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So my LHBS is starting to go downhill, and they're not dealing with it well (owner got a full-time job elsewhere, wife runs the place, she has absolutely no idea about brewing or even the layout of the shop...couldn't ring me up the other day because she didn't know how). The nearest homebrew store other than theirs is two hours away (126 miles, 25 miles to the gallon, four bucks a gallon makes 4 hours and $40 round trip). Long story short, I'm just going to invest in having a fair amount of grain on hand and maybe only go over there for hops/specialty grains. I'm ordering from Austin hombrewer so I get the flat rate shipping over $100 despite the crazy weight.
Anyway, to get to the point, what grains should I get? I want to have the basics always on hand (he's been out of two row for a friggin week), plus maybe a few highly useful speciality grains. I'm getting a 50 lb sack of two row, a 40 lb sack of Maris otter, 10 lbs of caramel 20L, 10 lbs of caramel 90L (can mix for anything in between), 10 lbs. of rye, 15 lbs of torrified wheat, maybe 5-10 pounds of either biscuit or victory (maybe both).
Anyone have any suggestions on some other grains I should get for my stash? I basically want to be able to brew as wide a variety of beers as possible with few or a medium amount of options. Maybe I should get a darker max caramel for mixing purposes? Don't really use the super darks ones very often. I'm thinking I should get some special b, roasted barley, chocolate malt...what do you guys think? I need help rounding out my selection of grains.
Anyway, to get to the point, what grains should I get? I want to have the basics always on hand (he's been out of two row for a friggin week), plus maybe a few highly useful speciality grains. I'm getting a 50 lb sack of two row, a 40 lb sack of Maris otter, 10 lbs of caramel 20L, 10 lbs of caramel 90L (can mix for anything in between), 10 lbs. of rye, 15 lbs of torrified wheat, maybe 5-10 pounds of either biscuit or victory (maybe both).
Anyone have any suggestions on some other grains I should get for my stash? I basically want to be able to brew as wide a variety of beers as possible with few or a medium amount of options. Maybe I should get a darker max caramel for mixing purposes? Don't really use the super darks ones very often. I'm thinking I should get some special b, roasted barley, chocolate malt...what do you guys think? I need help rounding out my selection of grains.