Triad Homebrew Supply, located on 105 Guilford College Road, is one stop shopping for wine, cheese, and beer equipment and supplies. From the different grains that go in to making beer to high capacity stills, fermenters, and everything in between, they have it all. Triad Homebrew Supply has over 50 varieties of hops alone. Additionally, you can take classes for making wine, cheese, and beer.
Home brewing has taking North Carolina by storm. Appalachian State University even offers a Bachelor of Science degree program in fermentation sciences. This degree reflects the growing importance for institutions of higher education to bring "real world" experiences into the classroom. Colleges are providing a more direct link to vocational training and the art of fermentation is one such example.
Greensboro has Red Oak, Natty Greene's, Gibb's Hundred, Pig Pounder, and Preyer's breweries. Red Oak has been brewing in Greensboro since 1991- and has has a very interesting history, here. The other pubs came along since, with Preyer's being the new kid on the block- opening in 2015. Wonder if the local breweries get supplies from Triad Homebrew! Today is ABC Wednesday, and for our ABC LOCAL Series, T is for Triad. A lot of businesses in Greensboro use the term "triad" in their title and Triad Homebrew reflects a niche market that is trending! Behind that unassuming storefront is the complex world of crafts that have been passed down for generation after generation.
An interesting story: we have a few of these, but probably smaller..
Posted by: VP | Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 05:40 AM
VP, this one is pretty small. And, when you have those huge ships in Livorno who needs anything else to be big? Not everything can be suppressed!
Janis
GDP
Posted by: Janis & David | Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 06:06 AM
How interesting are these Homebrew Supplies. I have never seen them in the Netherlands.
Very useful if you want to have a party!
Wil, ABCW Team
Posted by: Reader Wil | Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 09:00 AM
My brother brews. I sample.
Posted by: birdman | Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 09:57 AM
There are the odd places like that here, also small places.
Posted by: William Kendall | Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 11:48 AM
VP, suppressed is not what I intended to say.
Janis
GDP
Posted by: Janis & David | Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 11:57 AM
a business model that wouldn't have existed 20 years ago, likely
ROG,ABCW
Posted by: Roger Green | Thursday, May 28, 2015 at 05:07 PM
Hmmm, there must be a similar shop in my area, too. We have a lot of small, independent breweries in the nearby counties. My guess is that there must be also a lot of brew hobbyists. I'll take a crafts beer over wine any day.
The View from the Top of the Ladder
Posted by: Su-sieee! Mac | Thursday, May 28, 2015 at 09:03 PM