Modern Homebrew Emporium

03/09/2022

SORRY, MODERN HOMEBREW EMPORIUM IS CLOSED. WE WILL MISS YOU ALL.

02/14/2022

Modern Homebrew Emporium will close its doors for good Sunday, February 20th. We appreciate your patronage through the years. We are saddened by the necessity of closing, but we can no longer keep our doors open. For those of you reading our post, you can take 10% off anything in the store. Just mention this post.

01/31/2022

Modern Homebrew Emporium, local homebrew supply store to homebrewers and craft breweries, will close its doors Sunday, February 20, 2022. Modern Homebrew Emporium has been a fixture at its 2304 Massachusetts Avenue site for over 30 years serving tens of thousands of an amazing and international clientele.
Local homebrew stores have faced enormous pressure the past decade. In the late 1990’s business oriented entrepreneurial homebrewers turned a small scale garage business into a thriving hobby with millions of people learning to make beer, wine, cider, mead and distilled products. Thousands of them decided to open a business based on their hobby, brewing beer or other fermented products. For a while the number of homebrewers increased as the number of breweries, wineries, cideries, meaderies and distilleries increased. Breweries went from 1,500 in 2000 to 9,000 today, wineries from 4,000 to 12,000, and an additional 2,000 cideries, meaderies and distilleries dot the country. That’s a great thing. Except for homebrew stores. Each new opening meant fewer homebrewers as they became professionals. The need to brew to get a good wine or beer also has lessened; the country is awash in good beer and wine.
One could say that the local homebrew shops did their job too well, teaching so many people to brew. By 2011 the homebrew craze had peaked. Local stores started closing, with little fanfare or notice. The last few years that has accelerated. Plus larger internet stores have placed lots of pressure on local stores too. The largest one is even owned in part by AB-InBev. The past two years of Covid, staffing problemss, and supply issues were just icing on the cake. Homebrew Emporium is still evaluating its ability to keep its other two stores in Weymouth and West Boylston, but those will likely close soon too. We can’t do it any longer and need to concentrate on our Albany, NY store and its internet site and its brewery.
We have fond memories of the many people that we have served over the years. It was a pleasure to help you learn about the hobby. Also, thank you very much to the people who worked for us. We couldn’t have done it without you. Thank you Boston, we will miss you.

Roger Savoy
President
Homebrew Emporium

01/26/2022

A big storm could be brewing this weekend. You can stay nice and warm brewing a batch of your favorite beer or wine.
Pick up your supplies before the snow starts. We'll be open Thursday and Friday until 7. If it's very bad we will close for our employee's safety.
We look forward to seeing you. Stay safe and warm. And of course relax, don't worry, have a homebrew.

01/25/2022

** Last Minute Cider Buy Post **

There's still a few more hours to pre-order tasty cider to make hard cider! You have until 4pm today to place your cider buy order.

Customers wishing to pre-order 5 gallons of delicious fresh pressed cider to make hard cider with can do so now. The cost is $35 for 5 gallons of cider if you provide your clean bucket and lid to us, or $55 if we provide the bucket and lid with the cider for you.

Your payment and bucket and lid, if your supplying those, needs to be in by noon on Tuesday, Jan 25th, and you can pick up the cider from Massachusetts Homebrew Emporiums on Wednesday, Jan 26th and from the NY Homebrew Emporium on Thursday, Jan 27th.

Please call the NY Homebrew Emporium to order if you're ordering through the West Boylston or Cambridge stores as they are closed on Tuesdays, thanks.

You can contact your local store by phone, in person or through email to place an order:

LOCATIONS:

Homebrew Emporium
472 North Greenbush Rd (Route 4)
Rensselaer, NY 12144-8406
518-283-7094
[email protected]

South Shore Homebrew Emporium
86 Finnell Drive
Unit 20
Weymouth, MA 02188
Phone: (781) 340-2739
[email protected]

** Last Minute Cider Buy Post **

There's still a few more hours to pre-order tasty cider to make hard cider! You have until 4pm today to place your cider buy order.

Customers wishing to pre-order 5 gallons of delicious fresh pressed cider to make hard cider with can do so now. The cost is $35 for 5 gallons of cider if you provide your clean bucket and lid to us, or $55 if we provide the bucket and lid with the cider for you.

Your payment and bucket and lid, if your supplying those, needs to be in by noon on Tuesday, Jan 25th, and you can pick up the cider from Massachusetts Homebrew Emporiums on Wednesday, Jan 26th and from the NY Homebrew Emporium on Thursday, Jan 27th.

Please call the NY Homebrew Emporium to order if you're ordering through the West Boylston or Cambridge stores as they are closed on Tuesdays, thanks.

You can contact your local store by phone, in person or through email to place an order:

LOCATIONS:

Homebrew Emporium
472 North Greenbush Rd (Route 4)
Rensselaer, NY 12144-8406
518-283-7094
[email protected]

South Shore Homebrew Emporium
86 Finnell Drive
Unit 20
Weymouth, MA 02188
Phone: (781) 340-2739
[email protected]

01/18/2022

January 2022 Cider Buy Reminder

There's still time to pre-order cider to make tasty Hard Cider!

We are having another Cider Buy. Customers wishing to pre-order 5 gallons of delicious fresh pressed cider to make hard cider with can do so now. The cost is $35 for 5 gallons of cider if you provide your clean bucket and lid to us, or $55 if we provide the bucket and lid with the cider for you.

Your payment and bucket and lid, if your supplying those, needs to be in by noon on Tuesday, Jan 25th, and you can pick up the cider from Massachusetts Homebrew Emporiums on Wednesday, Jan 26th and from the NY Homebrew Emporium on Thursday, Jan 27th.

You can contact your local store by phone, in person or through email to place an order:

LOCATIONS:

Homebrew Emporium
472 North Greenbush Rd (Route 4)
Rensselaer, NY 12144-8406
518-283-7094
[email protected]

West Boylston Homebrew Emporium
45 Sterling Street (Route 12)
West Boylston, MA 01583-1268
508-835-3374
[email protected]

South Shore Homebrew Emporium
86 Finnell Drive
Unit 20
Weymouth, MA 02188
Phone: (781) 340-2739
[email protected]

Modern Homebrew Emporium
2304 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02140-1812
Phone: (617) 498-0400
[email protected]

01/13/2022

Martin Luther King long weekend sale!!

Sale runs Friday, January 14th through Monday, January 17th

** 15% off all ingredients to brew a batch of beer **

** 10% off of anything else that you purchase during this long weekend **

Stop in and mention this ad!!

01/12/2022

January 2022 Cider Buy Reminder

There's still time to pre-order cider to make tasty Hard Cider!

We are having another Cider Buy. Customers wishing to pre-order 5 gallons of delicious fresh pressed cider to make hard cider with can do so now. The cost is $35 for 5 gallons of cider if you provide your clean bucket and lid to us, or $55 if we provide the bucket and lid with the cider for you.

Your payment and bucket and lid, if your supplying those, needs to be in by noon on Tuesday, Jan 25th, and you can pick up the cider from Massachusetts Homebrew Emporiums on Wednesday, Jan 26th and from the NY Homebrew Emporium on Thursday, Jan 27th.
You can contact your local store by phone, in person or through email to place an order:

LOCATIONS:

Homebrew Emporium
472 North Greenbush Rd (Route 4)
Rensselaer, NY 12144-8406
518-283-7094
[email protected]

West Boylston Homebrew Emporium
45 Sterling Street (Route 12)
West Boylston, MA 01583-1268
508-835-3374
[email protected]

South Shore Homebrew Emporium
86 Finnell Drive
Unit 20
Weymouth, MA 02188
Phone: (781) 340-2739
[email protected]

Modern Homebrew Emporium
2304 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02140-1812
Phone: (617) 498-0400
[email protected]

12/30/2021

Happy New Year!!!
We will be closing early on Friday, December 31st at 6pm for New Years Eve, and we will be closed on Saturday, January 1st for New Years Day.

We will re-open on Sunday for normal business hours.

12/22/2021

January 2022 Cider Buy

We are having another Cider Buy. Customers wishing to pre-order 5 gallons of delicious fresh pressed cider to make hard cider with can do so now. The cost is $35 for 5 gallons of cider if you provide your clean bucket and lid to us, or $55 if we provide the bucket and lid with the cider for you.

Your payment and bucket and lid, if your supplying those, needs to be in by noon on Tuesday, Jan 25th, and you can pick up the cider from Massachusetts Homebrew Emporiums on Wednesday, Jan 26th and from the NY Homebrew Emporium on Thursday, Jan 27th. You can contact your local store by phone, in person or through email to place an order:

LOCATIONS:

Homebrew Emporium
472 North Greenbush Rd (Route 4)
Rensselaer, NY 12144-8406
518-283-7094
[email protected]

West Boylston Homebrew Emporium
45 Sterling Street (Route 12)
West Boylston, MA 01583-1268
508-835-3374
[email protected]

South Shore Homebrew Emporium
86 Finnell Drive
Unit 20
Weymouth, MA 02188
Phone: (781) 340-2739
[email protected]

Modern Homebrew Emporium
2304 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02140-1812
Phone: (617) 498-0400
[email protected]

12/07/2021

December 2021 Cider Buy Reminder

There is still time to pre-order cider to make tasty Hard Cider!!

We are having another Cider Buy. Customers wishing to pre-order 5 gallons of delicious fresh pressed cider to make hard cider with can do so now. The cost is $35 for 5 gallons of cider if you provide your clean bucket and lid to us, or $55 if we provide the bucket and lid with the cider for you.

Your payment and bucket and lid, if your supplying those, needs to be in by noon on Tuesday, Dec 14th, and you can pick up the cider from Massachusetts Homebrew Emporiums on Wednesday, Dec 15th and from the NY Homebrew Emporium on Thursday, Dec 16th. You can contact your local store by phone, in person or through email to place an order:

LOCATIONS:

Homebrew Emporium
472 North Greenbush Rd (Route 4)
Rensselaer, NY 12144-8406
518-283-7094
[email protected]

West Boylston Homebrew Emporium
45 Sterling Street (Route 12)
West Boylston, MA 01583-1268
508-835-3374
[email protected]

South Shore Homebrew Emporium
86 Finnell Drive
Unit 20
Weymouth, MA 02188
Phone: (781) 340-2739
[email protected]

Modern Homebrew Emporium
2304 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02140-1812
Phone: (617) 498-0400
[email protected]

12/01/2021

Homebrew Emporium Holiday Specials!

Wine Making Equipment Kit & 6 Gallon Juice Kit Combo - $169

Kombucha Brewing Kit - $40

Soft Cheese Making Kit - $24

LOCATIONS:

Homebrew Emporium
472 North Greenbush Rd (Route 4)
Rensselaer, NY 12144-8406
518-283-7094
[email protected]

West Boylston Homebrew Emporium
45 Sterling Street (Route 12)
West Boylston, MA 01583-1268
508-835-3374
[email protected]

South Shore Homebrew Emporium
86 Finnell Drive
Unit 20
Weymouth, MA 02188Phone: (781) 340-2739
[email protected]

Modern Homebrew Emporium
2304 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02140-1812
Phone: (617) 498-0400
[email protected]