Buying Bulk Grain

thebull · Apr 15, 2007

I live in the Southwest. Buying the grains from a couple of my most used homebrew suppliers works well, but the shipping costs on 50# bulk grain sacks are killing me. Is there a place out West that supplies 2 row with a lower shipping rate? No reason to pay shipping on Great Western Malt from Washington to the East coast and back to me.

Brewiz · Apr 15, 2007

See if you have a micro or brewpub close by that will sell to you..

abt · Apr 17, 2007

Is there no local homebrew store around? Most of them are happy to give price breaks on whole sacks. May or may not equal the cost of shipping it over, but you're supporting the local guy, and you have the convenience of going to pick up more when you want. Not to mention there's a face to talk to if there's any trouble.

Beer:30 · Apr 17, 2007

Check out North Country Malt Supply northcountrymalt.com

Brewing Clamper · Apr 17, 2007

WormBoy said:
Check out North Country Malt Supply northcountrymalt.com

They're in New York, near Albany I though...

artfldodger · Apr 17, 2007

then try http://www.midcountrymalt.com/

is their sister company located in chicago. which may or may not be closer.

the_bird · Apr 17, 2007

omniscientomar said:
They're in New York, near Albany I though...

D'oh, you made my heart skip for a second!

They're in Champlain, NY, which looks like it's within spitting distance of the Canadian border.

Evan! · Apr 17, 2007

Isn't Morebeer out west? I used Midwest for my first sack of grain, and they weren't too bad on the shipping, but they're not in the southwest (obviously).

I just had to shop around alot. Luckily you're only looking for 2-row. I was buying Maris Otter...and all the places that had great shipping deals didn't carry it. 2-row should be easy to find. Easy as it gets.

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