Karp’s Home Brew & Hardware Supplies

What more could a guy need???

It was a bit of a hike but I went here to buy some home brewing supplies (and some hardware as well).
Awesome hardware store. Helpful people. I had researched carboy prices before going and Karp’s was the lowest. They had almost everything I needed (one item was out of stock) and I was very happy with their home brew supplies and selection. I will definitely be back for that section of the store. They also had a nice canning section which was a surprise to me. Next time I go I can buy hardware, window caulk, brewing supplies, and canning jars.. . Which is the odd mix of what I need.
The workers even carried my bottles and carboys to my car without being asked for assistance. Great place. I will go out of my way to give them more of my business.

Great home brew shop. I love this place. It combines 3 awesome stores in one building: 1) hardware store, 2) home brew store, 3) gun store. It doesn’t get any better than that. Their prices for home brew supplies are the best around. Whenever I’m out that way I make sure to stop in. The staff is awesome too

5 stars because Karp’s is hands down the best hardware store in the area. They 1. have what you need 2. will answer questions over the phone in a helpful and efficient manner 3. are ½ the price of another nearby hardware store (Ace). Today I needed plumbing fittings. Called Karp’s to verify they had what I needed, got help over the phone, ran into buy fittings. Easy peasy. Found out I needed more. Went to Ace bc it was closer. Lovely young man offered to help. When I got back to cash register, he had gotten me 3 of what I needed and 8 elbows that were totally different from the 1^st three and different from each other! Hightailed it back to Karps, where, you guessed it, they had what I needed and at exactly ½ the price. Excellent local business!

I have been using Karps for as long as I have been in town. Which is well over 20 years. I hate going to the big box stores But, after Hurricane Sandy, this store was selling 2 gallon gas cans for almost 24.00. In my book that is price gauging. Mark my word I will NEVER step foot in this store again. EVER.

I make the drive to Karp’s because their selection of homebrew equipment and ingredients is great and their prices are really good as well.
the ingredients are always fresh and there is always someone around to help me out if I have questions or need help locating something.
I got my initial equipment setup from them and they didn’t try to push any non-​essential stuff on me.
I live alot closer to the hydroponic shop on Horace Harding expy but it seems that their approach to homebrew is spelled out on their sign, «…and homebrew too.» I’ve gone in for stuff i needed on the fly and also for some yeast. every time, its always like the impossible dream to get help and their prices aren’t all that great. When i went to get yeast, I had already pitched it when I noticed that the date on the bottle was already 2 weeks past expiration. Live and learn.
Karp’s is out of the way but well worth the drive because I know that I’ll get what I need and what I want.

Karp’s is the best Hardware Store on Long Island (now that Fox’s in Setauket is closed). I am so glad I still have this resource available to me, as many people across the country are relegated to Home Depot and Lowes as their only sources of Hardware, and that is just a sad state of affairs. I went to Home Depot a few weeks ago and asked where I could find rubber grommets, and not only did NO ONE in the place even know what I was talking about, but when someone finally did figure out what I was looking for I was informed it was a «specialty item» that needed to be specially ordered.
I swung up to Karp’s and they had a selection of about 15 different sizes and it cost me $ 0.75 for one.
I’ve never been let down by Karp’s. They do have an admittedly (they admit it themselves) small selection of paint, but they have to compete with a local Aboff’s and a Benjamin Moore store, both within miles, so I don’t fault them too much. But when I converted my old shower from the old three-​handled faucet to a single-​body unit, they had everything I needed, and even gave me a personal tutorial and a confidence boost when I told them it was my first time soldering plumbing pipe.
I hope Karp’s stays there forever — they seem to have a nice niche market and they compete fantastically well with the worthless Home Depot just down Larkfield.