Homebrew Korea opened its online store Saturday to sell supplies for brewing beer.

The site currently offers a limited range of equipment for brewers, but will expand its range.

Site owner Rob Titley hopes to eventually be able to offer the same quality and range that you would get at a brew store in the West, although he concedes it is difficult to wade through the regulations on importing ingredients.

Titley said there were a couple of other online brew stores in Korea, but people sometimes have trouble ordering from them, and so he decided to give brewers here another option.

Homebrew Korea is also running a competition to brew a pale ale, to be judged on Dec.18. The recipe for the winning beer will be taken and brewed for serving at Craftworks Taphouse in Itaewon.

To find out more visit www.homebrewkorea.com. There is a link to the store near the top of the page.

(paulkerry@heraldcorp.com)