Hop & Grape in Darlington

[marshbrewer]

Anyone used the above? My Leeds area project is finished now so I'm not there for a bit so won't have a chance to go to Morley home brew, but have 2 projects coming up in the North East and they look to have a good range at reasonable prices at hop and grape. Any recommendations?

 

[mickthetrick]

yes. used the shop and online shop. good people

 

[marshbrewer]

Good to know, I'll give them a whirl next time I'm up there.

 

[chrisbjones202]

I'm down in Northamptonshire but used to pop in when I used to travel to Sunderland. Great little shop, good stock of grains out the back and liquid yeast. Helpful owner.

Wish we had one as good down here....

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[Druncan]

Great folks. That's where my brewing re-birth started. Thanks to them I'm now a HMRC brewery!!!

 

[ElvisIsBeer]

I can only recommend.

Good prices, great range. Bend over backwards to help. Happy to chat. Brilliant.

 

[benludo]

Great place to shop in person, or on line the website is very comprehensive.

 

[Pavros]

I'm lucky that this is virtually on my doorstep so went there at lunchtime. As usual, spent more than I intended.

 

[private4587]

Have not used them online as i live close by, terrific shop loads of grains and yeasts both liquid and dry. Staff very helpful with great knowledge. Would recommend then to all.

 

[ElvisIsBeer]

their facebook page is stating "Regrettably, Hop and Grape will be closed until further notice. We intend to post updates on this page when more information is available."

Website is down too.

 

[marshbrewer]

I've just seen on another forum that they have closed! Sounds like a shame because they were obviously well though of. A check of their Facebook page confirms this.

Got the bloomin financial go ahead this week for both my NE projects as well, so would have been in that neck of the woods to pick stuff up, which is a shame.

Think I'll have to bite the bullet and give the Malt Miller a try, although I really like to go into a shop to buy stuff.

 

[Llamaman]

That's a shame - I used them a lot when I first tried homebrewing and went back to them when I restarted recently.

 

[Simonh82]

That's a shame. But I can recommend the Malt Miller.

 

[ElvisIsBeer]

tis a shame, just 10 mins across town for me

 

[marshbrewer]

That's a shame. But I can recommend the Malt Miller.

It is indeed. On JBK someone had posted a link to one of the property websites where it is up for sale as a going concern, so perhaps it will reopen if new buyers are found, but in the meantime I'll give malt miller a go.

 

[gnelson]

It is indeed closed, which is a big shame for me, as I have used them for years (clearly not buying enough though!). For my last brew, I tried the next nearest shop to me in the Northeast that sells grain. It is called Homebrew life, http://www.homebrewlife.co.uk/ in Felling near Gateshead. His website doesn't have grain on it, but he did have what I wanted, and it was all weighed out for me. Reasonable price I thought, almost £14 for 7kg MO, 1/2 kg crystal, 1/4kg chocolate malt and a sachet of yeast. Bloke that I dealt with was friendly too. Still, the distance I had to go makes me consider paying shipping in future. Hop and Grape in Darlington was on my wife's way home, so wasn't such a big deal.

 

[ElvisIsBeer]

They are selling off kit at good prices on their facebook page

Bulldog Brewer £140
S30 Stainless Steel Spiral Wort Chiller £20

only looks like odds and sods though

 

[marshbrewer]

Just seen on Facebook, they have sold off remaining stock and closed for good today.

 

[Pavros]

Looks like the Hop and Grape website is back up and running and the online side of the business has been taken over by someone else (I think they also run the Jolly Brewer online site)

https://www.hopandgrape.co.uk/about-us/

 

[ElvisIsBeer]

£4.95 standard delivery - I can live with that. https://www.hopandgrape.co.uk/shipping