kits.

I went there for the first time a few weeks ago.
I like going and checking out other homebrew shops and comparing them to my local shop.
I got a great deal on 3 cornies and picked up a couple of small items while there, but wasn't impressed by the shop.
As soon as you walk in, you're greeted by a shelving unit full of dusty/dirty glasses.
That seems to be the theme of the shop.
It's set up a little strange. By strange, I mean their organization is a bit weird and backwards in some sections.
I was impressed by the larger size of their shop, but wasn't impressed once I realized that they have a large selection of "crap".. They have alot of stuff, but 60% of it seems like it was stuff that we would never use.
They were also packed. There was about 5 different groups of people in there, with only 2 people working. There was a woman (owners sister I heard) who seemed to know her stuff. She seemed to be very knowledgeable. There was another guy there who didn't seem to know alot about brewing, but was very nice.

If you're close by, its probably worth it.
But if you hear the hype about the place, save yourself the trip.

 

[e lo]

Hey, Off topic but....Do you SE Michigan Brewers have any EXP with "Adventures in HomeBrewing" ? I was wondering cause I went to there site and they had some sweet deals on Kegging starting kits.

I got my inital kegging setup stuff there, except for my reg. and CO2 tank. I liked the prices, and got great customer service. I do agree with the Cap'n, though, that a lot of the stuff wasn't anything I'd be interested in, and "dusty" is a great description of the shop. However, they did have everything that I did need, and prices comparable to most online shops, without having to worry about shipping charges. I'd go back again for sure, just based on the the customer service I got. Probably not worth too long of a trip, but worth the 1/2 hour it takes me to get there from Ann Arbor.

 

[RICLARK]

Alright thanks everyone I was just askin because there website hes me started with 2 cornies a 5 # tank a dual gauge 2 cobra taps and lube for 200 $ I just have to get the hose and quick releases for the 2nd corney and I Was going to take a trip down there in a couple of weeks rather than pay the shipping.

 

[capcrnch]

Alright thanks everyone I was just askin because there website hes me started with 2 cornies a 5 # tank a dual gauge 2 cobra taps and lube for 200 $ I just have to get the hose and quick releases for the 2nd corney and I Was going to take a trip down there in a couple of weeks rather than pay the shipping.

I went to get the cornies and save on shipping.
3 corny kegs + gas for the truck, was still a very big savings over my regular shop.
Thats on large, heavy items though.
If what you're buying is cost effective to ship, it would probably be more worthwhile to go that route.
For me, if its not ridiculously much more (money-wise), ill just pay the extra couple bucks to my regular shop. Its worth it for all the free advice and the loyalty factor.

But, im glad I went, just to see the place. It's nice to check other shops out.
For me, it makes me appreciate my regular shop more.

Don't get me started on the clusterf* that is Cap N' Cork

 

[e lo]

Don't get me started on the clusterf* that is Cap N' Cork

Really? That's too bad. I was thinking of taking a drive to check it out, just to sample another almost-local HBS.

 

[Mustangj]

Don't get me started on the clusterf* that is Cap N' Cork

I'm starting to feel the same way about them.

 

[capcrnch]

Really? That's too bad. I was thinking of taking a drive to check it out, just to sample another almost-local HBS.

No, go and take a look.

My problem with them was this...
Imagine 10 lbs. of crap.
Imagine that 10lbs. of crap, stuffed into a 5 lb. bag.
You just pictured Cap n Cork.

They were cool, but they had so much crap stuffed everywhere. There was literally zero organization and zero sense made in item placement.
You could find a hydrometer down one aisle, but a thief was 3 aisles over in the beer kit section. It was strange.

They had alot of stuff, but it was hard to find.

My personal gripe with them was the service..
One of the guys was awesome. He was super helpful and really nice.
The other guy was a dick.
But, the "cool" guy apologized and said the dick was having a bad day, which everyone is entitled to, so I blew that off.
There was a guy there while I was shopping that was a new brewer... The "dick" was helping him and just beating the guy up for asking dumb questions. Granted, some of his questions were pretty bad, but still.

 

[Mustangj]

No, go and take a look.

My problem with them was this...
Imagine 10 lbs. of crap.
Imagine that 10lbs. of crap, stuffed into a 5 lb. bag.
You just pictured Cap n Cork.

They were cool, but they had so much crap stuffed everywhere. There was literally zero organization and zero sense made in item placement.
You could find a hydrometer down one aisle, but a thief was 3 aisles over in the beer kit section. It was strange.

They had alot of stuff, but it was hard to find.

My personal gripe with them was the service..
One of the guys was awesome. He was super helpful and really nice.
The other guy was a dick.
But, the "cool" guy apologized and said the dick was having a bad day, which everyone is entitled to, so I blew that off.
There was a guy there while I was shopping that was a new brewer... The "dick" was helping him and just beating the guy up for asking dumb questions. Granted, some of his questions were pretty bad, but still.

I think that's the guy I have talked to the last two times.

 

[Kegerator]

Here is a link to a good Beer map.

http://beermapping.com/maps/citymaps.php?m=detroit

 

[capcrnch]

I think that's the guy I have talked to the last two times.

I think the "dick" was an owner or a manager?
The way the cooler guy talked, he made him out to seem like he had importance.

I swear, I got SO lucky with Hopmans being right by my house.
Rick is genuinely really nice and helpful, their prices are good and their set up is nice.
It's just a clean shop with good organization and great people.
Praise hopman. haha

 

[capcrnch]

Has anyone ever been to Beer and Grow?
is it nice or what?

 

[TerapinChef]

Just to put in my (differing) opinion...
I hate to see anyone bashing Cap N' Cork.
I have been to every brewstore in the greater detroit area. I go to school in Livonia, live in SCS, and work in detroit so I'm always driving all over the place. The only place that I have not been to is Adventures in Homebrewing. I'm not one to ask a ton of recipe related questions as I usually know what I am looking for, but I'm a stickler for equipment knowledge, and also being able to get what I am looking for.

Cap N' Cork, first of all, is the cleanest most organized brewshop I have ever been in. They alway have whatever kind of wierd piece of equipment I might be looking for that day, and Andy (I think that's his name, he's the short bearded younger guy that fields all of the all-grain questions) has been willing to run down whatever I'm looking for so I don't even need to look for it. Just wanted to put in my $.02.

 

[Mustangj]

Just to put in my (differing) opinion...
I hate to see anyone bashing Cap N' Cork.
I have been to every brewstore in the greater detroit area. I go to school in Livonia, live in SCS, and work in detroit so I'm always driving all over the place. The only place that I have not been to is Adventures in Homebrewing. I'm not one to ask a ton of recipe related questions as I usually know what I am looking for, but I'm a stickler for equipment knowledge, and also being able to get what I am looking for.

Cap N' Cork, first of all, is the cleanest most organized brewshop I have ever been in. They alway have whatever kind of wierd piece of equipment I might be looking for that day, and Andy (I think that's his name, he's the short bearded younger guy that fields all of the all-grain questions) has been willing to run down whatever I'm looking for so I don't even need to look for it. Just wanted to put in my $.02.

I agree with every thing you just seid. I'm just saying that this ONE guy is not cool. You are right all the other people in the place are real helpful and you tell them what you are looking for and they have it. I have went in there with a shopping list and just handed it to one of the guys and he ran all over the store for me.

 

[capcrnch]

Just to put in my (differing) opinion...
I hate to see anyone bashing Cap N' Cork.
I have been to every brewstore in the greater detroit area. I go to school in Livonia, live in SCS, and work in detroit so I'm always driving all over the place. The only place that I have not been to is Adventures in Homebrewing. I'm not one to ask a ton of recipe related questions as I usually know what I am looking for, but I'm a stickler for equipment knowledge, and also being able to get what I am looking for.

Cap N' Cork, first of all, is the cleanest most organized brewshop I have ever been in. They alway have whatever kind of wierd piece of equipment I might be looking for that day, and Andy (I think that's his name, he's the short bearded younger guy that fields all of the all-grain questions) has been willing to run down whatever I'm looking for so I don't even need to look for it. Just wanted to put in my $.02.

Everyone has their own opinion. Obviously Cap N Cork isn't all too bad, they've been in business for a bit.
I personally just found it to be disorganized and less then I wanted.
The place wasn't "dirty" (it was Adventures that I found dirty)

Again, im spoiled by my lhbs which is spacious and organized, so the bar is set high.

 

[Helmy]

Wine barrel is where its at....They have everything with a helpful and friendly staff

 

[capcrnch]

Wine barrel is where its at....They have everything with a helpful and friendly staff

Is that place in Livonia?
Someone was just telling me they had hb stuff today.

 

[Helmy]

yes it is....plymouth and middlebelt-ish Im telling you man this is the best place i have found. Definately worth a look.

 

[amishland]

is brew n grow out of business? I had a friend tell me they shut down in dec

I called them and phone number was shut off. Does any one know what happened?