Group Buy in Chicago #6

Been offline for a couple of days.

Back to the hallertauer (or maybe mt hood), it was marked as hallertauer though. I think I also have a 1 lb bag frozen in a vac pak that belongs to another person. I will happily ship them to the rightful owner. Sorry for the mix up.

Bill, any of that need to make it west as far as Yorkville? Rt47 & veterans parkway, I have a job site I need to run to late AM after I go look at a skid of ball and pin kegs.

Anyone have experience with the stud converters from pin to ball, I now there are 2 sizes and tc's? Should be a no brainer, but somehow that statement alone tends to bite back.

Most of the time I would be okay with a substitution of like grain. Less so on hops.

bmason1623 said:

ok, both ghoti and mikescooling expressed interest in this. Can one person take 2 and the other 1 bag? can we let ghoti take preference since he did create the database? what do you guys think?

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I will take one bag. If you will be in Hillside tomorrow, I can swing by and pick it up.

ghoti said:

I will take one bag. If you will be in Hillside tomorrow, I can swing by and pick it up.

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ok. email/PM your number. Can you take cyclogenesis' sack of vienna too? He lives in Clarendon Hills and can pick up by you. Thanks.

Here's what's available for hops spot purchase. prices are as good if not better than MCM. Should we start a hops buy? We may have to do it the old way with compiling a spreadsheet. Let me know. And please, do not ask where Neopol and I are sourcing from. If we told you we'd have to kill ya.


Domestic Availability

7 C'S Available HBC 342 Available
AHTANUM™ Available HORIZON Available
ALCHEMY Sold Out LIBERTY Available
AMARILLO® Sold Out MAGNUM Sold Out
APOLLO Sold Out MILLENNIUM Available
BRAVO Sold Out MT. HOOD Available
BREWER'S DELIGHT Available MT. RAINIER Available
BREWER'S GOLD Sold Out NEWPORT Sold Out
BULLION Sold Out NORTHERN BREWER Available
CASCADE Sold Out NUGGET Sold Out
CASCADE CROSS EXP. VAR Available PALISADE® Available
CASCADE ORG Sold Out PALISADE ORG Sold Out
CEN TYPE Sold Out PERLE Sold Out
CENTENNIAL Available PERLE CROSS Available
CHINOOK Available SAAZ Available
CITRA® Sold Out SANTIAM Available
CLUSTER Available SIMCOE® Available
COLUMBIA Available SORACHI ACE Sold Out
COLUMBUS Available SPALT Sold Out
COMET Available STERLING Available
CRYSTAL Available SUMMIT Available
DILUENT Sold Out SUMMIT ORG Sold Out
EXPERIMENT Sold Out TETTNANG Sold Out
FALCONER'S FLIGHT® Available TREBER Sold Out
FUGGLE Sold Out ULTRA Available
GALENA Available VANGUARD Sold Out
GLACIER Sold Out WARRIOR® Available
GOLDING Available WILLAMETTE Available
HALLERTAU Sold Out ZYTHOS® Sold Out





Import Availability

AU GALAXY Sold Out NZ MOTUEKA Available
AU HELGA Available NZ NELSON SAUVIN Available
AU PRIDE OF RINGWOOD Available NZ NELSON SAUVIN ORG Sold Out
AU STELLA Available NZ PACIFIC GEM Available
AU SUMMER Sold Out NZ PACIFIC GEM ORG Available
AU SUPER PRIDE Available NZ PACIFIC JADE Available
AU SYLVA Available NZ PACIFIC JADE ORG Sold Out
AU TOPAZ Available NZ PACIFICA Sold Out
AR CASCADE Sold Out NZ RAKAU Sold Out
CZ PREMIANT Sold Out NZ RIWAKA Sold Out
CZ SAAZ Sold Out NZ SAAZ ORG Sold Out
CZ SLADEK Sold Out NZ SOUTHERN CROSS Sold Out
FR ARAMIS Available NZ STICKLEBRACT Sold Out
FR STRISSELSPALT Available NZ WAKATU Available
GR BREWER'S GOLD Available NZ WAKATU ORG Sold Out
GR HALLERTAU Sold Out PO LUBLIN Sold Out
GR HALLERTAU ORG Sold Out PO MARYNKA Sold Out
GR HERKULES Available ST AURORA Available
GR HERSBRUCKER Available ST BOBEK Available
GR HERSBRUCKER ORG Sold Out ST CELEIA Available
GR MAGNUM Available ST GOLDING Sold Out
GR MERKUR Available ST SAVINJSKI GOLDING Available
GR NORTHERN BREWER Available UK ADMIRAL Available
GR NUGGET Sold Out UK BOADICEA Sold Out
GR OPAL Available UK BRAMLING CROSS Sold Out
GR OPAL ORG Available UK CHALLENGER Available
GR PERLE Sold Out UK EXPERIMENTAL Sold Out
GR PERLE ORG Available UK FIRST GOLD Available
GR SAPHIR Sold Out UK FUGGLE Sold Out
GR SAPHIR ORG Sold Out UK GOLDING Sold Out
GR SELECT Available UK KENT GOLDING Available
GR SELECT ORG Available UK NORTHDOWN Available
GR SMARAGD Available UK ORGANIC Sold Out
GR SMARAGD ORG Available UK PHOENIX Available
GR SPALT Available UK PILGRIM Available
GR TETTNANG Available UK PILGRIM ORG Sold Out
GR TETTNANG ORG Sold Out UK PIONEER Sold Out
GR TRADITION Available UK PROGRESS Available
GR TRADITION ORG Available UK SOVEREIGN Sold Out
NZ CASCADE Sold Out UK SUSSEX Sold Out
NZ CASCADE ORG Sold Out UK TARGET Available
NZ DR. RUD Sold Out UK TARGET ORG Sold Out
NZ GREEN BULLET Sold Out UK WGV Available

Sure I can pick up his sack as well. email is on it's way

Bill, with so many hops being sold out, it may be worth it to hold off on the hops until the new crops come in. Do you have any way of finding out when the new crops will be in, or if they already are?

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Bill, with so many hops being sold out, it may be worth it to hold off on the hops until the new crops come in. Do you have any way of finding out when the new crops will be in, or if they already are?

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I will ask but keep in mind that the new crops may already be sold out due to contract commitments...

SIMCOE! Depending on the price I would be down for 1-3#

TheBreweryUnderground said:

SIMCOE! Depending on the price I would be down for 1-3#

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and Nelson Sauvin too! The pricing will be on the spreadsheet once you place your order. You wont be disappointed...

I'm in for NZ Nelson Sauvin & Pacific Jade and a few others...
Note all the citrus varietals are sold out...

ghoti said:

I will take one bag. If you will be in Hillside tomorrow, I can swing by and pick it up.

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I have your one bag of CM-2ROW in the truck which you can pay me tomorrow in cash. Also have the bad @ss mash paddle that ylpaul2000 made for you and a crap load of both home and craft brewed beer. See you tomorrow hopefully.

The three suggested hops sound good to me!

ThirstT said:

The three suggested hops sound good to me!

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now you're talking!

bmason1623 said:

ok. email/PM your number. Can you take cyclogenesis' sack of vienna too? He lives in Clarendon Hills and can pick up by you. Thanks.

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Hey Ghoti, where are ya?

I need some larger hops.. anyone in for some Halertau?

Ahh should have read.. sold out ;(

cyclogenesis said:

Hey Ghoti, where are ya?

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I am in Naperville.

I would be in for some simcoe, pacific jade and centennial

ghoti said:

I am in Naperville.

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Super awesome... If you could grab my Vienna that would make it a piece of cake to pick up...

Anyone familiar with Ahtanum ? An aroma hop allegedly a sub for Amarillo

Liberty is available, hallertau variant.

I'd be in for 2# of liberty then...

Simcoe and Centennial would be great. Maybe one more too...

cyclogenesis said:

Super awesome... If you could grab my Vienna that would make it a piece of cake to pick up...

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Sure not a problem

Should we start a new thread for hops?

1-Nelson Sauvin and 2-Simcoe for sure.

Yes that sounds like a great idea, unless we want to limit this to just the original group buy participants. Either way I appreciate all the hard work. Just let me when and where orders need to be placed!!!

Neopol said:

Anyone familiar with Ahtanum ? An aroma hop allegedly a sub for Amarillo

Liberty is available, hallertau variant.

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If so I would be willing to try it.

I'd be down for some Simcoe, Nelson, Centennial, and maybe Topaz

Neopol said:

Anyone familiar with Ahtanum ? An aroma hop allegedly a sub for Amarillo

Liberty is available, hallertau variant.

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I was in the brew shop looking for some ahtanum once, they gave me the fur brow and said I wanted Amarillo. That said, I would be interested in a pound of each and any hop that has been brought up if it's under $10 (aside from the NZ hops which I'd be in for at a price under $20).

If I don't have it in the freezer I would be interested.

cyclogenesis said:

I need some larger hops.. anyone in for some Halertau?

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I scored a free pound of it from Atlas Brewing yesterday. It was my lucky day.

On top of others already mentioned, I'd be interested in English hops (especially EKG), and the Styrian Golding variety that they still have available.

2 lbs nelson, 2+ Sim OE, EKG, centennial, you name it. I'm good for 6 lbs - 8lbs or so.

Also, this thread is officially the longest in the group buy forum.

bmason1623 said:

I scored a free pound of it from Atlas Brewing yesterday. It was my lucky day.

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Great brewery

I'd be good for a few #'s of various types.

Id be in for a pound or two of a few, cant pass up good deals!!!

For hops I would prefer leaf even though they do take more room to store than pellets. Of the varieties listed and available I would be interested in hbc 342, northern brewer, centennial and simcoe.

I too would be interested in Northern Brewer, Centennial, Simcoe and EKG.

Mark