Cost difference betwen AG and extract brewing?

sunblock said:

I am most certainly going to go back to AG, but if you really do some hunting the cost difference is much slighter than I thought at first, assuming you are getting your 2-row in the $55 range per sack.

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If you're spending $55 for 55lbs of 2-row, you're getting ripped off. You should be able to get it in the $30 range.

Synovia said:

You should be able to get it in the $30 range.

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And just where would one buy 55 lbs of malt in the $30.00/bag price range? I assume you're not including shipping, because that sometimes is nearly 2/3 of the unit price, depending on order quantity. Please hook us up with your supplier if you're getting it at that price. Please!

tundra05 said:

And just where would one buy 55 lbs of malt in the $30.00/bag price range? I assume you're not including shipping, because that sometimes is nearly 2/3 of the unit price, depending on order quantity. Please hook us up with your supplier if you're getting it at that price. Please!

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Country Malt group. IIRC, a pallet shipped was only $75-100 and holds 42 bags of grain.

IE, if you do a group buy, its less than $2/bag to ship. Last i checked, it was $26 and change for a bag of 2 row.

I don't buy in bulk. just ordered ingredients for my mild came to $21 with $7 shipping.
Partial mash would have been about $10 higher ...
All extract just under $20 higher ...

Pretty good savings for the investment of a wort chiller, 40Qt brew pot, and propane burner and tank. Had a zap-pap mash-tun with fly sparger from years ago when I tried mashing before.

Synovia said:

Last i checked, it was $26 and change for a bag of 2 row.

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woah. awesome.

let me know when that happens again.