I pay $2.30 a lb for mine iirc. Been 3 months since I bought it, but I think that's what I paid. Bought 15lbs and it was about $35. Just racked off the 5 gal batch into 3 fermenters. A one gallon with ~1lb of fresh blackberries and a few oak chips, a one gallon with no additives, and a 3 gallon with about 4.5-5 lbs of fresh blueberries. There's a berry farm up the road, and they're $1 a lb and you pick them yourself. My mom likes to go pick them, so I pay her for them and gladly use them. Tasted a little of the mead when I racked last night. After 3 months it still tastes like jet fuel....so it's fermenting nicely.