How close is your "local" home brew shop?

[Peruvian802]

I have to drive 30 minutes each way to my LHBS, but after reading a few other posts, I'm starting to feel lucky that it's that close.

How far are you driving to your LHBS?

 

[beergolf]

About a mile. Very close. So close that I have even made emergency trips during my boil for something I forgot.

 

[Yooper]

The nearest place is just over 150 miles away, near Appleton, WI. I rarely get there, though, but I'm planning a trip later this month for sacks of grain and yeast and a big 'stock up' trip. Otherwise, I order online and pay shipping for most orders.

 

[sportpak]

About 5 miles. Brewers Art Supply.
Pretty cool place. I'm just starting to get into formulating my own recipes, so we will see how patient that are. LOL

 

[poptarts]

a button click away

 

[hunter_le five]

22 miles. Doesn't seem that far, but with traffic it can be a b!tc# of drive. Sometimes I hate living in between two metros.

 

[NTXBrauer]

I am fortunate to drive by mine both to and from work every day. It is about 10 miles door to door.

 

[Snowden]

I count myself among the lucky; my LHBS (Label Peelers in Kent) is 1/2 mile from where I work!

 

[botigol]

About 25 mins without traffic.

 

[Natdavis777]

My old LHBS was about 6 miles away , but with the highway it was a 10 min trip. Just moved to the west side of town and my new store is literally 5 min down the road...if say I'm pretty fortunate


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[srchng4holygrailbrew]

Going to try and start a small supply for 6-8 local brewers I know. not a business but a place where we can buy bulk base grains and hops only. any suggestions? starting with 150-250 lbs of grains and 30-40 oz of hops. I just think we should be able to brew for less$.

 

[TallDan]

Before I moved, i had two LHBS, each a few miles away from home in different directions. Now I'm 2.5 miles from the one I always liked better.

 

[MikeBergan]

I have 2 stores that are each about 20 minutes from me, even in traffic. So I am pretty well set, for anything they don't have, there is always the internet.

 

[ong]

Closest one is about 5 minutes by bicycle. They'll even come out and hold the (cargo) bike while I load a sack of two-row. Great shop.


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[icebob]

45 mins both ways... so only use as emergency, otherwise just click the checkout button!

 

[WestCoastBrew]

About 20 minutes from me.

 

[worlddivides]

9 miles away, which usually takes about 20 minutes at the 50mph speed limit.

 

[Bordy]

About a 2.5 hr round trip. I try to order stuff online, but everyone uses UPS or Fedex these days, and their shipping rates to Hawaii are ridiculous. I can get an all grain recipe kit on Northern Brewer for $20, but shipping it here is an extra $34. Sucks when the LHBS charges $1.70 for 2-row and $2.50 for anything else. AND they limit how much grain you can buy at once. Pretty frustrating...

 

[srchng4holygrailbrew]

almost enough to make you move back to the mother land!

 

[pumpkinman2012]

The nearest LHBS of the three in the area is less than a mile away, and the beauty of it is that they want to support the Beer club that I joined, they will be sending us discount cards and such!

 

[Beernik]

There are three. They are all a 30 minute drive, in different directions.

On the other hand, it's a 10 minute drive for me to the nearest anything. So 30 minutes isn't too bad.

 

[CA_Mouse]

8 miles from More Beer and 1.5 miles from a new one that just opened.

 

[Furious_D]

one mile, a quick 5 minute bike ride.

 

[brewbama]

5 days by mail. There is not a LHBS in Huntsville. We do have Pearly Gates but everything there is a bazillion yrs old so I don't go there.


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[beernutz]

~30 minutes each way from home but only 15 from my office. However there's a new place only about 15 minutes away from home. The good news is they are close. The bad news is they don't know much at all about brewing, don't carry a lot of merchandise, and have had a lot of staff turnover.

 

[scottm1]

2blocks

 

[day_trippr]

15 minutes southwest to my favorite, 40 minutes due east to the runner-up, 20 minutes west to an also-ran.

Could definitely be way way worse...

Cheers!

 

[Flboy]

About 20 miles, but I work on the road, paid to drive. I plan my trips.
Being in the central Fl area, I am lucky enough to have several other choices, but I am very loyal to my shop, hearts home brew.

 

[ZebulonBrewer]

10-15 minutes away. Sad part is, three months before I started brewing, I lived even closer.

 

[The10mmKid]

1.5 Miles

 

[DaNewf]

About a ten minute walk if I don't dawdle.

 

[Fedora]

100 mile round trip for me. I'm actually goin up there tomorrow to get some stuff for a buddies birthday beer, but I was going most of the way for other reasons anyway.

I usually order online. Small stuff like a couple pounds of specialty grains or a few ounces of hops can be had from the brew pub I work at as a job perk.

 

[GTaylor]

Mine is a few hundred yards from my back door, takes about 2 minutes to drive if the traffic is bad. Very lucky that they opened there, before that it was about 25 minute drive each way.

 

[Qhrumphf]

My closest (and the one I usually use) is about 15 minutes if traffic agrees with me. If not, then who knows. But there are 6 others (that I know of, there may be more) within about an hour (again assuming traffic is agreeable) although most of those are at about an hour away.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

the ones I know of are 45 minutes, 1 hour, and 2 1/2 hours away.

 

[RiverBirchBrew]

My wife just started working at my LHBS so everything I need is just a text away. : )

 

[MaxStout]

There's a great little brew shop about 4 miles from my house. If I can't find what I need there, Midwest and Northern are both about 25 miles away.

 

[govner1]

6 miles, 10-15 minutes


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[Billy-Klubb]

My wife just started working at my LHBS so everything I need is just a text away. : )

I'm not talking to you anymore.

 

[cjgenever]

Wtf does it matter? Whatever is most cost effective.