It almost seems too good to be true to me. Their flat rate pallet program document on their site states up to 42 bags of grain for 90 bucks.
That was the pricing on their web page. Unless I misunderstood the 90 dollars as the shipping fee only.
$90 IS the shipping fee.
You still have to pay for the grain.
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The loading dock is the hard part.
I have wondered about this? Suppose you have no loading dock, but two strong men. It only would take about 3 minutes to throw 20 bags of grain off the back of a truck. No?
ditto on price here in virginia
Where are you guying it? I was quoted $61 for 50lbs of 2row
To be fair, let's not compare Homebrew store prices with a grain wholesaler llike North Country. Many homebrew stores buy their malt from North Country.
You simply cannot compare the price a homebrew store sells grain for against the place they buy it from to sell to customers.
You should get the best deal you can but let homebrew stores stay in business.
I realize that a lot of homebrewers only use homebrew stores for advice. They reuse the yeast, buy grain at wholesale and buy hops at a hop farm for the same price homebrew stores buy it for. They don't need homebrew stores.
Lets just compare apples to apples. Price compare homebrew stores, not homebrew stores and the places they buy from. It makes the homebrew stores look like they are charging too much when they are just trying to stay afloat.
Support your local homebrew store when you can. Lets don't try to come up with more ways to not shop at a homebrew store.
Forrest
The point of this thread is to find the best price possable on bulk grain
are you now telling us not too? cutting out the middle man is the american way.
I dont need a lesson on how to make a fair comparison form you.
and why do I need to keep a home brew store open? thats the owners job not mine, if the store is good it should do fine, if it sucks then why should it not close. my lhbs is great and I buy lots of stuff there, but this hobby is about makeing beer, not makeing sure my lhbs is living large.
http://www.countrymaltgroup.com/pdf/2008_HomeBrewCatalog.pdf
Does anyone have an updated 2009 pdf catalog?
I'm seeing $35.89 for (2060) Canadian 2 row pale malt.
Is the price dropped to $27 now?
I may be making a trip to mid-county Friday, a short hop to I-80, then east to mid county, then another 15 minutes or so east to three floyds!
The point of this thread is to find the best price possable on bulk grain
are you now telling us not too? cutting out the middle man is the american way.
I dont need a lesson on how to make a fair comparison form you.
and why do I need to keep a home brew store open? thats the owners job not mine, if the store is good it should do fine, if it sucks then why should it not close. my lhbs is great and I buy lots of stuff there, but this hobby is about makeing beer, not makeing sure my lhbs is living large.
You missed my point.
Most of us are too busy to get wholesale price (you can't get that as an average dude right, you have to through hoops with a tax ID etc?)
I did not miss the point , I just think you rant has no place in this thread.
your banter would be better in the vendor forum, unless you have info on finding the best price on bulk grain.
And by all acounts that place is country malt group.
But Austin Homebrew has that $6.99 flat rate shipping so imo you do have to compare because it costs me ~$30 to have one 55# sack shipped to me from Country Malt Group. So I have to compare the shipped price (the price that really matters to me).I think you did miss the point . This is a topic of buying in bulk and some people are dragging in their local brew shop prices. That is what Forrest was saying he didn't say anything about not buying in bulk.
Lol, I accidentally bought 5# (just 5) of Carafa Special II about 6 months ago. Only 4.5 pounds to go!I really don't need 55 lbs of chocolate or black patent just sitting around the brewery.
Yea, it was still a little cheaper but the shipping does negate a lot of it. What is weird is that if I buy two sacks the shipping is more than double what it is for one sack (~$67 vs. ~$26). The Fed Ex Priority Zone 2 option is cheaper than Fed Ex Ground ($26 vs $30 for one sack) but is not available for two sacks (only FedEx Ground), but even comparing Fed Ex Ground rates two sacks is still more than double what one sack is.When you are only buying one or two sacks it kinda negates buying from Country Malt.
I went to Ska brewing yesterday, my lhbs. They wanted $95.00 for #50 of pilsen malt!
I guess everyone here is supposed to have a trust fund!
I went to Ska brewing yesterday, my lhbs. They wanted $95.00 for #50 of pilsen malt!
I guess everyone here is supposed to have a trust fund!
Weyerman right?
Lol, I accidentally bought 5# (just 5) of Carafa Special II about 6 months ago. Only 4.5 pounds to go!
Yea, it was still a little cheaper but the shipping does negate a lot of it. What is weird is that if I buy two sacks the shipping is more than double what it is for one sack (~$67 vs. ~$26). The Fed Ex Priority Zone 2 option is cheaper than Fed Ex Ground ($26 vs $30 for one sack) but is not available for two sacks (only FedEx Ground), but even comparing Fed Ex Ground rates two sacks is still more than double what one sack is.
But still, $61 for 55# of continental malt delivered to your door is not a bad deal.
FWIW, Weyerman or not... that is NOT a good price, even by the pound. When buying in bulk, that is a horrible price.
Best Malz is some FINE imoported malt, and thier Pils is $36 for 55# at MidCountry. Nearly $100 for a 50# sack of grain is pretty wild.
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