natureceremony
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I jus stumbled upon youcanbrewit.com they sell bulk malt extract pretty cheap but they seem to have a limited variety..any suggestiins?
The cheapest I have ever paid for extract was from North Country Malts. They sell 50# bags of DME for ~$98 and it is about $20 for shipping.
If I hadnt found that good of a deal on DME, I would have gone AG A LOT sooner lol
I have three LHBS near me, but the one I like to go to in particular, (because the couple that owns it is super cool and super nice),
natureceremony said:I jus stumbled upon youcanbrewit.com they sell bulk malt extract pretty cheap but they seem to have a limited variety..any suggestiins?
I got a 50# bag of DME through a group buy for $91 + $5 for group shipping.
Most group buys use this site for bulk discounts.
http://www.countrymaltgroup.com/downloads/2012 Champlain Updated 10-15-12.pdf
... If there's one close to you
hmmm, time to see if any tucson brewers do group buys.
Do you have to have it shipped on a pallet to get that sort of shipping price?
I think there's one in Phx but that's a haul roundtrip. Would probably need a very big order to make the trip worth it.
I lived in Tucson for 15 years. Love it there. You shop at Brew Your Own Brew? I got started there.
lol, yup, I got the northern brewer starter kit on fathers day (5 gallon kettle, one extract kit and their basic starter kit all for $76 shipped)... and then I buy all my supplies at Brew your own brew. very very nice guys there. ALWAYS willing to go the extra mile for you
Hah, small world!
I really liked their old Bumble kit brewed with mesquite honey, the san pedro nut brown, the Francisco hef (still use that recipe to this day), and their Double IPA. You're right, they're a good business and have pretty good prices.
How do you keep the carboys cool in that heat?
Do you brew with Tucson tap water?
Hah my parents live in Oro Valley, off Naranja. Brewed at their place this past summer with the tap water but fermented a bit on the hot side.
Miss the views of the Catalinas from up there!
This thread is a little old, but I thought I'd add my 2 cents in case anyone is looking for a good deal on bulk malt. I just purchased 2 33 lb containers of Briess Golden Light Liquid Extract for $88 from GW Kent. The shipping was $34.18, totaling $122.18 for 66 lbs. That's $1.85/lb. This is the most cost effective I have found. It's great to be brewing 5 gallon extract batches for under $20 again...
Cheers
Looks like they also have 50lb sacks of Briess Golden DME for $110 + ~ $30 shipping. So actually about the same as Northern Brewer, which is currently charging $135 + $8 shipping for 50 lb sacks of Briess DME.
{EDIT} after poking around a bit more I found River City Homebrew, their webstore looks a little funky but they appear to be a legit operation, and are selling 1 lb bags of various DME for $2.95 with free shipping. Hard to argue with that price, pretty close to what you'd pay buying in bulk without the hassle. I just ordered 15lbs of Light Briess DME (plus some caps), hopefully all will go smoothly!
I don't see the free shipping part, during check out you have options as to shipping method but all are around $15 just for 6 pounds of dry malt extract?
Huh -- when I checked out I selected USPS Parcel Post and it showed no charge. Maybe that was some kind of error with their web store (it did display pretty oddly, at least on my Mac using Firefox). At any rate I wasn't charged anything for shipping, so I guess I'll see if they send it to me or if I get a phone call saying there was an error.
[EDIT] Using IE on a PC this time (web store does look better on IE), signed in and added 10 bags of Briess Light DME to my cart, and again I see no charge for USPS Parcel Post. It looks like something odd is going on with the store since it shows the cost as "USPS84333>DEST", but in the cost totals to the right it shows $0 for shipping, and I wasn't charged anything for shipping when I checked out.
I gave it another try and it seems like this time it offers free usps shipping, boy if that is true I will buy from these folks. Thanks for the heads-up on this site.
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