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WHAT THEY OFFER | COMMENTS |
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COOPERS : MNA Brewing, Johannesburg. Tel. 082-920-9545 Email Marius |
A wide range of beer kits from Coopers, also basic equipment such as brewing buckets, cappers, hydrometers, caps etc. | Coopers are keen enough homebrew enthusiasts that they sponsored the WORT HOG BREWERS' Summer Beer Festival 2002 ! |
Dragon Chinese Supermarket (Herbert & Angie Hui) Diagonally across the road from News Cafe Cnr 9th Ave & Rivonia Boulevard Rivonia, Johannesburg. Tel. (011) 803-6408 Tel. 082-966-3088 |
They sell Agar (~ R18 for a huge packet) which is strand like, almost looks like
flat noodles - should last a few lifetimes ! Dried Orange Peel (Mandarin) R7 for 20g - for those Wit Beers |
Llewellyn's latest find ! |
Draymans Brewery 222, Dykor Road, Silverton, Pretoria. Tel : (012) 804-8800 www.draymans.com |
Range of grains, as available, e.g. pale, crystal, chocolate, wheat. Occasionally some other specialty malts. Range of hop pellets, as available, e.g. Southern Brewer, Saaz, Styrian Goldings. Fresh yeast slurries (call 3-4 days in advance). In addition, small quantities of acid for pH control, 'perisan' a good food grade sterilant and salts for mineral adjusments such as CaSO4 and CaCl2. | Draymans is actually a micro brewery but Moritz is more than keen to assist homebrewers with ingredients. Please call in advance and speak to either Moritz or Hester. |
| Fruits and Roots Hobart Corner Shopping Centre, Cnr. Hobart & Grovesnor Roads, Bryanston, Johannesburg. Tel. (011) 463-2928 Email : froots@global.co.za |
Agar, Health foods, e.g. oats, spelt, raw wheat, barley, gluten, etc | |
| National Food Products 93, Komatie Road, Emmarentia, Johannesburg, 2195. Tel. (011) 646-9022 Fax. (011) 646-4416 The Homebrew Shop |
Suppliers of NFP beer kits as well as all raw ingredient for beer, wine & cheese as well as general brewing equipment, stills for distilling as well as draft keg equipment for the homebrewer. | A long running business, now run by Alex Barrow. |
| Rand Water (011) 682-0746 www.randwater.co.za |
Gauteng water analysis | They can tell you what is in the water that comes out your tap… |
| SA Maltsters (Alrode) 2, Johnson Street, Alrode (It adjoins the SAB's Alrode Brewery), Johannesburg-ish. Tel. (011) 389-1320 Ask for George Sinyangwe |
Pale Malt and Black Malt are standard products. Amber malt (By special arrangement) Chocolate Malt (By special arrangement) |
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| SA Maltsters (Caledon) Tel. (028) 214-3100 Ask for Adrian Alexander |
Pale Malt only |
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| SAB Hop Farms George. Tel. (044) 802-8420 Fax. 086 646-7230 Ask for Gerrie Brits or Linda Pretorius Linda.Pretorius@za.sabmiller.com. |
Pellet hops in 500g or 1 kg foil sachets. Varieties :- Southern Brewer, Southern Promise, Outeniqua. |
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| The Beer Keg
Vincent le Roux : Cell : 073 501 3803 www.thebeerkeg.co.za |
Range of Products: Coopers Kits & a range of grains & hops obo The Brew Master (Leon) |
Vincent also sells some equipment, e.g. mini kegs and arranges brewery tours for Moritz and Gilroys. |
| The Brew Master, Northcliff, JHB, Gauteng Leon van der Westhuizen : Cell : 082 851 0325 Fax : 0866 843 701 www.brewshop.co.za |
Range of Products: Local Malt (SAB Maltster smaller quanties) Specialty Malts (incl Munich. Vienna, Pilsner, Crystal, Chocolate, Wheat) Wyeast smack packs Hops local and imported Brewing Salts Cleaning/Sanitising chemicals Other (Yeast Nutrient, Dried Malt Extract, Irish Moss etc.) Please feel free to contact us for any other requirements |
Leon and his father George started this enterprise during 2007 and currently supply a superb set of ingredients, even flying their yeast in on ice. Leon is a brewer so understands what brewers need ! To receive regular emails from Leon on deadlines for imports, email him and ask to be on his distribution list. Leon is also prepared to deliver to you at the WHB Meetings. As of March 2008, The Brew Master took over the website of The Brew Shop, so if you visit that site you will now be ordering from Leon & George ! |
| ULTRA WHOLESALE LIQUORS, Cape Town The Manager Tel (021) 930-2415 Fax (021) 930-4007 |
They sell beer kits from their Wynberg(Cape Town) and George branch . | Import Morgans kits from Australia. |
| WINE MAKING , Cape Town Website : www.wine-making.co.za Contact : Trevor |
Brewing Ingredients: Wide range of White Labs yeast, Whole and Pellet hops, Speciality grains & equipment. Order form can be found on their home page or e-mail them to receive one. | The quality and variety is excellent. And we're talking wine & beer supplies ! |
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WHAT THEY OFFER | COMMENTS |
| Aquarodi, Johannesburg. Harry Ackerman. (011) 664-7247 082-653-3167 |
Filter housings | Beer filter (Llewellyn):Amatech, polyprop, flat seal 10 inch, not clear- they deliver |
| Binun's, 386, Proes street, Pretoria or Menlyn Retail Park, Menlyn, Pretoria (012) 326 5314 or (012) 348 7444 |
Electric Urns, up to 50 litre / 3 kW Also loads of beer glasses and they sell crates for glasses. |
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| Chick Henderson 30 New Goch Road, Benrose. (011) 624 1400 |
Steel reinforced clear hosing (R26/m) | - |
COOPERS : MNA Brewing, Johannesburg. Tel. 082-920-9545 Email Marius |
A wide range of beer kits from Coopers, also basic equipment such as brewing buckets, cappers, hydrometers, caps etc. | Coopers are keen enough homebrew enthusiasts that they sponsored the WORT HOG BREWERS' Summer Beer Festival 2002 ! |
| Dispensetech, Corner of Rudo Nel and Midley streets, Jet Park Boksburg Tel : 011 397 7455 Fax : 011 397 7648 Email : david@dispensetech.co.za |
Draught dispensing equipment & installations. | They do not normally sell to the public, but will help in an emergency and do so with a smile ! They sell to the homebrew trade via Draught Craft. These folk also sponsored the WORT HOG BREWERS Summer Beer Festival 2002 ! |
| Draught Craft. Bevan : 083-417-7543. www.c9web.co.za/dc/ draughtcraft@telkomsa.net |
Complete beverage dispensing solutions for the professional and homebrewer. Bevan can help you with stainless steel kegs, beer hose, connectors, gas regulators, John Guest fittings (those grey pluggable connectors for beer hose) etc. |
If you want to do draught at home, Bevan's your man ! |
| Ecolab Johannesburg. Tel. (011) 393-5022 Contact : Rohan Chivers (Brewing & beverage sales manager) rohan.chivers@mweb.co.za |
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| ElectraHertz Pty Ltd, 498, Krige Street, Silverton, Pretoria. Tel. (012) 804-0120 Fax. (012) 804-2585 |
You can get all your electrical items here such as heating (geyser) elements, thermostats for boilers (buy the 120degC one for a brewing kettle), heat shrink, connectors, multi-meters etc. They can supply the non-scaling heating elements known as 'incalloy elements', great for your boiler. | They are virtually behind Moritz's brewery. If you come along Silverton's main road, instead of turning at the lights down Dykor Road to Moritz's brewery, go one more set of lights along Silverton (out of town direction), then left at these lights and they are a minute's drive down the road on your left. |
| Fuel Gas, Alberton. (011) 908-5287 Ask for Des |
High pressure gas burners (like those Llewellyn & Moritz use) | 112mm 11000-313000 BTU burners - R160 (1999) |
| Gas & Equipment 88, Bordeaux Dr., Randburg (011) 787-8316 Ask for Andre. |
LPG gas LPG Regulators Gas fittings |
Andre is an expert on LPG gas. |
| Gas For Africa Roodepoort. 15 6th Street, Delarey, Roodepoort (011) 477-5629 (011) 477-1355 |
- Cooking Gas (9kg - R70) - CO2 (R440/R37kg) - Std Oxygen (R140/11.3kg) - Ice - Dry Ice |
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| Kaplan wooden barrels Cape Town. (021) 862-1790 |
Wine barrels | Use for lambics, etc |
| Labchem, Johannesburg. Tel. (011) 452-1116/9 Susan van Schalkwyk. |
pH buffer solutions to calibrate your pH meter. A relatively low cost but accurate and robust pH meter can be bought from RS Components (see below). |
pH meters usually calibrate at standard values such as 4.0 (acid), 7.0 (neutral) or 10.0 (alkaline). Most pH meters need you to calibrate at two points before starting a brew session. For brewing the 4.0 and 7.0 are most useful. They can deliver if you order enough (>R300 ?), otherwise go fetch ! |
| Leeubrug Garden and Hardware, Pick 'n Pay Shopping Centre, Lynnwood Road, Lynnwoodridge, Pretoria. (012) 361 4510 |
Soft plastic tubing, many different diameters | This small shopping centre is on Lynnwood Road, about 2.5 km from the N1 going East out of town, on your left hand side. |
| Metraclark, 160, Mitchell Street, Pretoria West. Tel. (012) 327-2600 Riaan. |
Soft copper tubing that can be easily shaped for counterflow chillers or immersion chillers to chill your wort at boil end. Get at least 10 metres long at 10 mm diameter. | No special gadgets are needed to bend the tubing, just wrap it around something round ! Because it bends easily its not a problem collecting 10 metres in your car !! |
| Micromatic 44A, Bryanston Drive, Johannesburg. John Dryden (011) 463-1874 083-302-0700 |
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| Oil Heat Services 79, Hill Str., Ferndale, Randburg. (011) 886-1675 |
Anything to do with gas LPG Gas refills CO2 Suremix/Suremix 60 Pure Oxygen |
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| Plastilon Packaging, 396, Thirteenth Avenue, Rietfontein, Pretoria. Tel. (012) 329-0309 |
Plastic buckets suitable for fermentation, 10-25 litres. | These have a push fit sealable lid. |
| Pioneer Plastics, 5, Potgeiter Street, Rosslyn (NW of Pta). Tel. (012) 541-6000. Coming from JHB, take the N1 north until you get to Zambezi Drive offramp, turn left at the lights, go all the way along Zambezi for several kms to the T-junction / lights at the end, turn right at the lights for 1.5 km and then left onto road to Rosslyn (R533 ?). Rosslyn is about 6 kms further on. |
Large range of plastic drums suitable for fermentation, boiling etc. | They can cut a drum to size, weld a plastic lid on a drum, do spin welds of females for a tap to be screwed in. |
| Reco Randburg. Tel. (011) 793-7033 |
- 3/8" Copper Tubing (Air-conditioning supplies) (Approx R130/15m incl VAT) - Copper Couplings (3/8" to 1/2", etc.) |
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| RGM Plastics Pretoria. Tel. (012) 666-7231 Ask for George. |
50,100, 120, 220L Polyethylene drums with clamp fitting lids. Most people buy the black coloured ones as they are from recycled materials and are cheaper. | A 50 litre drum like this can be used to store 25 kg of pale malt for instance, away from dust, moisture and creepy crawlies for several months. |
| Rivonia Mica Hardware & Paint 367, Rivonia Boulevard, Johannesburg. (011) 803-2006 |
Brass & plastic fittings Bits & bops |
Any hardware requirements (Llew is impressed with them !) |
| Ross Electrical, CSIR Campus Brummeria, Pretoria : (012) 349-1814 or 229, Dykor Street, Silverton, Pretoria : (012) 804-1432 or 393, Proes Street, Pretoria Central : (012) 326-6512 |
Geyser elements, circuit breakers, thermostats and other electrical supplies at reasonable prices. | The Silverton branch is directly opposite Draymans Brewery. |
| RS Components (SA), 1 & 2, Indianapolis Street, Kyalami Business Park, Kyalami, Midrand. Tel. (011) 466-1565 Fax. (011) 466-1577 Email : sales@rs.co.za http://www.rs-components.com/south-africa/ |
HUGE range of electrical components. WORT HOG members have been buying a low cost pH meter from them (e.g. the 'Checker' by 'Hanna' ~ R300 or so). | A large international company with a 2,600 square metre warehouse in MidRand near the Kyalami racetrack. They stock some 55,000 product lines ! You can browse their catalogue online. |
| Seal Centre, 800, Helen Street, Hermanstad, Pretoria West. Tel. (012) 379-6170 |
Rubber o-rings (ready made and the chord to make your own custom sizes), copper piping for chillers, range of compression fittings both metric and imperial. | They really know their stuff, always impressed me with what they have in stock and they'll help you make a plan to get what you want even when (like me) you don't exactly know what's possible in the first place ! |
| Selecta Media (Bactlab) Abcon Close, 17, Hammer Str., Stydompark, Johannesburg. (011) 792-7383 |
McCartney(?) vials for yeast storage (+/- 30ml) Agar (to grow yeast cultures on) |
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| Sinvac Plastics, 163, Lloyd Str., Pretoria West. (012) 386-6484 |
Plastic drums of all shapes and sizes ! Download their April 2010 price list with sizes here. (Right click and select SAVE TARGET AS to save on your PC) |
For hot liquor tanks, mash tuns, lauter tuns, fermentors, conditioning vessels etc Huge range of sizes from 22 litres to a few thousand litres ! |
| Sondor Industries, 40, Simba Str., Sebenza. (Near Jhb airport). (011) 452-4530 Also in Pretoria on (012) 803-4471 |
Insulation material, Foam rubber | SPX33 20mm insulation material for hot liquor tank, mash tuns Wrap your dispensing keg with this - use Velcro - keeps beer cool for hours. R120 for 1mx2m (2000) |
| Tecsa, Johannesburg. (011) 626-3440 |
Defy magnetically coupled washing machine pumps, +/- R130 | Wholesaler to appliance trade |
| The Gas Company, 25 Jacaranda Str. (between Lenchen and Hendrik Verwoerd) Hennopspark, Centurion (012 653 3295) |
Suppliers of LPG gas, gas burners, valves and a wide range of LPG accesories Soft copper tubing in different diameters Carbon dioxide and Suremix for dispensing | - |
| Wika Instruments, Johannesburg. (011) 621-000 |
Measuring instruments, temperature, pressure gauges, electronic temperature controls, probes, etc | - |
