The Brew Shop

Located in Sydney's southern suburbs at Peakhurst, The Brew Shop started trading in the late 60's and has become the mecca for homebrewers and occasionally a life (batch ) saver for some of our craft breweries. The Brew Shop is run by brothers Colin and Dave, with Colin's son Mark and former head brewer at the Lord Nelson, Damien.

Working in conjunction with ES Brewing, The Brew Shop stocks everything you could ever think of needing for anything to do with brewing and distilling. From the tiny o-ring for a kegs poppet valve up to dual tap kegerators. It's not just equipment either, one wall is full of extracts and kits while another is full of essences.

While The Brew Shop look after the retail side of things, selling not only through the store but also online and over the phone, ES Brewing look after the importing of hops and malts, the manufacturing and exporting of wort kits and extracts, and the wholesale supply to brew stores Australia wide.

The most popular items being bought at the moment are the Coopers kit and kilo cans, along with ES Brewing 3kg extract can range and the 4.5L Ezi Brew versions of craft beers. Also very popular at the moment ( possibly the fastest growing sector of the homebrew market ) is distilling spirits, and The Brew Shop has everything you need for that as well.

$75 gets you a homebrew starter kit which includes everything you need ( fermenter and beer kit and odds and ends ) to make your first beer - bar the bottles.

With so much of his time taken up by the shop Colin doesn't get a lot of time to brew anymore and when he does he is more than likely to be working on development batches.  Currently they are working on a gluten free beer using sorghum but it's not going so well. They are finding it hard to replicate the malt taste that goes with a good beer.

The Brew Shop and ES Brewing both support the local home brew club, hosting the meeting on the last Friday of every month and often donating prizes for the competitions.