Cheapest place for kits

[beesley121]

hi guys,

looking to do a few different brews now. I want to do a guiness type kit, and also a magners type cider kit. Could you please recommend what kits will provide a simular taste

Also could you teell me where the cheapest place is to buy brew kits and other accessories

thanx

[silkyuk9]

i find the tinned kits on the net quit expensive and plus there is a postage to pay for, so infact you can get a kit costing £8 and have to pay a fiver to get it delivered.

what i do is buy from the Wilkinson department store, a Tom Caxton 40 pint kit costs £4-99 a Youngs beer kit a little cheaper.

I was looking for a cidar kit my self today and went onto that easy brew site, this week it is free postage, but the cidar was around £12.

I emailed the Youngs customer care and asked for a stockist near me, they told me one in Scarborough that is 21 miles away. they have a great selection but again not as cheap as Wilkinsons. I bought a cidar kit today for £11-99 same as easy brew but i do not have to wait for delivery.

if you want a few items go to the easy brew site sharpish and get free postage but only for a few more days.

other than that Wilkinsons is the cheapest ive seen

[PeteH]

http://www.leylandhomebrew.com/index.htm

[Russ]

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10% of everything at the moment

[silkyuk9]

http://www.leylandhomebrew.com/index.htm

If you buy a beer kit from here the total will be around £14. personally i find that expensive, you can buy 3 beer kits at wilko's or wilkinsons.

i would ring youngs up and find your nearest stockist, you never know there might be one close to you

[smok3y666]

Dunno what Wilko's you use but the Tom Caxton kits are around £8 at my local Wilko's and the Young's kits are £6.99. The Geordie kits are the only ones at £4.99.

[Duncndisorderly]

I will go to Wilko's this afternoon to do a price check, and since im there ill buy a few kits aswell

[MMBrewing]

Don't forget you can order wilko's stuff online and pick it up from your local store when its ready - no postage charge ! - they call you to let you know when your order has come in. Quality service and sooooo cheap

[MMBrewing]

You make a very valid point - although in my case I haven't found a local home brew store ( I think there might be one in Bedford but thats a fair way to go.) yet. This is the reason I still buy Bread and milk from the local shop - not go to the supermarket everytime to get the cheapest.

[andywills]

It's all very well buying from Wilkos but if you don't support your local homebrew shop you'll loose it and they stock more stuff than Wilkos which is useful for that emergancy pack of finings, dry beer enzyme or spray malt.

It's all well and good saying that but some people are on a budget or the local homebrew shop to far away...

You make a very valid point - although in my case I haven't found a local home brew store ( I think there might be one in Bedford but thats a fair way to go.) yet. This is the reason I still buy Bread and milk from the local shop - not go to the supermarket everytime to get the cheapest.

So the reason for buying bread and milk from the local shop is nothing to do with it being closer than the supermarket, therefore more economical than storing bread and milk up that could possible go off a few days later?

[silkyuk9]

It's all very well buying from Wilkos but if you don't support your local homebrew shop you'll loose it and they stock more stuff than Wilkos which is useful for that emergancy pack of finings, dry beer enzyme or spray malt.

it is a valid point, but when you can get a tin of kit for£4-99 and local stores sells at £8 where do you go.

at the end of the day i make home brew because i cannot afford to go out at weekends spending around £40. i want a good cheapish home brew like youngs (£4-99) or a Geordie (£4-99) to make up my fix.

i have 3 barrels on the go all the time, and i can honestly say since i have had 3 barrels i never buy any booze (tesco shop) any more except a bottle of wine every now and again.

i would support my nearest homebrew store (21 miles away) if there tins were a little cheaper (rangeing from £8 to £11 in store) i just cant afford to spend £8 when i can get the same tin at half the price.

[Russ]

The question is do you want cheap kits or quality kits for the lowest price?

Personally I want to make the best brew possible that I will enjoy drinking and not just something that will get me P*ssed (thats what TC is for ). I can't see this is going to be possibe from a kit that cost less than £15 from Wilkos or elsewhere else.

FWIW I think you to have to get a two can kit or similar to produce a top notch brew and this is going to cost you approx 50p a pint, compared to the pub thats cheap beer!

I'd love to support my local brews shops more than I do but I view them as emergancy use only. Where I am they stock a poor choice, are very expensive and they are not that local

I use online shops (Leyland mainly) and I purchase over ther free p&p limit (OK H&G don't do free p&p but are still cheaper than the LHBS if I place a reasonable size order). I keep some spare yeast in the fridge to cover emergancys. With a bit of forward planning it's rare I have to go to the LHBS and to be honest when I do go they rarley have what I want.

If you have a good LHBS then use it, if not there is no choice IMO .

[silkyuk9]

The question is do you want cheap kits or quality kits for the lowest price?

Personally I want to make the best brew possible that I will enjoy drinking and not just something that will get me P*ssed (thats what TC is for ). I can't see this is going to be possibe from a kit that cost less than £15 from Wilkos or elsewhere else.

FWIW I think you to have to get a two can kit or similar to produce a top notch brew and this is going to cost you approx 50p a pint, compared to the pub thats cheap beer!

I'd love to support my local brews shops more than I do but I view them as emergancy use only. Where I am they stock a poor choice, are very expensive and they are not that local

I use online shops (Leyland mainly) and I purchase over ther free p&p limit (OK H&G don't do free p&p but are still cheaper than the LHBS if I place a reasonable size order). I keep some spare yeast in the fridge to cover emergancys. With a bit of forward planning it's rare I have to go to the LHBS and to be honest when I do go they rarley have what I want.

If you have a good LHBS then use it, if not there is no choice IMO .

i unerstand were you are coming from, but here is another example. like i said my nearest home brew store is 21 miles away, so its not really my local. but whilst in there, they did have items that i have not seen in the wilkinson store, for example, they had juniper berries and some oak chippings etc. but i thought i d buy a barrel, but a king keg was £26-99 and that was without a pressure co2 cap. i just could not buy it there when the price of the exact same one was £15 in wilko's.

its like buying petrol i suppose, my local garage is £1.13 but at sainsbury's its only £1.09 What do you do?

[stax]

My local Wilko’s has quite a good selection of kits all at good prices including a Woodforde's at under £15.
It’s been a good place to pick up some stuff to give brewing another go after 20 or so years but now I need to find a more specialist shop for future brews.
Unfortunately the places I used to support have all gone and the nearest to me would cost more in fuel than p&p so it looks like I shall be buying online.
BTW I can’t seem to find any brewing related stuff on Wilkinson’s website anymore, it was there a week or so ago.

[Russ]

OK, at the end of the day yer pays yer money and makes your choice, don't think there is a definative place to get your stuff, mix and match is the way to go

Woodefords at less than £15 are a good price (and if you can make one without a stuck ferment there even better FWIW I couldn't so took my trade elsewhere - I've not had a stuck ferment since ) I know there will be loads of people out there that will sing the praises of Woodfordes kits and if they work for you then great!