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I know there are lots of these threads over the years, but wanted to get one more up to date on who is hot right now ingredients wise.

Where you buying your ingredients online?

Amazon? eBay? Craigslist? Zombo.com?
 
Williams Brewing and Yakima Valley Hops. If I need something other than ingredients I shop several others and may order some ingredients to get the total up to a level that qualifies for free shipping, discount, or some other promo.
 
The only ingredients I buy on-line are hops and cocoa nibs, both by the pound (or two, for the nibs).
I use Hops Direct, Yakima Valley Hops, Label Peelers, Farmhouse Brewing Supply, buying on total delivered cost and availability. Nibs I get from Amazon...

Cheers!
 
Morebeer for most, good prices and fast ship. Ebay for specialty stuff.
 
Label Peelers and AIH (adventures in homebrewing).

Both have great customer service and are close enough to me that basic ground shipping is here overnight almost every time.
 
Farmhouse for Hops, grains and dry yeast. AIH for my Cereal Killer mill. Shop around for some things.

Use the cart, check the shipping, (most of my purchases lately don't get to free shipping) buy from the least expensive.
 
I get most of my stuff from Ritebrew. I haven't seen their prices beaten by anyone, their shipping rates are reasonable, and I'm within their 2-day shipping area.
 
Ritebrew for most stuff
Sometimes MoreBeer if wanting some specialty grain
Yakima Valley, Farmhouse for bulk hops once or twice a year
Amazon very rarely for hardware bits
 
Morebeer and Yakima valley hops. I live in an isolated area and both companies often ship within an hour or two of my order being placed. It’s easier to calculate when I will receive the order than with other companies.
 
Morebeer for ingredients. Usually have my ingredients within 1-2 days due to their East Coast location being so close. Hops from Yakima.
 
Morebeer mostly. I bought grain, hops, starsan and liquid yeast yesterday morning and it arrived on my doorstep 2 hours ago.

If not my LHBS (Vine N Hop, Brunswick OH) or Morebeer, then it's Great Fermentations.
 
I have AHB 5min from work on the way home so I'm spoiled. Super very nice people and their point system is very nice. They even give you points on things you buy with points. Rarely something is cheaper in Amazon or they don't have it so I go there. Their prices are as low as lowest out there for most and their service top notch.
 
Northern Brewer is my go to on line retailer. They run a ton of specials, their pricing is competitive and their customer service is wonderful.
 
I mostly use MoreBeer and Atlantic Brew Supply. I like Atlantic Brew because you can purchase grains to the ounce... I typically buy ingredients for individual recipes. They only offer $8 flat rate shipping so I usually wait to order ingredients for several batches to lessen the cost.
 
Direct Hops and Yakima Valley for hops. Northern Brewer, More Beer, Label Peelers. or RiteBrew for everything else.
 
Amazon Prime for lots of equipment (like tubing, barbed fittings, regulators etc) also I often get yeast and hops off Amazon.

Everything else it's usually Northern Brewer...shipping is free over $30, they have good quality grain and they're not far from me so it gets here quickly
 
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