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| Homebrew Distributor Websites These are distributors in the USA from whom I have ordered, or distributors who seem to have a good selection. I suggest finding one who you trust, who carries the supplies appropriate for the styles and ways that you brew, and one that is close to you. On some items, shipping can cost more than the product itself. If you're placing big orders (over 70 lbs shipping weight), look into having the shop split the order into smaller boxes so it can ship UPS ground. In some cases I've saved 30% on shipping costs. | |
| Northern Brewer St. Paul, MN. |
| Wine Barrel Plus Local to me near Detroit, Michigan. They've been really cool about special ordering some items for me. | |
| The Grape and the GranaryOhio | |
| HomeBrew SupplyPhoenix, MD. | |
| Williams Brewing One of the most well-known shops | |
| Maltster Websites I brew primarily mid-continental (esp. Bavarian and Czech-style) lagers; and therefore search out malt that is appropriate for those beers. My favorite has been Czech malt. Weyermann malt is also very, very good for these beers. Malts from Durst, De Wolf-Cosyns (DWC), and Malteries Franco-Belges (MFB) can all produce good continental lagers as well, but are a bit more appropriate for Northern German, Belgian and French styles, respectively. I have not tried Weissheimer, but expect it would have similar characteristics to Durst, based on growing regions. If you try to brew an authentic continental lager with US or British malts, you won't have nearly as much success. The malt characteristics are just plain different. Similarly, don't try to brew an authentic California Common or Scottish Ale with German or Czech malt; it's just not the same stuff. Sometime, do a real comparison. They crush differently, they look different, they smell different, and they taste different. | |
| Weyermann Malting (Bamburg, Bavaria, Germany) |
| Durst Malting (3 malthouses thoughout Germany) Most barley comes from Baden-Württemberg, North Bavaria, South Hesse, and the Rhine Valley. | |
| Weissheimer Malting (various malthouses throughout Germany, Poland and ?Romania???). Most malthouses only make pilsen malt. One in Bavaria makes pilsen and wheat, all Munich and specialty malts are made in Andernach and Gelsenkirchen, both Northwest of Frankfurt | |
| Schreier Malting (Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA). Also has information about De Wolf-Cosyns (Belgium) Malt. Good web site with lots of product specs. Since much of the "unamed" US malt at homebrew shops (e.g. generic 2-row malt or generic 50L crystal malt) is from Schreier, this can give you a lot of information, including what products are 2-row and what are 6-row. They now have a line of "EuroMalts"; purported to give characteristics much closer to continental malts, but grown in Canada. I haven't tried them. | |
| Briess Malting (Chilton, Wisconsin, USA) Really good website with malt analyses of all Briess' malts. Since much of the "unamed" US malt at homebrew shops (e.g. generic 2-row malt or generic 50L crystal malt) is from Briess, this can give you a lot of information, including what products are 2-row and what are 6-row. For example, notice that for a long time, the only Briess Munich malt was 6-row! They have now introduced 2-row Munich under the name "Bonlander". | |
| Muntons Malting (Two malthouses in England, one in Scotland) | |
| Beeston Malting (Nottingham, England, UK)Actually, the US importer's website | |
| Pauls Malting (various malthouses throughout England and Scotland) Most malt is grown in England. Pauls' Scottish malthouses are small in comparison to thier English malthouses. | |
| Alexanders Extract (Sacramento, California, USA) | |
| Coopers Extract (Adelaide, South Australia, Australia) | |
| Scotmalt Extract (Kirkliston, Scotland, UK) | |
| Morgans Extract (?, Australia - Does anyone know where in Australia Morgans is located?) | |
| Premier Extract (Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA) | |
| Additional Homebrewing Info | |
| American Homebrewer's Association |
| The Brewery | |
| Brew Your Own Magazine | |
| Brewer's Market Guide | |
| Wyeast | |
| A&D Weighing (Precision Scales, etc.) | |