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I've had good luck with about 30-35 ppm Calcium. You might be okay with less, but I was always concerned with having good conversion in the mash. You could add a little gypsum to bring up the Calcium without adding too much Sulphate. Does the Bicarbonate really show as -105 ppm?

A local micro brewery is having a wort share with homebrew club members this Saturday. That should be my easiest brew day ever!

That too baaaad! Lately I have been so busy that I haven't had much time to brew. I was gettin' uneasy about my supply, until I realized that I had 2 more cornys under the table (yeah, they'd been drinkin') waiting for room in the fridge.

All these comments about brewing grain pricing, comparisons and the grain market/supply economics is very interesting. In comparison to what I pay here in California, I have found some better grain prices around the US and Canada. But it is the shipping costs that seem to always negate any...

Conicals make the whole process easier, you lucky dog you! I wish I had one.

Aggie10, I agree. It does sound strange that US products are cheaper in Canada. Who can tell us why?

Did they vacu-seal it? Isn't that a lot for a vacu-seal bag? I guess it could be done, or split to a couple of bags. EDIT: I didn't see your picture. I guess it works. :bravo:

Wait. You didn't mention when or how you collected the yeast. Did you rack to secondary and recover the slurry from the primary? It is called slurry, unless you went thru the process of cleaning and separating it from the trub. Slurry from a healthy ferment should contain plenty of healthy...

Haven't tried vacu-seal bags, but that's not a bad idea for smaller quantities. Are those bags oxygen barrier?

I've used (whole) grain that I had stored for more than a year. It was mostly specialty malts, and stored in 5 gallon gamma seal buckets. I use up my base grains faster than that though. That's not to say that a brew made with older grain is bad, but perhaps it could be better with fresher...

That is under optimum conditions, but I still think you'd notice the difference. The flavor difference of roasted malts/grains is probably less noticeable than lighter kilned malts. The big plus of having a grain mill is that you have control of your crush, as well as crush grains just before...

Are you buying full 50 or 55 lb. bags of malt or smaller bags? I can't understand why anyone would want crushed grain in that quantity, unless you're brewing a LOT of beer. If you buy full bags, you have to have a grain mill, or it doesn't make sense. Whole grain malt may be okay for up to a...

If you are saving money on the products you want, more power to you. I sometimes pay more for a specific malt to get the flavor or character that I want. That is not to say that I pay more for the exact same item than I would have to pay elsewhere. Also, malts from different maltsters can...

You don't. It would be great if they would tell you when they were harvested. Some do, most don't.

Sorry if I'm missing something, but I just don't see the price differences you are talking about. Here are the prices I'm seeing at MoreBeer: Bairds Maris Otter $58.99, Fawcett Maris Otter $62.99; 2-Row ranging from $37.99 - $47.99; Pilsen/Pilsner malt $37.99 - $63.99 (Weyermann); Red wheat...

I know that I can beat some of MoreBeer's prices on grain, but higher shipping costs from other sources usually negate any savings.

Okay. What are favorite Canadian sources for grain? I apologize in advance if you already posted that.

Well, whadya know? I'm here thinkin' 'bout my next brew, and realize that I have beer in all my kegs. They're not full, but occupied, and I have 2 kegs conditioning that will need to go in the fridge soon. Besides that, I still haven't replaced my CO2 setup. I need to: buy a manifold with...

MoreBeer corporate would probably be a good source to contact. I'm sure that they don't want to be represented poorly.

WaltG, I buy malt from MoreBeer, and I have never had a problem. But I nearly always buy uncrushed, in 50-55 lb. bags, or smaller quantities of character malts. It could just be the particular MoreBeer location you bought from that isn't keeping tabs on their crush/mill gap setting. In any...