Homebrew supplies Toronto

thelynchfella · Post by **thelynchfella** » Sat May 21, 2011 10:57 pm

really really want to get back into homebrewing. I'm in Canada 8 months now and havent brewed a thing since i left Ireland. With the Summer quickly approaching i really need to get my hands on some supplies. Is there anywhere in Toronto I can go to, to pick up brewing equipment. Things like Brewing buckets, Demijohns, hydrometers, syphons etc etc??? Would rather go to a bricks and mortar store as opposed to going online.....Thanks!!!

icemachine · Post by **icemachine** » Sat May 21, 2011 11:01 pm

Canadian Homebrew Supplies had its grand opening today. They are out in Brampton, but I think Randy is the only full range Homebrew supply store in the area.

http://www.homebrew-supplies.ca/

jaymack · Post by **jaymack** » Sun May 22, 2011 11:22 am

Dropped into CHS yesterday. Big thumbs up. Randy has done a great drop of turning the on-lines tore into a physical sore front.

The_Jester · Post by **The_Jester** » Sun May 22, 2011 12:41 pm

jaymack wrote:Dropped into CHS yesterday. Big thumbs up. Randy has done a great drop of turning the on-lines tore into a physical sore front.

I've got a sore back. Never really had a sore front.

thelynchfella · Post by **thelynchfella** » Sun May 22, 2011 4:50 pm

Cheers for the info!!!

jaymack · Post by **jaymack** » Sun May 22, 2011 11:11 pm

The_Jester wrote:
jaymack wrote:Dropped into CHS yesterday. Big thumbs up. Randy has done a great drop of turning the on-lines tore into a physical sore front.
I've got a sore back. Never really had a sore front.

oops. Store front folks. My type-o.

lister · Post by **lister** » Sun May 22, 2011 11:51 pm

The_Jester wrote:I've got a sore back. Never really had a sore front.

Ever get hit by a baseball in the chest? That'll do it.

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Mon May 23, 2011 11:43 pm

Is the CHS brick & mortar open?

icemachine · Post by **icemachine** » Tue May 24, 2011 8:30 am

duncan wrote:Is the CHS brick & mortar open?

Yep, I'll be in Brampton on the 5th, be great to have a full service LHBS store in the GTA

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Tue May 24, 2011 1:48 pm

icemachine wrote:
duncan wrote:Is the CHS brick & mortar open?
Yep, I'll be in Brampton on the 5th, be great to have a full service LHBS store in the GTA

Awesome!

Swampale · Post by **Swampale** » Fri May 27, 2011 6:38 am

I'll be dropping by in June when I drive back from London. No wife, a big empty trunk...looking forward to it.

JerCraigs · Post by **JerCraigs** » Fri May 27, 2011 3:32 pm

Swampale wrote:I'll be dropping by in June when I drive back from London. No wife, a big empty trunk...looking forward to it.

Is it wrong that my brain went to the sinister there?

Rob Creighton · Post by **Rob Creighton** » Fri May 27, 2011 6:15 pm

JerCraigs wrote:Is it wrong that my brain went to the sinister there?

You must be male

zachariaIPA · Post by **zachariaIPA** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:35 am

Fellow Homebrewers,

I just wanted to send out a quick note that I've decided to open up a Toronto-based online homebrew supplies store so brewers in the city can have a local pickup option. It's online now and you can check it out at http://www.torontobrewing.ca

To start, I've got the go-to hops, dry yeast and malts from G&P. I'm going to be adding new items regularly like more hops, liquid yeast and specialty malts. I'm not going to be carrying any keg supplies- Patrick at ontariobeerkegs.com is the man for that.

I have to say that the community aspect of homebrewing is absolutely one of the best parts about the hobby. That being said, I’m hoping to differentiate this store from the others by incorporating a more communal-feel and making more of an effort to acknowledge/facilitate the bulk-buys that we do.

I would really appreciate your feedback so check out the site and let me know what you think.

Cheers,
Zack

Tapsucker · Post by **Tapsucker** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 2:53 pm

Awesome! Good luck.

I'll be buying some malt from you soon, your markup is reasonable given I won't have to drive to Fergus.