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WHAT'S HOPPENING!
What’s Cooking on 1060: Gifts For Foodies, Latke Contest, Homebrew Beer Hear the entire interview by going to the What’s Cooking on 1060: Gifts For Foodies, Latke Contest, Homebrew Beer page on philadelphia.cbslocal.com, where you'll see an interview photo and below that is a podcast link to Hadas Kuznits' full interview with George and Nancy! Then come into the shop and meet the new radio celebrities. GIFT CERTIFICATES are a perfect present for your wine or beer loving friends! Our gift certificates will take the wonder out of what to give! You can order a gift certificate in popular amounts below,
or call us, or
email us to handle any other dollar amount.
We will put your gift recipient's name on the certificate.
GEORGE'S BOOK, The Complete Homebrew Beer Book, is here!
(In case you somehow missed it, George and his book are shown on the left.)
HSH Celebrates with a 25th Anniversary Gift Package! Get George's Autographed Book PLUS an Equipment Kit PLUS an Ingredient Kit for $150 George Hummel and Nancy Rigberg are celebrating 25 years at Home Sweet Homebrew and are offering a
Gift Package, just in time for gift-giving holidays. $150 includes tax; add $35 for shipping/handling to UPS Zone 2.
Contact us for shipping info to further destinations. You can save money by picking up these goodies at the store - and
we'd love to meet you!
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Home Sweet Homebrew on KYW News Radio! (1060 AM)
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Our Home Sweet Homebrew Store
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Home Sweet Homebrew 2008 Sansom Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 phone: (215) 569-9469 |
Philadelphia's Original Source Since 1986 for Quality Beer & Wine Making Supplies.
We have been fostering the homebrew and craft brew community in the Philadelphia region and beyond for over twenty-one years. We are home to George Hummel, award winning homebrewer and Mid-Atlantic Brewing News columnist. George also collaborated with Gordon Grubb, brewer at Nodding Head, on their 2005 GABF Gold Medal Winning "George's Fault". "George's Fault" also was awarded a Silver Medal at the 2009 Great American Beer Festival! Our convenient location, near Rittenhouse Square at 2008 Sansom St., is within walking distance of many of Philly's great beer bars. Come visit us! You'll enjoy roaming through our large selection of malts, yeasts, grains, hops, specialty sugars, .... Bring your Philly visitors in for a pubcrawl and stop by! We’re close to so many of Center City's great beer and wine bars and unique shops, and Home Sweet Homebrew is easily accessible by public transportation. Yeah, we could give you a bunch of directions, and you can certainly call us or email us, but how's about a map? Drink Local! Shop Local! |
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(Plus, you'll get to meet and play with Jake and Elwood - the actual ruling entities of Home Sweet Homebrew!) | 
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2012 STORE HOURS Remember that we can ship ANYWHERE, and special delivery arrangements can be made. |
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| Sunday | Noon - 4 pm |
| Monday | CLOSED |
| Tuesday | 11 am - 6 pm
Jan 31: opening about noon |
| Wednesday | 11 am - 7 pm Tasting Night! |
| Thursday | 11 am - 6 pm |
| Friday | 11 am - 6 pm |
| Saturday | 11 am - 5 pm |
Other Hours by Appointment. (We've got keys!) Find out each week's featured event! Call (215) 569-9469 or email us.
WEDNESDAY TASTING NIGHTS RETURN! We also host meetings of HOPS (Homebrewers of Philadelphia and Suburbs) homebrew club on the third Wednesday of the month. For information on the HOPS craft beer events, visit www.hopsclub.org.
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How To Order
You're never far from our astounding selection of brewing supplies!
If you can't come to Home Sweet Homebrew, we'll bring your craft beer and wine supplies to you! We ship anywhere.
Beer Brewing and Wine Making at Home is Easy!
Give it a try! Here are the starting prices of our different types of kits.
Beginner Equipment Kits: $69.95!
Deluxe Equipment Kits: $89.95.
Wine Kits: $99.95
Ingredient Packages: $38!
Just call us at (215) 569-9469 and we can take your credit card order over the phone. Or, e-mail us or fax your order to (215) 569-4633. Need a catalogue? Email us with your name, street address and how you heard about us, and we'll send one out!
Is there a piece of equipment or an ingredient you can't find? Then email us! We especially like the challenge of searching for those hard to find esoteric ingredients.
We feature our own intermediate beer brewing recipe kits, from Home Sweet Homebrew's World Beer Tour, the "Thirst of Philadelphia" (named for some of Philly's best beer bars!) and our Literary Series recipes from published articles and classes. Click for a current listing of homebrew beer kits.
Of course, we also have a full line of grain, malt extracts, hops, yeast, additives, equipment, wine making supplies, wine concentrates and juices, fruit juices, honey, specialty sugars, herbs & spices and much more!
Go to Home Sweet Homebrew Top
About Us
George & Nancy - Pioneers on the Beer Scene
Recipients of the Governor's Inspiration Award
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell and Meryl Levitz of Greater Philadelphia Tourism and Marketing Committee (GPTMC) stand behind George Hummel and Nancy Rigberg, after George and Nancy accepted the Governor's Inspiration Award. George and Nancy were also inducted into the Keystone Society of Tourism in Gettysburg.
PLUS, George and Nancy were featured in a profile on the website for "StartUpNation". Here's the article entitled Market Locally, Grow Nationally: Nancy Rigberg and George Hummel.
What are your
favorite beers? Victory? Yards? Flying Fish? Dogfish Head?
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George Hummel with Nancy Rigberg's Tie Dye Creations. See Firefly Dyes . |
Our Own Special Beer Recipe Kits
Welcome to the world of brewing!
To make your first five gallons of beer, you will need one of our (a) Equipment Kits and one of our (b) preassembled Ingredient Packages.
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7 Gallon Fermenter, with Lid
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7 Gallon Bottling Bucket
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GLASS CARBOY UPGRADE
(ADD $20.00 to the Equipment Kit and $5.00 additional packing charge.)
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Equipment Kit: $69.95 (shipping weight 17 lbs.) |
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(b) Beginner's Ingredient Packages includes all the ingredients that you will need to produce 5 gallons of an all malt, world class beer.
To get you started, we've prepared several different ingredient packages.
You get malt, brewing yeast, priming sugar and hops -- all pre-measured and easy to use.
WE'LL WORK WITH YOU TO DEVELOP YOUR OWN RECIPES FOR SUBSEQUENT BATCHES.
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Beginner's PubKit Ingredients $38.00 |
One of our Equipment Kits coupled with an Ingredient Package
will provide all you will need, except for some common household items (pot, spoon, bleach) and about two
cases of non-twistoff empty beer bottles. How many hobbies can you start for well under a hundred bucks?!
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HOME SWEET HOMEBREW INTERMEDIATE BREWING RECIPE PACKAGES
Our "Intermediate Brewing Recipe Packages" are partial grain/extract beers. Our exclusive recipes come with complete and easy instructions. They can be brewed by anyone at the intermediate brewing level. Beginners seeking the next level will not be intimidated, but all grain brewers looking for a quick batch will appreciate their convenience. They do not include bottle caps. They do contain suitable amounts of malt extract, pre-measured specialty grains, hops, priming sugar and yeast. However, if you prefer a liquid yeast culture, the appropriate yeast is available for the nominal upgrade fee.
WORLD BEER TOUR
The British Isles |
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LITERARY SERIES
From the cover story of Mother Earth News’ Twenty Fifth Anniversary Issue, these are our renditions of some frequently asked for clones. They are our own recipes, not affiliated with the breweries, whom we hold in highest regard.
American Brown Ale (Pete’s Wicked Ale Clone)
Golden Lager Style (Sam Adams Boston Lager Clone)
American Pale Ale (Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Clone)
"THIRST OF PHILADELPHIATM
NAMED IN HONOR OF SOME OF PHILLY'S BEST BEER BARS! Different recipes are fermenting throughout the year! "Thirst of Philadelphia" recipes make great gifts or souveniers of Philly!
LONDON GRILL PORTER |
A full bodied, robust porter, in the distinguished style of the London Grill. |
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KHYBER PASS IPA |
A bracing British IPA, as rugged as the Khyber. |
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COPA, TOO! BELGIAN WHITE (wit) ALE |
Complex, intriguing. Our version of a 'Session Beer' -- a classic Belgian White Beer. Just like the COPA -- the beer you keep coming back to. |
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BARDS IRISH STOUT |
Mother's Milk, translated across the pond. |
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JACK'S FIREHOUSE RED |
As Jack's motto says, "lay on the floor and do everything the nice fireman tells you..."; a coppery red ale, hopped in the American style. |
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SILK CITY WHEAT |
Like Silk City itself, a Bavarian -style wheat beer that goes with the flow. |
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THE ABBAYE BELGIAN ABBEY STYLE |
We had to brew a strong, malty abbey dubbel style beer in honor of this feisty Northern Liberties tavern. Bottle with oxygen barrier caps, as aging for at least a year is possible. A liquid yeast is recommended. |
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SUGAR MOM'S OLD ALE |
Funky, interesting, intoxicating, ... wait, that's sugar mom's bartenders. No, really, a soothing old ale that sneaks in a punch. |
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BRIDGID’S BELGIAN PALE ALE |
Comforting, yet exotic, this is a beer you can visit every day, like Bridgid's. A belgian pale ale that's so drinkable, yet complex. |
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MONK'S TRIPEL |
An enticing Belgian tripel, pale and deceptively powerful. This beer will captivate you, just as the 'Brussels Spouts' do at Monk's. |
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NODDING HEAD SCOTCH ALE |
Powerfully smoky and malty, this rendition will have you nodding your head in delight! |
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NEW!!! GEORGE'S FAULT! |
The homebrew version of Nodding Head's Great American Beer Festival Gold-Medal winning Belgian grand cru style beer! |
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