What's your favorite online store for beer kits?

[RIC0]

I'm testing out a williams imperial stout right now, seems pretty legit and more advanced than brewers best.

I'm looking into ritebrew as my next choice just to get feelers out ther for who has what, at what cost and most importantly, the end result.

 

[dallasdb]

I'm testing out a williams imperial stout right now, seems pretty legit and more advanced than brewers best.

I'm looking into ritebrew as my next choice just to get feelers out ther for who has what, at what cost and most importantly, the end result.

I just brewed the Belgian IPA from www.Ritebrew.com

It is a Belgian Tripel with more hops to make it an IPA from what I understand. Pretty excited for it. Definitely not a session brew coming in at >9%

 

[Zandrello]

Homebrewstuff.com you can order specialty grains by the ounce. Fast shipping and flat rate shipping. I use to use northern but hated waiting so long for supplies.

I have not had this experience with Northern Brewer. When I got my full Deluxe Glass brew kit, hydrometer kit, and Honey Brown Ale Extract kit, it all arrived together within 3 business days!

Northern Brewer all the way. Great company, great website, fantastic customer service.
They even gave me a $5 credit towards my next purchase, because my Doberman ate my priming sugar! Luckily, I found out you can just use table sugar, LoL.

 

[Zandrello]

I've been quite happy with NB's kits, and would normally oder them from them a few at a time rather than pick up the ingredients from my local... Watch their shipping rates though - 7.99 flat rate is gone

I've also really liked morebeer's and Austin Homebrew Supply's kits as well, and would order from either.

I also have not experienced this.
When I ordered my whole brew kit/equipment, hydrometer, and Honey Brown Ale kit, they sent it ALL to me for $7.99 flat rate!

Yay Northern Brewer!

 

[AnnapolisBrewer]

Ive used midwest supplies and Annapolis Home Brew. Midwest has better prices but I imagine that is because they run a larger operation. Both are very good in my opinion. Annapolis has flat rate shipping as well.

 

[menkros]

Recipe and ingredients list is a must since I like to know exactly what I'm getting. Norther brewer and morebeer, anyone else list ingredients?

 

[Aboo]

I'm a newb but have used Northern Brewer & Midwest for equipment, Apex Brew Wares (my LHBS http:\\www.apexbrewwares.com) and BrewmastersWarehouse.com for kits.

Liked them both, but Apex bagged my specialty grains for me. Brewmasters Warehouse did not. I have a huge plastic bag full of grains for a Milk Oatmeal Stout sitting in my kitchen right now that I have to find a steeping bag of some kind for.

 

[BonzoAPD]

My favorite is www.ritebrew.com

I've brewed ~9 kits and each one has turned out great. You can't beat the prices. They have a ton of kits for ~$20

How much is their shipping?

 

[dallasdb]

How much is their shipping?

The shipping at www.ritebrew.com varies on what you order. It is very reasonable and they offer a shipping discount of $5 off $50 and $10 off $100.

I recently ordered a Perlick and 3 shanks, shipping was $4.99 USPS Priority.

The biggest order I made was 56 lbs and it was $16 to ship it.

Even after shipping they are almost always the cheapest.

 

[dallasdb]

How much is their shipping?

Forgot to mention you can see the shipping cost before checkout, just click on the shopping cart in the top right.

 

[BonzoAPD]

Forgot to mention you can see the shipping cost before checkout, just click on the shopping cart in the top right.

Thanks. I just tried that. $13.38 to ship an extract kit to NY!!!

 

[dallasdb]

Thanks. I just tried that. $13.38 to ship an extract kit to NY!!!

Ya shipping just one heavy item can be expensive but put 2-3 extract kits together you'll get over $50 and get the $5 off shipping.

I recommend the Centennial IPA from Ritebrew. It's pretty tasty!

 

[Bryali]

I'll cast my vote for Midwest. I don't have a LHBS because I'm in South Korea. Being in a small apartment with an electric stove kinda keeps me in extract kits--and Midwest has plenty to choose from. Since Midwest is the only one I've found that will ship to an APO, I go with them by default. I'm really looking forward to being able to support a local supplier when I get back to the states.

 

[broncobob71]

Personally I like Northern Brewer kits over Midwest. Midwest kits of same style (like bitter or steam) seem to come out maltier to me. That is just personal preference and you won't see me dumping them or even turning down a Midwest kit sale.
I enjoy shopping in person at the Midwest store more though and so I find myself buying most of my equipment from them.
I usually get the kits in 1 or 2 days from both. Unless I am in dire need of something and then it takes forever. 7 days once for a smack pack. ok so there was a late in the day order and a weekend and a fake holiday (Columbus day I think) in there.
Irritates me that a friend of mine in ND gets the kits just as quick, but doesn't have to pay tax.

 

[trefilov22]

Awesome list!

 

[P_Ribbs]

Has anyone tries Jasper's? Boomchugalug.com. I never have but have read good things and they have a big menu.


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[tommyguns]

homebrewing.org the store is adventures in home brewing I got a few kits and they have been great awesome shipping.

 

[wagon21]

Adventures in homebrewing and northern brewer are my go to.



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[Texconsinite]

Northern Brewer, hands-down. They have sooooo many different ones, and they tweak the recipes over time, and keep adding new ones. I brewed an NB kit or two every week for a yr and always felt like there were more I wanted to try than I had time to brew.

 

[Valtyr]

So far i've only used Midwest. Adventures in Homebrewing and NB have a few that I definitely want to try out, though.

 

[ninner00]

I have only used MidWest. They sent me an Auto Siphon with a broken tab on it and they replaced it within a few days. I also broke a bottle capper which they also replaced. Great customer service.

 

[knuckl3s]

I have used monsterbrew.com (shipping was pricey and took a long time) because I had a coupon that came with a beer starter kit I got from amazon and also love2brew.com which was a LHBS where I used to live. Didn't actually order from them but went in to the store. Nice guys and quality ingredients. They offer free shipping on orders over $75.


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[HeritageHD]

Has anyone tries Jasper's? Boomchugalug.com. I never have but have read good things and they have a big menu.


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+1 for Jasper's! Their kits are awesome and all packed fresh when you order. If you call them up they are more than happy to help with anything. Definitely recommend them!

 

[knyland]

Has anyone tries Jasper's? Boomchugalug.com. I never have but have read good things and they have a big menu.


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Great service and quick shipping. Outstanding selection for extract brewers, using there site it doesn't look like much for A/G. Haven't used them since I switched to A/G.

 

[grizzly2378]

Great service and quick shipping. Outstanding selection for extract brewers, using there site it doesn't look like much for A/G. Haven't used them since I switched to A/G.

Don't they have AG versions of all of their kits? I think they do, you just have to click on the All Grain tab on the right side of the kit description (but I could be wrong).

Regardless, I third the Jasper's suggestion. Just brewed their I Eat Danger for Breakfast Stout last night. Fast, flat rate shipping and a good selection of recipe kits. The yeast pack I got was pretty fresh, just a few weeks old. And, you can tell by their kit names and instructions that these guys have a sense of humor.



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[cjonesga]

I've been very happy with Northern Brewer. Great selection and customer service.

 

[Patriots01]

Beer and wine hobby has been good to me. 7.99$ shipping when I get my kits. Their instructions are really easy to follow too.


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[bendog15]

I used to use Midwest but had too many bad experiences with them regarding shipping. I called and wrote emails complaining about my order taking 3-4 weeks to get here (Hawaii) and arriving with dead yeast. Their response was basically "too bad". So they lost my business.
Been using Williams Brewing for last 6 months and couldn't be happier. Fast, FAST shipping, order is always perfect. Their Belgian triple is my favorite beer I've brewed so far. Just bottled up the Imperial Stout (9% yikes) and can't wait to drink it.



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[SevenFields]

I usually order from Northern Brewer but this week I ordered from RiteBrew for the 1st time. I was blown away that they shipped the very same day that I ordered. I do not know of any other site that does this. Great prices too!

 

[unionrdr]

I usually order from Midwest myself. But they gave me an error code when I clicked on Paypal as payment option. Didn't matter if I used IE9 or Google Chrome,same error code (10413 I think it was). So I went to Morebeer & looked'em over. Prices comparable to Midwest,but a hair cheaper than NB. Shipping was free as well! I ordered their ESB & Irish Red AE kits to fill the ol' pipeline again without mashing,etc all day. I figured they're worth a shot anyway. I just hope the CC thing is OK with Morebeer,unlike the other guy.