Homebrewing in Germany

[Maine-iac]

I'm thinking of taking an assignment to Germany. Obviously finding beer to drink won't be a problem. . . but I wondering about homebrewing. Does anyone know how hard it is to get homebrewing supplies in Europe?

[Bugeater]

You might check with our German brewcaster Daniela.
http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com/phpBB2 ... file&u=260

Send her a pm and tell her that we all still love her and miss here.

Wayne
Bugeater Brewing Company

[7seas]

I'm thinking of taking an assignment to Germany. Obviously finding beer to drink won't be a problem. . . but I wondering about homebrewing. Does anyone know how hard it is to get homebrewing supplies in Europe?

I too am taking an assignment in Germany (Stuttgart) in early 2010. So, I'm also interested in getting info on home/hobby brewing over there.

I was previously stationed in southern Italy. I tried to buy homebrew supplies there, but the only thing I could find at local stores were pre-hopped, canned extract. Lots of wine making supplies though!

Daniela, or any other BN Army members in Germany, HELP!

[soilboy]

If you can't find any suppliers in Germany then you could always order from the uk. I have ordered from all of the following. I have checked and they all provide international shipping.

http://www.hopandgrape.co.uk
-Delivery to germany for £19 for up to 30kg.
-Stocks Whitelabs yeast.

http://www.hopshopuk.com
-Stocks WYeast

http://www.beertech.co.uk

If all else fails you could always order from B3 or NB.

[Steelers&Beer]

Go to Germany. Have a blast and don't worry about homebrewing until you get back to the states. It will really kickstart your brewing when you get back and realize that not every place makes great beer and you miss getting a fresh whatever whenever you want it. Don't forget to enjoy the wine while you are there. If you make it to Wurzburg, when you leave the bonhof, walk straight out until you hit the street, go to the street on your left. Left hand side of the street about 1 block, Haus de 150 Biers.

[Thure]

In Belgium there's a big homebrew supply store called "Brouwland" (Brew Land) http://www.brouwland.com/ that shippes to most of EU, and If your in North Germany you can go across the border to Denmark and buy supplies there.

[Drunkpup]

I have been homebrewing over here for a while and have never had a problem with getting ingredients. Here are some of the sites that I have used over here:

http://www.hopfen-und-mehr.de

http://www.bier-selbstgebraut.com

http://www.promille.de/new/

http://www.candirect.de

I usually get sacks of malt from Candirect because they have the best prices and can order fairly fresh pale ale malt. Promille has the best selection in hops and yeast. The others have some good specialty malts and equipement.

I am fairly new here and I think this is a great resource and format.

Thanks,
Pup

[muddball]

I lived in Germany from '97-'00. The move precipitated my switch from extract to all grain. At the time, quality extract was hard (impossible?) to find in Germany, and very expensive to ship from the States, but getting grain was as easy as driving to the maltster just north of town (I lived in Heidelberg) w/ my 5 gallon bucket. All the pilsner or munich malt I could possibly want for the equivalent of about $0.25/lb.

Hops, yeast, and specialty grains I ordered from the states, usually from MoreBeer or Northern Brewer. I used BrewTek yeast at the time and got it on slants from Brewer's Resource which is now defunct. If you are working for the US Gov over there and have an APO mailing address, any online retailer who will ship USPS can ship you stuff relatively cheap.

While I was there I joined the Vereinigung der Haus- und Hobbybrauer in Deutschland. It was an incredibly small (for a country of 90 million) national homebrew club. I never made it to one of their events, which happened at least yearly, but I did receive their newsletter and got advice on where to get ingredients from one of the members who lived near me.

There were a couple small homebrew shops within 100 km of Heidelberg and at least a few online shops at the time. It looks like there is more available now than there was back then.