New Opening Hours at Easy Home Brew

In response to customer feedback we have decided to modify our opening hours.  We realise that many (most) of our customers make wine or beer at weekends and that there is nothing worse than not being able to do so because the shop has shut by the time you finish work.

Because we are less than five minutes drive from Junction 10 of the M20 it is fairly easy for customers in South and East Kent to access us and, for this reason, we will be opening until 6pm on Friday nights. If you get stuck in traffic call us on 01233 502269 and we'll do our best to hang on for you.  

However to be able to do this without increasing staff costs we need to close on Mondays, by far our quietest day of the week. So from Friday 1st April our opening hours will be:

Sunday & Monday: Closed

Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 10am - 4pm

Friday 10am - 6pm

Saturday 10am - 4pm

Internet orders received after 4pm on Saturday will be processed and dispatched first thing Tuesday morning.

All Grain Brewing Supplies

We are absolutely delighted to announce the arrival of our all grain brewing supplies available to buy online or in the shop. 


Grains


Maris Otter, crushed, available in 25, 10, 5 and 1kg weights
Lager Malt, crushed, available in 25, 10 and 5kg
Wheat Malt, crushed, available in 25, 5, 1kg and 500g packs
Crystal, Chocolate, Roasted Barley & Torrefied Wheat, crushed, available in 5, 1kg and 500g packs


Specialist Grains


Caramalt, crushed, available in 500g packs, 
Flaked Rice
Diastatic Amber Malt
Crystal Wheat Malt
Acid Malt
Brown Malt
Carahell






Hops


All vacuum packed in 100g bags.


EKG 5.2%AA
Fuggles 5.4%AA
Saaz 2.2%AA
US Cascade 5.9%AA
US Citra 13.8%AA
US Apollo 19.5%AA
NZ Pacific Gem 17%AA
Sorachi Ace (Japan) 14.9%AA
US Columbus 17.9%AA


Liquid Yeasts


These will not be kept in stock but will  be ordered on request 5-7 days lead time. 


As always, please advise us if there are items you would like us to get in for you and we'll do our best.

Always Happy To See This In Our Mailbox

In online retail there is, perhaps, nothing so satisfying as receiving feedback from happy customers. So it was really nice to see that Jim from Perth sent us this note at the weekend.


"I can`t believe how quickly i recieved my order from you. Got it this morning and i only ordered it yesterday afternoon!!! Kent to Perth in Scotland......Dynamite service. Regards, Jim."


Thanks for sharing your shopping experience with us, Jim.

Sorachi Ace Available to Pre Order

Further to our news regarding the Green Bullet hops, we have sourced a limited supply of Sorachi Ace hops. Used in beers like Sapporo Lager and more recently, Brew Dog's IPA is Dead, these Japanese hops are much sought after. We are expecting delivery on Tuesday 1st March but have a small quantity available at £4.50 per 100g. These will be dispatched, same day (or day after depending on the time of order) on a first come first served basis. 

New Hop Varieties Now Available

Great news hop lovers. We've got our hands on a limited supply of Green Bullet Hops. These high alpha dual purpose hops are great in pale beers. Here's a recipe I put together last year that turned out rather well (if I do say so myself).


Green Bullet Pale Ale


Estimated OG 1.049
Estimated Colour 11.9 EBC
Bitterness 44 IBU
Estimated ABV 4.6-5%


Grain Bill


4.25kg Maris Otter Pale Malt
250g Pale Crystal Malt
250g Torrefied Wheat


Hops 


Green Bullet 20g 13.9% AA @ 90 mins
Green Bullet 10g 13.9% AA @ 30 mins
Green Bullet 25g 13.9%AA @ 0 mins


Protofloc tablet @ 5 mins


Yeast US-05

A First For Easy Home Brew

We're very pleased to announce that we have a new range of very high quality 30 bottle wine kits. The Doc's Original kits require no extra sugar and take two to three weeks to ferment. After adding finings and stabiliser, it will be ready to drink a couple of weeks later but would benefit from bulk ageing. These kits have been recommended to us by one of our customers and we are sure you will enjoy them.


We have the following varieties available: Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Chablis Style, Shiraz/Merlot, Cabernet/Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon.

Belvino Wine Kits Now in Stock

Bit quiet in the shop today, possibly not helped by the weather. We've now got the Belvino kits in stock; we have five different varieties, Classic Red, Rose, California White, Piesporter and Chardonnay. All you need to add is brewing sugar and water to give you wine ready to drink in seven days.