Problems with online brewing supplies

[BarbarianBrewer]

My local brew supplier finally went online with ordering, at least for the state of Florida. VetterBrew.com

That sucks. I guess one minor advantage is that you know the people who will be filling the orders. Did they just close their retail shop, but still have a local warehouse where they will be fulfilling orders? If so maybe you could pickup your orders from their warehouse and save the shipping cost.

 

[NorthCoastBrewer]

FWIW, in Oct 2026, the Minneapols MN area has two stores with a physical presence. Beer Meister (recently moved into Plymouth from Hamel, near 55 and 494) and Minnesota Homebrew Supply (in Rogers near 101 & 94). Check their respective sites for address and hours.

Both have been active in the home brewing community. Over the last couple of years, both have been involved in local / regional home brew competitions, serving as a local bottle drop off location and/or a shipping location.

 

[west1m]

Living south of Minnapolis about 30 mi , Homebrew Supply has become my local supplier. But it is a drive. So it becomes a battle between the drive and mail order.

 

[Donoroto]

Sigh. My lhbs is reliable, but a recent order that was under $30 last year has gone up to $57 this year. 12 pounds of grain, an ounce of hops and a pack of us-04.

At that price, I suspect grain will be online from now on.

 

[sg brix]

That sucks. I guess one minor advantage is that you know the people who will be filling the orders. Did they just close their retail shop, but still have a local warehouse where they will be fulfilling orders? If so maybe you could pickup your orders from their warehouse and save the shipping cost.

Maybe I didn't explain it right. https://vetterbrew.com/ finally started to do online orders. They are a very nice brewing supply store here in Tampa Bay Florida, I could not live without them. Stock over (60+) special grains and base grains. They now started to mill and ship in Florida. Hopefully they will eventually do nation wide as well.

 

[Sandy Feet]

I only have to drive 20 minutes to my store in Florida, but they ain't getting any younger. I haven't got the chance in a while, but I used to like to stop at Southern when I drove home from Tampa Bay. It is a store, but they made some wonderful beer for the bar too.
That is one place where I will do a flight.
Y'alls beer scene in the Bay area is better than ours in Orlando, but I have my 4 spots that I really enjoy and they know me by name.

 

[Tim Bulin]

I’m an hour and a half from the nearest shop(The Wine and Hop Shop in Madison), they’re great when I need something in a pinch. I order mainly from MoreBeer and get most of mine base malt from Rite Brew.