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I buy sacks of wheat malt, pils, Maris Otter, and pale, everything else is by the pound or five.I'm confused how it could be cheaper to buy the kit and modify it, can you give us some numbers?
I buy bags of Rahr pale, and Best pils and Munich. I split bags of C60, Special B, rye malt, and a couple others with another guy. I buy dark malts and other specialties locally as needed.
Quote from: denny on December 12, 2011, 08:50:31 amI buy bags of Rahr pale, and Best pils and Munich. I split bags of C60, Special B, rye malt, and a couple others with another guy. I buy dark malts and other specialties locally as needed.you need to split bags of Rye Denny? thought you went through 50 pounds of that a month
Like a lot of others here, I buy my base malt in bulk. I actually buy mine through a local brew pub. They allow members of our homebrew club to buy grain from them at cost, and will even order bags for us if it is something they normally don't carry. It's so much cheaper ($25-35/bag) for me than even buying bulk grain on line. I then buy all the rest of my grain online by the 1lb or 5lb.
Quote from: tschmidlin on December 12, 2011, 01:34:36 amI buy sacks of wheat malt, pils, Maris Otter, and pale, everything else is by the pound or five.I'm confused how it could be cheaper to buy the kit and modify it, can you give us some numbers?I got a 50 pound bag of 2 row for just under $50 after tax and shipping at Midwest Supplies. Ok that is a good price. But if I want to do any recipes, Octoberfest for example. I need 5 pounds of Munich $6, 4 pounds of dark Munich. $6 for a 5 pound bag, $2 for a pound of caramunich at $2. At best shipping will be $7.99 through NB. That is $14 plus 8 for $22. I can buy all that in a kit plus hops and yeast for $19. Add the shipping and I get $27 in rounded figures. Plus 5 pounds of my grain at $1.10 and it works out cheaper to buy the kit. That is why I am asking how you all buy your grain.
Where are you finding kits that include yeast and hops for $19? The NB o-fest recipe I just looked up was $26+.