How close is your "local" home brew shop?

[secondbase]

Five miles from my house.

 

[fuelish]

My closest is only minutes away (and it's a brewpub as well), but he's more geared towards beer brewers as far as ingredients go, and I'm doing meads any more - he's got any equipment I'd need, basic stuff - hydrometers, bottle caps, airlocks, bungs, etc, but for more mead/wine specific stuff, I make the 18 mile drive to west Knoxville for that stuff, and try to buy enough stuff to make it worth the trip.....the truly local place is pretty cool, stop in to buy some caps or StarSan or whatever, have a pint, shoot the **** with the owner - they had brewed a blonde yesterday before I went to pick up more caps, it smelled amazing .... they're operation is in full view - I gotta manage to stop by when they're actually brewing, have never witnessed brewing on that scale....I tried their "Belgian Saison" today, was pretty OK....not my fave, but...not big on saisons ...yet

 

[MindenMan]

There are two, one is 15 minutes away and they are nice, prices are okay, but they don't have smaller quantities than 1 pound bags. The 45 minutes away store has a giant selection, lower prices, the store has been in business for 28 years, and if I only want 1 oz of something, that is all I have to buy.
So, if I drive to Reno for something, I make the time to go by the bigger store, have a cold one, and usually strike up conversations with other customers about beer. Sometimes I even buy stuff.

 

[Redhook]

The closest one to me is a 5 minute drive but they don't have much more than ingredients. If I need equipment it's about 20 minutes each way.

 

[thaymond]

3 blocks. I walk there if ive been drinking. And its the Mac Daddy of LHBS. 250 malts, probably 50+ hops, all staff is knowledgeable, and a legal nano brewery inside. I love you Chicago Brew Werks...

Greatest LHBS ever! That reminds me, I need supplies.

I'm 10 minutes from CBW. Shop local buy local!

 

[GrogNerd]

forgot, we actually had a new one open up within the last year

and an even closer one opening next month (hopefully)

depending on time of day, traffic can suck a little or a whole lot.

 

[JonM]

I am so freakin' spoiled. Northern Brewer's retail shop is about one mile away.

 

[Devinv]

2 minute drive

 

[user 144271]

30 miles for me. Gives me a chance to take the dog for ride

 

[unionrdr]

Some 15 miles or so for me, about 15 minutes up I90. Small shop, but has some good stuff. Now if they just carried the main brands of grains so I didn't have to order the ones I like to use...JW Dover.

 

[CA_Mouse]

Ohhhh DAMN!
I haven't seen numbers like that since I left LA

And they haven't gotten any better!:rockin:

 

[Rootski]

Northern Brewer is about two blocks off my normal way to and from work. It's about 15 minutes each way from my house if I needed something on a weekend.

 

[JINKS]

About a 15 min drive approx 7 miles. Gotta love small town traffic.

 

[Rivenin]

depeneds on what side of town. I work around the green arrow, live by the red arrow... so it just depends where i'm at around town.

 

[MaddBaggins]

There's 2 in town, but I only support the one farther away. About a 25min drive.

 

[Rotgut]

Mine's about 10 minutes down the freeway. Pretty close, but its not on the way to anywhere else I frequent. Still not bad though, and I don't mind the trip.

 

[Dutchbier]

20-25 minutes but I want him to stay so I buy there instead of the internet.

 

[Hello]

2 miles from one and 12 miles from the other. I go further so I can deal with people who know their **** and actually enjoy facing the customer.

 

[pricelessbrewing]

About 10 minutes with decent traffic, up to 20 minutes depending on time of day. Also highway is under construction so usually about 15 currently. There's also a brewery within walking distance, and four bars that supply me with empty bottles on occasion within 10 minutes

 

[willy_mugobeer]

Two and a half blocks. Conveniently also right in the middle of our farmers market, and on the way to the grocery store and my kid's school. Not the cheapest or most convenient hours but....the location can't be beat.


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[h4mmy86]

About two, two and a half hours if I take the interstate.

 

[olotti]

About 4 blocks away literally around the block with another whithin 10 miles, I'm fortunate the better one is closer.

 

[WileECoyote]

About two, two and a half hours if I take the interstate.

Same here h4mmy86, 2 1/2 hrs away ! makes me plan ahead though !

Cheers

 

[TransportJockey]

There's at least two in the ABQ metro area, so I'm about 10 miles or so

 

[Michael357]

Only one here in Cruces that I know of. It's about 6 miles away.

 

[frankjones]

It's ten minutes away... With that being said I order from Midwest because the Price's the lhbs charges are obscene

$1.99 a pound for pale ale malt
$4.49 per one ounce hops union
$4.99 for safale o4. Or o5

Occasionally if I am in a pinch I'll go there.

 

[frankjones]

I like Midwest because easily spend $60 to get free shipping

 

[ChelisHubby]

About 10 minutes away.

 

[FuzzeWuzze]

About 10 minutes away, another that i sometimes go to is like 15.

 

[jhoneycutt]

Only one here in Cruces that I know of. It's about 6 miles away.

As in Las Cruces? I shopped there a time or two while stationed at ft bliss. In fact that's where I bought all my original equipment at and got this obsession started. Now I'm back at sweet home Alabama and my local is 30 mins from home or 30 seconds from my second job.