That actually made me chuckle... there are very few things that homebrewers agree on, 100% anyway.
I beg to differ.
That actually made me chuckle... there are very few things that homebrewers agree on, 100% anyway.
My LHBS really sucks. They do have a pretty good selection of equipment for a rookie like me (the only thing I miss is hop bags) but when it comes to ingredients, they really suck. They only have kits, DME and some wierd little tea bags with hops (nothing interesting, just stuff like Saaz and Goldings). When I was shopping for ingredients for my first brew (an APA), I asked the woman who runs the store if they had any other yeast than the ones in the kits because I didn't want to use kit yeast. She looked at me like I was a moron and told me that they sold lots of these kits with "so called bad yeast" so there couldn't be anything wrong with it.
What was his problem with wyeast smack packs? What did he prefer or recommend?
CV - I have also been a semi-frequent customer at this LHBS, and another store in Richmond that sells homebrew equipment and ingredients as a second thought to kitchen supply. With the drive, higher prices, and all other aspects in consideration I have been thinking of opening a LHBS myself near the fan/downtown. The only thing I worry about is having a customer base to support one. You may know the areas homebrew population a bit better than me, as I have not really met any others in Richmond (except the few I have converted). Do you think the city could support it?
Turns out he only sells White Labs or Safale yeast, so of course he'd scoff at Wyeast. He prefers the WL vials I suppose.
Was it Steinfillers? That's where I've been going for a while, except for a few years in the valley when I would go to The Home Wine, Beer, and Cheesemaking shopI will not use my LHBS(Long Beach) because of one dick that was working there a couple of years ago. He was too busy to do some specialty grains for me (he was surfing the internet). So I walked out and never went back
I make the 2 hr roundtrip drive out to Morebeer in Riverside now if I need stuff in a hurry.
Was there a couple of weeks ago and got back home and had a customer service questionaire waiting in my email inbox.
Only gripe I have is they don't offer ya a sample of their homebrew unless you are one of the "good 'ol boys".
At least the store that I don't patronize anymore would offer you a sample of whatever they had on tap that day.
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