Craft Beer Cartel at The Kiwi Stop — Local services in Fort Lauderdale

This was my go to beer brewing supply story but I don't know what happened in the past two years. I took a break in brewing for about 2 years but fired the system back up now and was surprised at the change at craft beer cartel. I used to submit my order via Facebook messenger to have them weigh out the grains and have my hops and yeast all ready to go when I got there so I was in and out in about a minute. Now, they are slow to reply to Facebook messages asking about inventory, and was told they will no longer have purchases ready to go before I arrive for a fast transaction. Went there this week and the hop selection was poor and not much yeast to choose from either. No US-05 for weeks. Not even a White Labs or Wyeast equivalent available. I don't know if this is a COVID related matter but I hope they get back to...

As a home brewer, this is the place to go. They carry ample stock of any item you need and if they dont have it, they most likely will be able to order it for you. The prices are higher than what you'll see from online retailers, but it's so worth supporting a local business. Especially because you get more than supplies when you come here, you get advice. The associate kindly spent 20 minutes talking to me about tips on wort starters when I just came in for a $2 stopper. It was so nice and so helpful! Plus they have a great selection of beers to...

They seem to have lost interest in being a home brew supply store. The area was a mess. I’d say 50% of the grain containers were empty. They had 8lbs of 2-row total in the entire store. How can you not have supply of the most common grain? Ran out of wheat flake, a handful of yeasts available. Nothing I needed. Decent selection of hops but no Colombus. Grain mill didn’t work, I was told they don’t want to invest in a new one. Employee had no familiarity with brewing supplies. It’s almost like they just have that area back there as some...