Sound Homebrew Supply

One of the most well-​stocked homebrew stores in the city. Great selection and well laid out. I found everything I was looking for, how often does that happen? No need to figure out any on the fly substitutions or anything. Great experiences so far, my new go to stop on brew day.

Friendly staff and great supplies. They are always helpful and patient with question. I drive about 45 minutes just to get my supplies here.

As lazy, aspiring cider makers, we walked in here after a Costco run. We knew exactly what we needed: cider yeast, and an airlock. The idea was to toss the yeast into our 100% apple juice gallon-​sized bottles from Costo, screw in the airlock in place of the bottle cap, wait a couple of weeks, and produce apple cider of mysterious strength.
The two employees in the store were very helpful in explaining the different yeast strains to us newbies. The great part was that they were in no way condescending, and were happy to answer our very basic questions. They also told us to just come back to the store in the event things didn’t work out so that they could help figure out what went wrong and guide us in our next experiment. I really appreciate that level of customer service, especially in a new endeavour!
It’s now been about a week since we began our experiment. The dry English cider yeast is working away at the apple juice and producing a steady stream of bubbles. So far, so good! If I ever make the foray into beer-​brewing (it’s a much more involved process), I will definitely head back to Sound Homebrew Supply for both equipment and helpful tidbits.

I love this place. The guys are so helpful in finding supplies and recommending equipment. I haven’t been to any other brew store in Seattle, and I don’t plan on it.

We had a bumper crop of wine grapes this year in Woodinville so we decided to try our hand at winemaking. Went to Sound homebrew to find it staffed by only one person on a busy Saturday afternoon. Couldn’t get a single question answered without getting interrupted by other customers (who came in after us). Most of these interruptions were to ring up tiny purchases like cheesecloth and corks. I was planning to spend over a thousand bucks on a full setup – including a separator, press, fermenters, bottles, and bottler. To the owner, enjoy your 10 cent profit on the cheesecloth.

Ben is awesome. He’s honest about where to spend and where to save, he always has great brewing tips, and he offers suggestions without being pushy about them at all. He’s content to leave you to your own devices if that’s how you like it, but I always love to talk to him when I come in. I always seem to learn something new.
The store itself has everything you need at very reasonable prices. You can mill your grains there as well. Definitely my go-​to homebrew shop.

This place has it all! They sell full home brewing kits for beer and cider, cheese making kits, and they sell rhizomes in the Spring! (Pre-​order going on now!).
They (seem-​to me) carry all the components necessary to homebrew some beer. They carry already measured boxes for people trying to just make a brown ale, IPA, etc., and they also provide dry/​wet extract malts and dry grains for those who want to experiment!
A cool item i saw were the bags of dried rose hips. I want that, I don’t know what for, but I want it ;)
If you are in the mood to browse, buy, or research home brew stuff then I highly recommend this shop!

As a first time hoe brewer, I’m really glad I found this place. The staff was nice and really helpful about the different types of hops that they have available. We went in to look for a hydrometer I couldn’t help but looking at all the different kinds of equipment for home brewers.
If you are curious or thinking about trying making your own beer, definitely check this place out.

This beer supply shop is great. The people are friendly and helpful if you need them to be.
Their grain, yeast, and hops selection is very good. They always have everything in stock.
They have good hours and a more convenient location compared to some of their competitors. Their prices are a little higher that some down south but the location more than makes up for it.

This place is great! All the grains you need to craft the beer you want. Conversion charts to make sure you get your measurements right. A very good selection of both whole leaf and pellet hops. The guys who work here are all friendly and happy to answer any questions you have.

This is my first visit to a homebrew supply store, but I had a great experience — equipment and ingredients laid out neatly, prices very comparable to online shopping, and the employer struck the right balance of «helpful but not pushy,» particularly with cider questions. Had a great experience.

Such a cool store! They have pretty much anything a home brewer could ever need and more! Hops and grain and extract in multiple varieties and quantities, resources and equipment and books and recipes and more! The guys are super nice and helpful as well. Be sure to use the Unilocal deal, it’s friggin sweet

Love this place! Great service and they have all the right ingredients and tools.
I’ve asked for advice on tweaking two new recipes that I picked up there and both batches turned out awesome!
If you have any questions ask, the staff is very helpful and knowledgable.

Great place. Clean, well supplied, with informative employees. The prices, in my opinion, are a touch higher than some of the brewing supply stores that are further out, but they make up for it by being more helpful, better organized, cleaner, and well, local.
I’ll definitely be returning.

The owner is great, always willing to help and answer questions. Be patient if busy they will get to helping you!
Great recipe book.
Use to go to another brewery store until found Sound, this is now our go to store!!!

This would be my husband’s favorite homebrew store. From what I understand, it always has the right yeasts in stock and plenty of grain.
What I have noticed, is that the gentlemen who run the shop are exceptionally helpful and kind. And I thought it was pretty neat that I was able to be helpful when I «checked in» with Unilocal and got 10% off my husband’s 52 dollar order. Yay for me! :D

This started out being a great place to go, but unfortunately the last couple times I’ve been in it seems to be «slipping». I went in a couple weeks ago on the weekend and there was a woman getting grains etc, the male employee asked if I was going to need grains milled anytime soon, I said no but I did have some questions so as soon as he was done, I’d like to ask them. I waited for some time, as the lady was getting a lot of stuff and while I waited I looked around noticing that most of the stuff I wanted was out of stock, but I wanted to ask the questions anyway so I stuck around.
In the meantime, while I was just standing there waiting, another woman came into the store and was looking into the yeast cooler. Well, the employee finished up his sale with the first lady and walked straight past me to to «new» woman and asked her what she was looking for and began helping her while I just stood there looking at him. Well, since they didn’t have what I wanted I just went ahead and walked out and ordered online.
I went back in again this last weekend and once again most of the hops I needed were out of stock and there were a lot of other hops out of stock too, I walked around looking for other ingredients while the same employee from above just sat at the front counter not looking like he wanted to do anything at all, definitely not asking if anyone needed help. I ended up asking about the stock and he just said «we’re out» I asked when they’d have them he said «try back Tuesday»
The guys are definitely nice here, and a month ago I would have given it at least 4 stars, and I’m really hoping I just hit a bad couple of weeks for the place, but it’s definitely been really disappointing the last couple times I’ve been in.

I am so happy Sound Homebrew opened up in Georgetown!
I’ve gotten into home brewing after a 15 yr hiatus, but now I’m back baby!
Now I have a local place to pick up dozens of types of grains, dozens of types of yeasts, arrays of malts, and quality brewing equipment.
Michael hooked me up with the upper end starter kit with glass carboys, all the tubing and bottling equipment, books, sanitizers and a copper wort chiller.
I’ve made 4, five and ten gallon batches of beer this summer alone with recipes from the stores vast library, each one coming out very drinkable. I’ve gotten a lot of compliments from my microbrew aficionado friends.
There’s also everything you need to make homemade wine here as well, something I haven’t tried yet, but would like to get into.
If you are interested in getting into home brewing, or already do, I’d give ‘em a shot. It’s a lot easier than you may think, and you can make a high end beer for less than the cost of an average beer. The hours are very convenient too– he’s open till 7pm four nights a week.

First, I’ll reemphasize the tip from a previous review about finding the place: It’s on 5^th Ave South, just south of Michigan. Across 5^th from the 76 station. The sign is not particularly easy to see, especially headed East on Michigan…
Also, a note about that previous review: they do have a digital scale now! No idea what the capacity would be, but they do have it…
I don’t know much about home-​brewing yet so I can’t speak to the selection — which seems extensive in my limited experience — but I can speak to the extreme patience and helpfulness of Michael, the owner/​operator/​only employee.
I was at Sound Homebrew Supply for no less than two hours yesterday while Michael slowly and patiently explained the entire process and answered my extensive questions. Side note: I was a chemistry major, am naturally meticulous, and thus have a propensity to try to understand every nuance of a process before I begin. I read up before going to talk to Michael but he took the time to walk me through the entire process and answer every question I had as we walked through the process.
I have been wanting to brew my own beer for years now and I am SO excited that there is finally a Homebrew shop somewhere between Wedgewood and Kent…

I just stopped by Sound this afternoon, looking to get started on a batch for the first time after a 9-​month hiatus. The owner Mike was super-​friendly (but not in an annoying way) and really helpful. I told him what style I was looking to brew and he set me up trying out a clone recipe of one of my favorite beers!
I’m a relatively new brewer– I’ve done 3 successful brews and assisted on 4 or 5 others (all extract) so I’m still navigating the finer points of the whole thing. Mike walked me through the ingredients list, measured out and packaged everything for me, worked out some tweaks I wanted to make and made sure I was comfortable with the whole process.
Overall, a wonderful experience! I’d highly recommend this place to new and experienced brewers.
I also noticed some key differences between Sound and the other local brew shops:
–Mike sells neat little «ingredient kits,» pre-​packaged boxes of ingredients, perfect for new brewers. He currently only has «brewer’s best» brand and some similar canned clone kits, but he’s planning on pre-​packaging his own recipes in the future, which will be a nice touch.
— The shop is really well organized and has a really nice selection of specialty additives and spices.
— He has a really large selection of bottles for sale– everything from neat square bottles to growlers and grolsh-​style bottles.
–Mike is super-​approachable and friendly. It is clear he tries hard to make brewing a joyful experience for everyone and encourages his customers to call him with any questions or problems.