alliloop
Active Member
Hellooo again.
So, I was just curious of any Brooklyn folks on here and what y'all think about the Brooklyn Homebrew Shop, as well as Brooklyn Brew - the kids that are selling in the Brooklyn Flea.
We actually started our homebrewing by buying a kit and batch of the Brooklyn Brew Chocolate Maple Porter about 8 months ago.
It turned out to be a mighty tasty beer, but had I not had a friend or a Ma who both brew and had just followed their directions, I wouldn't have known that they forgot to give us the priming sugar and would have had a failure at the end.
A friend of mine just recently went to them for the 1 gallon kit and porter, didn't get any advice and just followed the directions... and failed at the end.
8 months later, and apparently they're still not giving the priming sugar. I dunno... just kinda not good to do to the new comer.
As for the Brooklyn Homebrew shop - I am pretty impressed with them. Of course, I'm still learning, but they've definitely come a long way since they've moved into the new place by the Gowanus.
I've only used their kits so far, but gotta say they have some great ones. Soon, tho, I will venture to the learning of the recipes. It'd be nice if they would supply the mesh bags for the hops and whatnot (like Northern Brewers and other shops we've ordered from online), but that ain't as big a deal as not giving the priming sugar.
Anyone have any thoughts, opinions or suggestions about either of these places?
So, I was just curious of any Brooklyn folks on here and what y'all think about the Brooklyn Homebrew Shop, as well as Brooklyn Brew - the kids that are selling in the Brooklyn Flea.
We actually started our homebrewing by buying a kit and batch of the Brooklyn Brew Chocolate Maple Porter about 8 months ago.
It turned out to be a mighty tasty beer, but had I not had a friend or a Ma who both brew and had just followed their directions, I wouldn't have known that they forgot to give us the priming sugar and would have had a failure at the end.
A friend of mine just recently went to them for the 1 gallon kit and porter, didn't get any advice and just followed the directions... and failed at the end.
8 months later, and apparently they're still not giving the priming sugar. I dunno... just kinda not good to do to the new comer.
As for the Brooklyn Homebrew shop - I am pretty impressed with them. Of course, I'm still learning, but they've definitely come a long way since they've moved into the new place by the Gowanus.
I've only used their kits so far, but gotta say they have some great ones. Soon, tho, I will venture to the learning of the recipes. It'd be nice if they would supply the mesh bags for the hops and whatnot (like Northern Brewers and other shops we've ordered from online), but that ain't as big a deal as not giving the priming sugar.
Anyone have any thoughts, opinions or suggestions about either of these places?