Upcoming holiday19th to 29th July
Welcome to Witches Brew
16 years on and we are now Exeters only Hobby Homebrew Specialists!
Formerly Cowick Cookware and Homebrew… We have now rebranded to Witches Brew! We are still the same people, same shop, same products and services, just a different name!
Our shop has undergone some big changes in the last few years. Many of our regular customers would have known my dad Ian Kendall who set up the shop in 2009. Sadly last year in April 2023, he suddenly passed away (taking all his knowledge with him!). So I am now running the shop to keep it going for him! My name is Katie, I am still learning everything there is to know about home brewing and will always try to help as much as I can, if I don’t know the answer we can learn together!
We stock everything you need for your hobby including complete Beer and Wine kits, complete brewing set ups for Beer, Wine and Cider, Spirit kits to make your own Vodka, Gin, Whisky etc. We also stock everything from the buckets and demijohns used to brew in, to the barrels and bottles used for storing it. Everything in between includes the steriliser, sugar, a wide range of yeasts, citric acid, grape concentrates, hops, spirit flavours, thermometers, hydrometers, bottling, corking and so much more!
Have you heard about our loyalty card scheme? Like a coffee stamp card but for Beer and Wine kits! So every time you buy a Beer, Wine or Cider kit from us you will receive a stamp and be on your way to getting some money off of a kit in the future!
We also stock a wide range of cooking and kitchen items! From kettles and toasters, through a huge range of kitchen gadgets, scales, thermometers and timers, to baking trays and cake tins, jam and preserve equipment as well, you’ll be sure to find what you need! And if we don’t have what you are looking for, we always aim to source it and get it in for you.
Since taking on the shop we have introduced an even more diverse range of stock including plants (lots are home grown), gift items and Homewares.
We are currently open 5 days a week 10am until 2pm (4pm on Saturdays) as we have 3 children at home to juggle! Please follow our Social Pages for regular updates on opening times or shop closures.
We hope to see you down here for all your homebrewing & kitchen needs!
You are always welcome to pop in and say hi!
Have a lovely day.
Homebrew
We stock all the equipment you need to make your brew from various brewing and fermenting vessels, Beer, Wine and Cider kits, specific yeasts, nutrients and sugars, sterilisers, mashing and straining bags, funnels and jugs, Syphons and tubing, thermometers and hydrometers, heat mats and belts, beer cappers and hand corkers and so much more!Co2 Cylinders & Soda Stream Canisters
We also stock Co2 cylinders to charge up your pressure barrels. You can purchase them brand new or bring back your empty canister for a refill at a discounted rate! The same goes for Soda Stream Canisters, we have brand new to purchase or bring back your empty one for a refill at a discounted rate!
Check out our Facebook and Instagram pages for regular product updates or come down and see us!
Preserve Supplies
Did you know we stock a lovely range of Jam making & preserving items? We have everything you need to make & store your preserves, including Books, Maslin Pans, Straining bags, wooden spoons, confectionery thermometers, funnels, wax discs, jars & bottles, jar cover kits, labels & so much more! We even have gadgets to get them tough jars open!
Kitchen Essentials
We stock a huge range of cooking and kitchen items including an impressive range of kitchen gadgets, baking and cake tins, steamers and stockpots, pots and pans, utensils and sieves, kettle and toasters, teapots and cake stands, scales and timers and not forgetting our jam and preserving section! Jars, bottles, labels, muslin and cheese cloths, wax discs and seals and much, much more!
Plants
As you will discover we absolutely love plants! We stock a forever changing array of gorgeous, well looked after garden & houseplants, many of which are home grown by us! From Seedlings, leaf & stem cuttings to fully established planties, you’ll always find something different & unusual here.. maybe even some rare ones! We also stock some pots & other gardening bits & bobs! Advice & tips also come as standard!
Gift Vouchers & Loyalty Cards
We now have Gift Vouchers available! An ideal present for anyone looking to start brewing or anyone who loves cooking! Available in store now! Recently, we also introduced a loyalty card scheme, like a coffee card but for Beer and Wine kits! So every time you buy a Beer, Wine or Cider kit from us you will receive a stamp and be on your way to getting some money off of a kit in the future!
Contact Us
If you are looking for a specific item, don’t hesitate to contact us as if we don’t have it in stock, we will always look into getting it in for you.With excellent quality products and knowledge and experience thrown in as standard, can you afford to shop elsewhere?
Witches Brew
43 COWICK ST
ST THOMAS
EXETER
EX4 1AP
07305 811082
info@homebrewexeter.co.uk
Opening Times
Tuesday: 10AM – 2PM
Wednesday: 10AM – 2PM
Thursday: 10AM – 2PM
Friday: 10AM – 2PM
Saturday: 10AM – 4PM
Please Note
We will be closing the shop on the following dates:
19th – 29th July 2025: CLOSED
Apologies for any inconvenience caused by this.
Send us a message
🍁 Don’t be afraid to get rid of them dead leaves no matter who or what they are in your life! Make room for new life & potential! 🪴
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😩 Unfortunately I can’t be open 24hrs a day 7 days a week - no one can when you’re a 1 man band.. people moan about opening times no matter what you do but when you are open it’s as dead as a dodo! 🦤
Perhaps I should remind myself of this next time people turn their nose up at products that they think are “steep” or “out of their price range” .. we sell good quality products.. we are not a bargain shop.. buy cheap buy twice.. we are a tiny, local & convenience shop also.. we’re going to be more pricey than every big company you can name.. billionaire companies who have no idea who you are.. then there’s tiny 1 man businesses like mine who know exactly who you are & tick along just to pay the overheads & put food on the family table
💪🏽 SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES! 💪🏽
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🤷🏽♀️ Where’s the sun gone! Actually Im quite glad as it’ll water the garden & stop me fretting about the plants & the animals getting too hot all the time! 😎 & I can chill this weekend not worrying about constantly watering the garden or not being able to let the tortoises & dogs out side in this heat! - I need the rest after looking after the new baby all week! He’s such a cutie 🥰 very well behaved so far! Still not settled on a name! We started calling him Trevor, little Trev but now I’ve gone off that but everyone’s now calling him it, I started calling him Pedro but nothing feels right 🤣 He’s mainly just baby, little darling, bubba, poppet.. Scamps is another one all the baby names but not a proper name 😆 so hard! Good job he’s not a human child! 😂
So he’s the main reason I haven’t posted all week I just haven’t had the time being a new mum again 🤣🤣🤣
We are open until 4pm today though so pop down if you are in need of anything for your homebrewing, kitchen or some new planties!
HOLIDAY UPDATE - We will be closed on Saturday 19th July - Reopening on Tuesday 29th July as we are away on holiday that week!
😗Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone!
Katie x
@witches_brew_exeter
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🩵 & Just like that.. we have a baby boy 🩵
🥹 Meet our new familiar 😍
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PLANTS PLANTS PLANTS! 🪴
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🤷🏽♀️What are these for?..
Firstly - they are NOT used for sterilising your brewing equipment!!!
👉🏽 Campden Tablets are used to clean liquid & Fruits/veg/flowers going into a drink.
For instance, when using any fresh produce like berries, apples, elderflowers.. you’ll need to use these tablets to free it from any natural yeasts to control the fermentation process. It will also take care of any bacteria & moulds growing on the ingredients. These 3 things can spoil the wine & prevent desired results.
They also prevent oxidation which can to horrible flavours & weird colours!
Campden tablets preserve the wines quality & freshness. They can also be used to remove chlorine from the water before using in the wine.
You can then use them to stop fermentation when you are ready to enabling you to control the whole fermentation process & maintain the desired characteristics of your wine!
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