Few questions about doing this from scratch

[TomSD]

Another option is recipe kits... sometimes called extract kits, yeah I know confusing huh? The whole extract and kit thing is thrown around so much it gets confusing until you understand the basics and can figure them out on your own, lol.

Anyway, recipe kits are basically all the ingredients you would go out and buy individually from a LHBS. When you look at one of those you can see the difference by what is packed in the kit. The "no boil" kits typically just have a can and a packet of yeast. The extract kits typically have syrup and/or dry malt extract, grains (maybe), hops and yeast.

You might have better luck finding an online retailer that will ship those to you vs trying to finding just the extract.

One example...
http://www.austinhomebrew.com/index.php?cPath=178_452

Another option is find some dry malt extract, or someone that ships it. You can convert dry recipes to liquid and vice versa pretty easily.

 

[natural]

Another option is recipe kits... sometimes called extract kits, yeah I know confusing huh? The whole extract and kit thing is thrown around so much it gets confusing until you understand the basics and can figure them out on your own, lol.

Anyway, recipe kits are basically all the ingredients you would go out and buy individually from a LHBS. When you look at one of those you can see the difference by what is packed in the kit. The "no boil" kits typically just have a can and a packet of yeast. The extract kits typically have syrup and/or dry malt extract, grains (maybe), hops and yeast.

You might have better luck finding an online retailer that will ship those to you vs trying to finding just the extract.

One example...
http://www.austinhomebrew.com/index.php?cPath=178_452

Another option is find some dry malt extract, or someone that ships it. You can convert dry recipes to liquid and vice versa pretty easily.

Thank you Sir they actually ship to canada. My inbox is full of "No we dont ship to canada" e-mails haha. The search is over and that website is loaded. Really appreciate it.

 

[cklages]

In Canada, my favorite website is www.homebrew-supplies.com

Shipping does get expensive, but if you can find just malted 2-row barley anywhere locally, buy it by the sack and get the specialty stuff online. For your first few attempts, you can get it all online and have him crush it for you if you want.

One other store in Canada I was going to try but haven't yet is http://www.homebrewgearcanada.com/ This one i haven't tried yet, the prices seem a little lower for some things.

 

[TomSD]

Glad to help!

They sell malt extracts (dry and liquid) too when you are ready to start making your own recipes.