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PeteM

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Was wondering if anyone could recommend any online vendors. Never have used one before and could use some help in choosing one. Thanks
 
I have used Rebel Brewer several times. Good prices, and great service. I would recommend them to anyone. No affiliation, just a satisified customer.
 
Austinhomebrew.com has a wonderful selection (something like 1600+ kits/clones), as well as FREE shipping on all orders over $100 (with no restrictions on size/weight/etc).

They also allow you to order fractions of grains (ounce or more), while some only allow you to order by the pound. You can choose crush/uncrushed, and they'll either package your grain bill together or separate.

Brewmasters warehouse has a cool online feature where you can "build" your beer and then order it again and again.
 
http://www.northernbrewer.com/
I've ordered from them a few times. Always a great experience.

http://www.bargainfittings.com/
More of a niche online homebrew shop. But, was very pleased with my order.

http://www.austinhomebrew.com/
Never ordered from them yet. But, Forrest, from there, is quite active on these forums. Seems like an OK guy to do business with.

http://www.williamsbrewing.com/
Ordered from them once. No complaints.

http://morebeer.com/
Never ordered from them. But I like to stop by once a day and see what their deal of the day is. Usually a pretty good deal. Just nothing that I've needed.....yet.
 
I've used all of the ones mentioned, except for rebelbrewer.com (I just always forget about them- but I will give them a try).

I really like brewmasterswarehouse for specialty grains- he has everything I'm looking for. I like austinhomebrew.com for their "kits"- they have clone kits of every commercial beer you can think of and I love their clear well written instructions. I like northernbrewer.com for their beer style kits, and their selection of base grains. I also buy more wine kits from them, but I've also bought some wine kits from ahs, too. I get my cheese items from AHS, but now brewmasterswarehouse.com has cheesemaking ingredients. I buy frozen grapes for wine from Midwest, and I've liked their customer service.

There are others I use on occasion, but those are the three I use most often. The orders come super fast from brewmasterswarehouse for me- usually in 2-3 days FedEx and my stuff is here.

Overall, I'm very happy with them all, and would hate to have to choose one! I try to order from different ones, to "spread it around" so to speak, as they have all been Vendors here on this forum and I don't want to pick favorites!
 
The ones that I have personally used and would vouch for:

Northern Brewer; used them the most, never any complaints
Austin Homebrew Supply; only used Forrest a couple times, no complaints, he's around here all the time
Brewmaster's Warehouse; another HBT regular, placed one order that I can recall, no issues
Williams Brewing; only used them once (oxygenation kit), no issues
MoreBeer; used them once, a small issue they took care of, appreciate that they helped us raise some money for Babalu87, an HBT regular who's been stricken with EEE

MidWest; haven't used them myself, but have heard nothing but positive things about them

Who am I forgetting... frankly, of all these major vendors, I've had one tiny (resolved) issue. I tend to like Northern Brewer, as they seem to get me my stuff the quickest. Really, any of these shops should be fine.
 
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