best place for first time AG to get grain from in Manchester

[Titch]

as topic

Ive built my cooling coil, nearly finished my mash tun cool box

boiler courtesy of a member on here

now i need to find some grain and hops

any clues

i know thebrewshop stockport but his prices seem on the high side

any help people

 

[retourrbx]

get it online - check the sponsers at the top or the malt miller

 

[Eradite]

You could visit Spitting Feathers in Bolton, though most home-brew shops are a similar price.

 

[evanvine]

get it online - check the sponsers at the top or the malt miller

I agree, on line!

 

[unclepumble]

You could shoot over to warrington (the thrifty shopper) website is online and prices are not bad.

UP

 

[Titch]

cheers chaps

was looking at online suppliers but was hoping to get a brew on sooner rather than later
thehopshop it off till 3rd
im off work till then aswell so wanted to try to get my first brew on while i was off

may try the fella at salford homebrew bought my kits from there

can you collect from thethriftyshopper?

 

[unclepumble]

cheers chaps

was looking at online suppliers but was hoping to get a brew on sooner rather than later
thehopshop it off till 3rd
im off work till then aswell so wanted to try to get my first brew on while i was off

may try the fella at salford homebrew bought my kits from there

can you collect from thethriftyshopper?

afaiaa you can yes

 

[oldbloke]

There's a homebrew shop on Oldham Road in Newton Heath, no idea what it's like.

 

[richc]

No where near as cheap as online but local and cheaper than most shops

http://www.julies-homebrew.webs.com/

 

[gsidford]

You could visit Spitting Feathers in Bolton, though most home-brew shops are a similar price.

I know this is going off topic, but just went to their website and wtf is the need to be telling me what my IP adress and hostname all about ? Someone found a plugin and thought it looks cool, their config of the Account link is wrong as well. 1/10 for the website.

 

[snail59]

You could visit Spitting Feathers in Bolton, though most home-brew shops are a similar price.

I know this is going off topic, but just went to their website and wtf is the need to be telling me what my IP adress and hostname all about ? Someone found a plugin and thought it looks cool, their config of the Account link is wrong as well. 1/10 for the website.

Just had alook and it looks fine to me :wha: Nice layout easy to navigate and didnt tell me my IP address or host name either :hmm:

 

[gsidford]

Just had alook and it looks fine to me :wha: Nice layout easy to navigate and didnt tell me my IP address or host name either :hmm:

Did you wait for the scrolling banner just about the Hello Guest message.

 

[snail59]

Never saw a Hello Guest Message or a scrolling Banner :hmm: Just the Home page with the contents list on the left. Had a click around looked at the shop photos and product ratings :wha:

 

[gsidford]

Never saw a Hello Guest Message or a scrolling Banner :hmm:

 

[Titch]

No where near as cheap as online but local and cheaper than most shops

http://www.julies-homebrew.webs.com/

yeah i think its her partner who runs salford homebrew
good fella

 

[snail59]

Never saw a Hello Guest Message or a scrolling Banner :hmm:

Hadnt noticed it till you pointed it out. Didnt detract from the web site for me took me 4 goes to even find it :rofl:

 

[gsidford]

Yep, different people spot different things Having done a selection of different websites it is one of those things that irritates me when people slap in stuff which have no bearing on the site as a whole, off the shelf templates with virtually no customisation to fit the use of the site is another. But this is just IMHO

 

[Eradite]

Yep, different people spot different things Having done a selection of different websites it is one of those things that irritates me when people slap in stuff which have no bearing on the site as a whole, off the shelf templates with virtually no customisation to fit the use of the site is another. But this is just IMHO

I know the guy who owns the shop so I'll bring it to his attention.

Going off topic, a (small) shop can't compete with on-line prices, however we should support local HBS

LHBS can be a place for home brewers to meet exchange info etc (I wouldn't have joined the local Wine and Beer circle if I hadn't been chatting to staff in my LHBS.) The point I'm trying to make is that LHBS are good for the Homebrewing scene in the sense that they promote home brewing, and (can) be integral to local home brewing communities.