Grain purchase saturday v What to get?

BADS197 · 06-18-2009, 03:18 PM

I'm headed to Morebeer saturday morning and was going to pickup a screen/false bottom for my kettle along with some grain.

I want to keep it kinda simple to start with as I don't know what I'm going to use as I settle into all grain brewing. I know I'll use the base malt as thats what its for.

This is just to get me started and I'll add to it as I find/create something that requires something different. I know that the crystal will last a long time as it doesn't take much for a batch.

I was thinking of getting:

- 50lb bag of Pale Malt
- 50lb bag of Crystal 15 (or) 40

Any suggestions or modifications to my purchase?

Is this a good place to start?

thanks
Jake

Hugh_Jass · 06-18-2009, 03:24 PM

50 lbs of C 15 will last a looooooong time. Better to get a few different base grains by the sack and 5 - 10 lbs of crystals or other specialty grains.

BreckBastion · 06-18-2009, 03:29 PM

yea, don't get 50lbs of 1 crystal. if you insist on getting specialties get a few recipes together and as suggested in another thread about this very thing today...get an order of hops going from Hopsdirect.com

chefmike · 06-18-2009, 03:33 PM

or get the 50 lb of crystal and sell off the extra.

I got 2 row, and wheat malt in 55lbs, and then split bags of vienna, 15L and Rye Malt with a friend (thanks p4ck!). I fill in the blanks from there.

Wheat beer with vienna is great! also planning a vienna/cascade SMaSH and a Roggen.

BADS197 · 06-18-2009, 03:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BreckBastion

yea, don't get 50lbs of 1 crystal. if you insist on getting specialties get a few recipes together and as suggested in another thread about this very thing today...get an order of hops going from Hopsdirect.com

I have 4lbs from hopsdirect that will be here tomorrow.

- cascade
- saaz
- Nugget
- Williamette

zman · 06-18-2009, 03:48 PM

I would get a #55 of Maris or Vienna instead of the Crystal 15

**BrewBrain** · 06-18-2009, 05:45 PM

It all depends on how often you brew and what styles you like.

I brew about twice a month and I like non-wheat American and English style ales - Pale Ales through Stouts. My first AG bulk buy seems about right to me given how things are shaping up:

2 sacks of US 2-row
1 sack MO
20 lbs Vienna
10 lbs Crystal 40
5 lbs of other crystals, choco, victory
Several pounds of flaked barley (Besides stouts, I use 1/4 - 1/2 pound of this a lot for extra body/head. works better than carapils IMO)

The odd pound of more rarely used grains - Honey malt, etc.

The one item I could probably also buy in larger quantities is Munich. I'm loading a lot of that stuff into my amber ales.

BADS197 · 06-18-2009, 09:09 PM

I changed my shopping list to;

50 lbs 2row
50 lbs Pale Malt

5 lbs crystal 60
5 lbs crystal 15
10 lbs Wheat
2 lbs chocolate
10 lbs munich

I think that will last me for a while as I experiment. I'll pickup misc stuff at my LHBS if I need them.