Woo Hoo - Bulk Order is On Its Way

BierMuncher · Apr 18, 2008

55 pounds of Marris
55 pounds of Pilsen
55 pounds of Golden Promise
17.5 pounds of Flaked Wheat

Grand Total including shipping and handling...

$129.42 :ban:

Now...where is that "Does HomeBrewing Save You Money" thread?

EinGutesBier · Apr 18, 2008

BierMuncher said:
55 pounds of Marris
55 pounds of Pilsen
55 pounds of Golden Promise
17.5 pounds of Flaked Wheat

Grand Total including shipping and handling...

$129.42

Now...where is that "Does HomeBrewing Save You Money" thread?

....

Okay, where did you order this from? It makes my orders look silly in comparison.

JustDave · Apr 18, 2008

Now I have junk AND grain envy.

drunkatuw · Apr 18, 2008

Wow, and I thought my last order was pretty big. Just arrived last night:

Enough grains for my next 50 gals of beer (all the hops are in the freezer).

ohiodad · Apr 18, 2008

BierMuncher said:
55 pounds of Marris
55 pounds of Pilsen
55 pounds of Golden Promise
17.5 pounds of Flaked Wheat

Grand Total including shipping and handling...

$129.42

Now...where is that "Does HomeBrewing Save You Money" thread?

o.k so spill it.. how did you get those prices?

imasickboy · Apr 18, 2008

I encourage you all to become friendly and well known at your local brewery. If they will sell to you at cost, you'll pay half of what BierMuncher just spent.

drunkatuw · Apr 18, 2008

Wow, I just priced that order out at midwest and it's $183+$49 shipping. Looks like you got your grains for almost half price! I wish there was a brewpub around me.

BierMuncher · Apr 18, 2008

ohiodad said:
o.k so spill it.. how did you get those prices?

A guy with the local brew club coordinates teh bulk buys.

This time we did a double pallet (86 sacks).

28 brewers went in and shipping is essentially free with minium orders.

We (as a bunch of individual brewers) ordered as much as small brewpub orders.

stever · Apr 18, 2008

yep, and I missed placing my order by 24 hours. I have to wait until the next order ships and this one is a single pallet so it shouldn't be too long. The prices are crazy low and have prompted me to buy a barley crusher and just jump feet first into all grain. .47/lb for 2 row when the closest the lhbs can do is 1.00/lb on bulk.

livewir · Apr 18, 2008

would that local brew club be www.stlbrews.org ?

BierMuncher · Apr 18, 2008

livewir said:
would that local brew club be www.stlbrews.org ?

Yeah buddy...

Stever...

Even though you missed out on the order...ya oughta consider swinging by the pick up spot to meet and greet. Everyone brings a few HB's to share and shoot the **** while Kent divvies up the orders.

stever · Apr 18, 2008

That would be cool, where is the pickup? I know he mentioned it could be one of two locations but since I missed out on the order I don't know where it is.

EinGutesBier · Apr 18, 2008

BierMuncher said:
A guy with the local brew club coordinates teh bulk buys.

This time we did a double pallet (86 sacks).

28 brewers went in and shipping is essentially free with minium orders.

We (as a bunch of individual brewers) ordered as much as small brewpub orders.

And that is the true strength of a brew club.

EdWort · Apr 18, 2008

Yeah, here's BierMuncher on the way home last time.

livewir · Apr 18, 2008

that's it. I'm clearing my schedule for the next meeting. It always seems to land on a day I'm out of town or busy with work.

SuperiorBrew · Apr 18, 2008

EdWort said:
Yeah, here's BierMuncher on the way home last time.

I think you should have used the pickup

homebrewer_99 · Apr 19, 2008

I had 3 boxes of 55# DME arrive from Midwestsupplies.com...

EdWort · Apr 19, 2008

homebrewer_99 said:
I had 3 boxes of 55# DME arrive from Midwestsupplies.com...

Have you seen a major price increase on that stuff? I heard the prices on LME went up 50% on a wholesale level recently.

homebrewer_99 · Apr 19, 2008

EdWort said:
Have you seen a major price increase on that stuff? I heard the prices on LME went up 50% on a wholesale level recently.

I didn't see any price increase above $5 for each 55# box. Maybe I got in early??

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I may have to go back to midwestsupplies.com website and check for any notes.

BierMuncher · Apr 20, 2008

stever said:
That would be cool, where is the pickup? I know he mentioned it could be one of two locations but since I missed out on the order I don't know where it is.

I'll get the address and PM you.

Beertk · Apr 21, 2008

55# Pilsen 33.50

Bulk is good!!!

kmlavoy · Apr 23, 2008

So back to that original question about where this hobby saves money:

Grain- 182 pounds
Cost- $129

Let's assume you use 10 pounds for a 5 gallon recipe (just for the sake of arguement)

That's 18+ batches of beer. Which is basically $7.17 per batch. Assuming you get basically two cases of beer out of it, that is $3.58 per case of beer. Plus yeast and hops, but still. $4 for a case of beer puts it in perspective when I spent $15 for two bottles of Belgian brew at the local Whole Foods last week.

And there sirs, is your savings. Time to go buy some more brewing equipment.

BierMuncher · Apr 23, 2008

Added bonus....

Bumped into HarvInStl at the pickup last night and he informed me that the local Micro Brewery had brewed up a local homebrewers competition winner for the local "Beer Festival" in a few weeks. A Rye PA. Kegging day was today.

They were going to keg so many for the event and then any homebrewers who showed up with a cleaned corny could get em filled until they ran out.

The brewery needed to make room for another batch and needed the fermenter emptied.

I just got back from getting my keg filled (beer was cold and carb'd) and dropping it off at the house in my freezer.

I owe you one Anthony.

Sherpa FE · Apr 23, 2008

kmlavoy said:
So back to that original question about where this hobby saves money:

Grain- 182 pounds
Cost- $129

Let's assume you use 10 pounds for a 5 gallon recipe (just for the sake of arguement)

That's 18+ batches of beer. Which is basically $7.17 per batch. Assuming you get basically two cases of beer out of it, that is $3.58 per case of beer. Plus yeast and hops, but still. $4 for a case of beer puts it in perspective when I spent $15 for two bottles of Belgian brew at the local Whole Foods last week.

And there sirs, is your savings. Time to go buy some more brewing equipment.

OH Dear GOD...dont let Bobby M see this....

EdWort · Apr 23, 2008

BierMuncher said:
Added bonus....

Bumped into HarvInStl at the pickup last night and he informed me that the local Micro Brewery had brewed up a local homebrewers competition winner for the local "Beer Festival" in a few weeks. A Rye PA. Kegging day was today.

They were going to keg so many for the event and then any homebrewers who showed up with a cleaned corny could get em filled until they ran out.

The brewery needed to make room for another batch and needed the fermenter emptied.

I just got back from getting my keg filled (beer was cold and carb'd) and dropping it off at the house in my freezer.

I owe you one Anthony.

Sweet! Another rough day, eh BierMuncher? How's the beer?

BierMuncher · Apr 23, 2008

EdWort said:
Sweet! Another rough day, eh BierMuncher? How's the beer?

Haven't sampled....you know...work day and all.

I put it on gas when I dropped it off and I'll draw a "sample" tonight.

I'm tempted to bottle off a case and save it.

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