Home brew kits in Belfast

[grumpysod]

Nature's Way on the Upper Newtownards Road (between Ballyhackamore and Knock) is the only place in NI that does homebrew stuff, though for me it's cheaper to buy mail order unless I'm up in Belfast for work purposes

The Hop Shop only charge £5 for up to 25kg delivered to NI (though if it's small they only charge the actual postage),Hop and Grape charge £10 and The Home Brew Company charge 7euro to anywhere in the island of Ireland (though I find the Hop Shop is cheaper)

[delboy]

+1 on natures way, has all the stuff you'll need to get started, beer kits, fermenters, spraymalt etc.

I would recommend getting a 1 can kit (coopers kits get good recommendations) and make it up with two 500g bags of spraymalt (which they should have in stock) instead of the recommended sugar. It'll be more expensive but the difference in quality will be huge.

Also don't forget to treat your water with 1/2 a crushed campden tablet (the sell these also) before adding any of the spraymalt or extarct from the can (gets rid of chlorine in the water which makes the beer taste like crap).

Ask questions on here before you make up the beer and you'll be kept right.

[rhodian]

nature's way gets another vote from me!! i don't think there's any real competition in the home brew market here (rumors of a shop in newry are unconfirmed) but it's always service with a smile and if they haven't got what you want, they'll do their best to get it in for you.