We pay 9.99 here in Canada.. our dollar is at par.
Consider yourself lucky.
ArcaneXor said:Not crazy. Even at that price, the markup above wholesale price is probably less than for most other products at the shop...
Yeah maybe wyeast should stop the whole smack pack thing. Honestly storage wise in the fridge I like the white labs vials better.Not crazy. Even at that price, the markup above wholesale price is probably less than for most other products at the shop. Depending on where you are, shipping costs can be very costly. And finally, Wyeast has a very high perceived failure rate of somewhere around 20%, meaning that's the percentage of smack packs that get returned or can't be sold because the pack either doesn't inflate when it should, or is already inflated on arrival. Good luck telling most customers that the inflation thing is just a dumb gimmick and doesn't do anything to indicate the vitality and viability of the yeast.
Also, the shop offers $5.95 Wyeast with $30 purchase.
Yeah maybe wyeast should stop the whole smack pack thing. Honestly storage wise in the fridge I like the white labs vials better.
Yeah maybe wyeast should stop the whole smack pack thing. Honestly storage wise in the fridge I like the white labs vials better.
I am not sure if you have poked around their sight much more, but they charge (slightly) more than most other LHBS for most ingredients. Granted, not 50% more.
Stir plate and yeast farming time definately. You can keep cloning the yeast literally forever. Two or three cloned batches would buy the grain for another batch too. Give it a try. The worst you could do is kill a few million yeast or make a bad batch. But either of those possibilities are still pretty remote if you do good sanitation.
Bob
My local charges me $5 for dry yeast, which seems pretty excessive to me. They charge $8 for liquid yeast and $10 for sour yeast.
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