Links

Discussion Sites

  • Burgundian Babble Belt – a message board focused on homebrewing Belgian styles, with an particular interest in Sour Ales, such as Flanders Red and Brown, Berliner Weiss and Lambics.
  • BrewBoard – With nearly 8,000 registered user and a half-million posts, the BrewBoard (aka the “Green Board”) is one of the most active homebrewing discussion boards on the internet. Sponsored by Homebrew Adventures, a retail and mail order homebrew supply shop.
  • HBD – The Home Brew Digest is one of the oldest homebrew discussion resources on the internet. It has existed in various forms since before 1988, and current discussions are held on its primitive script message board (linked to here) and its email listserv (linked to below). Beware, this message board tends to see frequent warfare.
  • HomeBrewTalk – With nearly 12,000 registered users and 400,000 posts, HomeBrewTalk is another very popular homebrewing message board.
  • More Beer – Originally sponsored by Beer, Beer and More Beer, now merged with Wine, Coffee, Food and Other Beverages forums and branded MoreFlavor. Nearly 6,000 registered users and 225,000 posts.
  • Northern Brewer – Nearly 10,000 registered users and a half-million posts, another giant homebrewing discussion board. Sponsored by Northern Brewer Homebrew Supply, an excellent mail order brewing supply shop.
  • Real Beer – some decent sized homebrewing discussion forums, together with many other forums generally discussing commercial craft beer.
  • The Brewing Network – the secret lair of the BN army. Not for the squeamish.

Shopping

  • alabrew – based in Birmingham, one of the most well recognized homebrew shops in Alabama; typically one day shipping time to Auburn via USPS, which is great for yeast. [local]
  • beernecessities.com – located just north of Atlanta in Alpharetta. [local]
  • freshops – based in Oregon, freshops sells several varieties of hops, hop oils and hop rhizomes.
  • grapeandgranary – Based in Akron, Ohio.
  • Homebrew of Columbus – Based in Columbus, Georgia; probably Auburn/Opelika’s closest homebrew shop [local]
  • hopsdirect – the website for Puterbaugh Farms hops grown in the fertile Yakima Valley of Washington State since 1932.
  • Just Brew It – located in just south of Atlanta in Fayetteville. [local]
  • McMaster Carr – huge selection of stainless steel and other parts useful for the Do-it-Yourself homebrewer
  • midwestsupplies – a great online homebrew store based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  • morebeer – probably the biggest selection of homebrew equipment on the internet; pricey; sometimes slow order fulfillment; 5+ days UPS ground shipping
  • northcountrymalt – great selection of malts from Bairds, Best Malz, Canada Malting, Thomas Fawcett, Malteries Franco-Belges and Gambrinus
  • northernbrewer – based in St. Paul, Minnesota; mention that you’re a member of Auburn Brew Club when you check out and get a 10% discount; quick shipping
  • rebelbrewer – based near Nashville, Tennessee; great website; quick shipping [local]
  • usplastic – good resource for plastic buckets and other storage containers, tubing, quick disconnects, etc.
  • Williams Brewing – another great online homebrew store based in California

Podcasts

Useful Stuff

Competitions

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