I've ordered from them before and usually 2 days and its in. They are pretty easy people to deal with.
i'm surprised it took that long. i pay with visa and it has take 2-4 days for the last couple orders. i don't think it's a real big company so staffing may be an issue. i just placed another order today, so we will see how long it takes.
My first stop is always Ontario Beer Kegs. Their selection has been growing rapidly, to the point where they now have just about everything you could want for brewing. In addition, they sell all their grains for $1/lb. (up to a 20 pound limit) and they ship extremely quickly.
That said, there are a few things they don't seem to carry or have trouble getting in stock, so my second choice is Canadian Homebrew Supplies. If CHS doesn't have it, then it's likely that *nobody* has it.
i'm surprised it took that long. i pay with visa and it has take 2-4 days for the last couple orders. i don't think it's a real big company so staffing may be an issue. i just placed another order today, so we will see how long it takes.
I can buy 20 lbs of the same grains and pick it up locally at TorontoBrewing.ca (Yonge and Eglinton) or pay the $1 OBK asks for and it turns out about the same cost after shipping. If I had no LHBS things may be a different story.
I've placed 3-4 orders from Toronto Brewers and had good service there too. I'm in northern Ontario so selection is next to none. i have to order pretty much everything.
I'm gonna check out brewers pantry and maybe place an order.
If I'm thinking of the same place, it's actually a young guy in his 20s (maybe early 30s) running it out of his house. You would never guess that visiting the website - very professionally done. I find that prices are slightly marked up, but I don't get the impression that he's making a killing - so it seems like he's trying to make an honest go of it. I put in an order for equipment and picked it all up several hours later.
That would make sense, I agree that the website is very well done, and I've compared prices across all the main Canadian suppliers and my conclusion was that he's the cheapest - although maybe that was just for what I was buying and by cheapest it was only a few bucks on the total order.
Not trying to slam the guy, it's a great site, great selection and everything comes well packaged, I would definitely order from there again without hesitation. But it would be nice to have the order processed a bit faster, thats all.
True North Brew Supply out of British Columbia ships nationwide.
http://www.truenorthbrewsupply.com
I'm surprised how few homebrew stores there are in ontario. I live in Windsor and there are only 2 brew your beer on premise stores in the city. They sell some basic supplies for the Homebrewing but nothing more.
I'm fortunate that I am a 10 min drive from Detroit MI where there are 2 really good homebrew stores in the Metro area. This is where I get all my supplies and equipment. The store I usually go to is Adventures in Homebrewing. They sell online and they do ship to Canada. I'm not sure if it would be worth it after the shipping, brokerage and duties.
In my opinion Homebrewing should be more popular in Canada because of the high cost of commercial beer.
With bulk grain sacks they won't let you ship more than 1 per order. Comes out at $26 to get it to Ottawa. Sadly even with this shipping adding 50% it's still about half the cost than at my LHBS. Extra BS I guess... My brother lives about 15 minutes from there, I'm having him pick up an order for me next time he comes over to visit. Shipping cost now: A 12 pack of homebrew.badnews for people who were purchasing from beergrains.com the free shipping over 100 dollars has changed to 18 dollars shipping over 100.
Any updates? Montreal is about 2 hours away and it's all highway. Until you get there of course. If they've got good enough prices it would be very worthwhile to go on a small road trip now and then.You're correct, they stopped selling to induviduals and will not set up accounts unless you LHBS or brewery.
I live in Edmonton, if you think ontario is bad dont sweat it. I wont name some of the stores here but it's honestly awful. I hate going to them. There's one store that is an exception. They have very nice friendly staff but the pricing here is just not comparable to other canadian sites.
Ontariobeerkegs.com is awesome, not only that you get rewards points. I'm quite sure i've annoyed the hell out of the owner patrick with all my questions. I noobishly bought a keg system and didn't upgrade to the perlicks and asked if I shipped back the ones it came with could I get a refund for the difference ($30) and all conversation just stopped haha. Oh well.
Ontariobeerkegs is my #1 place to go. Toronto Brewing and Hopdawgs are also awesome choices. OBK's packaging of hops can't be beat from my experience and their prices are awesome. However they dont all seem to have the same grains and hops so I buy from different places when I need something.
Centennial Home Brewing is a new shop in Vancouver I've been digging. Brian ships in the lower mainland same day, and across Canada for a fee (pretty hefty, but that's Purolator for you).
http://centennialhomebrewing.com/en/content/1-delivery
He's knowledgeable, very friendly (knows my name when I walk it), and is building his stock as his customer base grows.
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