I'm doing a bit of shopping around at the moment, about to place an order at one of the three irish brewing stores. A few observations:
- No bottle tree available at homebrewwest. That's probably what'll decide where I'm gonna order from this time around.
- Muntons Gold is cheaper at thehomebrewcompany.ie, but only recently, so I think Homebrewwest should be applauded for driving prices down.
- All three (homebrewwest, thehomebrewcompany and thehomebrewcentre) have very poor websites.
- Only thehomebrewcentre make it clear enough what type of payment they'll accept - it should be very clear whether or not you'll accept Laser.
- On homebrewwest there it should be easier to buy a fermentation bucket with airlock - it took me a minute to work out whether or not the basic bucket came with a solid lid, whether or not the other lid had a hole in it, and what exactly the link to a grommet on homebrew4u had to do with anything.
- Finally I was disappointed to only find coopers pale ale on the homebrewcentre, where coopers kits are more expensive than they are at either thehomebrewcompany or homebrewwest. If homebrewwest could get that in at the same price as the other coopers kits I'd probably pick one up (and some other stuff while I'm at it).
Just general stuff there, no major complaints but I figure if I have a bit of a moan every now and then someone might improve things!
