Brewmasters Warehouse

[Yesfan]

So what about the BMWH building? Does NB also plan to expand and have a site in the southeast? Man, that would be great if they did. I'm glad to hear they have acquired Brewbuilder. Any chance that the recipe database will also be included?

It will be cool to have BrewBuilder back, though I haven't used it in years because of the problems with delivery.

I am also fascinated at the consolidation we are seeing in the homebrew supply world. Northern and Midwestern merged, then AIH bought AHB, and now this.

So, am I reading that right? Adventures in Homebrewing now owns Austin HomeBrew? Wow!

 

[Baja_Brewer]

You must buy your grain already milled. I don't buy mine milled, but couldn't just weigh out the crushed grain?

Not always - like I said I'm buying specialty grains (because I buy my base malts and hops bulk.) I could/can/do what you mentioned, but for me its more of a "****, what did I need to get together for this brew?" - dig through 12 small bags of specialty grains, etc. etc. It can get pretty scattered.

With the brew builder they would compile my weighed grains, and label the bag with the brew name. Like I said, easy.

 

[Larzean]

Dumb question but does anyone know what size the giant ziploc bags they used to send were? I used to use them to give grain to a coworker who had a relative with chickens and wanted to try to source some!

 

[broadbill]

So what about the BMWH building? Does NB also plan to expand and have a site in the southeast? Man, that would be great if they did. I'm glad to hear they have acquired Brewbuilder. Any chance that the recipe database will also be included?


So, am I reading that right? Adventures in Homebrewing now owns Austin HomeBrew? Wow!

Yeah, that would be awesome, they could hire Ed as manager and he can run another home-brew store into the ground.

As it is, I think they are taking a gamble with purchasing the Brewbuilder software package as it probably comes with Ed as back-end support....good luck with that.

 

[jbb3]

Dumb question but does anyone know what size the giant ziploc bags they used to send were? I used to use them to give grain to a coworker who had a relative with chickens and wanted to try to source some!

They used to heat seal my bags of grain.

But maybe something like this is what your looking for??

 

[Larzean]

They used to heat seal my bags of grain.

But maybe something like this is what your looking for??

They would seal the grain bag, but any other odds and ends would be in a big ziploc, though not as big as the one linked.. Maybe it was like a 2 or 2.5 gal. It's definitely not 1 gallon. I even asked them once if they could send me a few extra and they did. The chickens thanked them!

 

[broadbill]

They would seal the grain bag, but any other odds and ends would be in a big ziploc, though not as big as the one linked.. Maybe it was like a 2 or 2.5 gal. It's definitely not 1 gallon. I even asked them once if they could send me a few extra and they did. The chickens thanked them!

I'm guessing they came from place like U-line, that sells things like boxes, bags, etc.

I'm also guessing you in your profile pic are standing in front of Doyles in JP.

 

[limulus]

They would seal the grain bag, but any other odds and ends would be in a big ziploc, though not as big as the one linked.. Maybe it was like a 2 or 2.5 gal. It's definitely not 1 gallon. I even asked them once if they could send me a few extra and they did. The chickens thanked them!

I really liked the heat sealed grain bags. It kept grain fresher. NB just puts a twist tie around theirs. Also the large zip lock bags were great and I have kept them for storing misc items. As another responder said, check with U Line.

 

[DromJohn]

NB 1 pound Maillard Malts bags are ziploc probably heat sealed.

 

[Larzean]

Thanks for that advice on uline, I'll just have to figure out how big of a bag I want now

And the picture has been awhile.. Either at the pub or at Sam Adams brewery, we took the shuttle between the two.

 

[DromJohn]

I stand partially corrected. An order from Northern Brewer arrived yesterday. The three specialty malts came in 1 pound Maillard bags, but the 6 pounds of Golden Promise came in a twisted plastic bag taped shut inside another plastic bag.