Central MA/Central CT Group grain buy ??

[xerotime]

I can show up around 5, if that would be OK with you. And I'll scratch K47K's grain off the list, then.

That is probably a good thing, as I wasn't quite sure how my poor Camry was going to respond to 400 pounds of grain...

Sunday at 5 is perfect. See you then.

 

[Golddiggie]

Going to prefix this with something... My landlord is something else... First he's all for me brewing beer in my apartment, then he gets a hair across his ass about it... Some bullsheit about "what if you spill..." "hops causes mold..." "can't do production level..." Like I could even consider anything even remotely CLOSE to production level with the tiny a$$ed apartment I'm renting. No idea where he gets his F'ing information from, but now it seems like he doesn't want me to brew ANYTHING here... What a mother ********* ***** ****** ******** ****** ********** ********! He did the same thing when I was making BBQ... I suppose I shouldn't be surprised at all about this...

As soon as I get a new job, and can scrape together enough funds, I'm getting the F out of this place. I hope it's before spring is over. I've had enough of his whining and junk... Seems like every time I discover something really fun to do, he manages to find a way to prevent me from doing it.

So, If anyone that wasn't able to get in on the grain buy is looking for a sack, or two, I'm open to selling some of what I picked up. I'm still keeping some, but I don't need all of it. Especially since I'm going to have to either cut back on how much I brew, or try to find someplace else to brew it.

Available grains:
1 sack of MO
2 sacks of UK 2 Row

 

[kyles609]

Screw that... I would just brew. He can't really say how much you can cook, eat, drink, or brew really. All he can do is rent to you with whatever lease or agreement you previously entered. Good luck tho

- Kyle

 

[a_w_taylor]

All he can do is rent to you with whatever lease or agreement you previously entered.

Do you have a copy of your lease? Do you know a lawyer?

 

[Golddiggie]

That's where I think the issue is... I don't have a lease, it's a "tenant at will" situation... I told him I have apartment insurance, and he wanted to see the certificate... WTF?? I don't have a certificate saying I'm insured, or my belonging are.

I'm between jobs at the moment... If I wasn't, I'd just nod and then get a new place and tell him that I was moving out instead of paying the next month's rent... F him...

Keep in mind, I've been here since April of 2001... He increased the rent this past fall, but now he's talking about increasing it again because he's a nervous biotch... "What if you knock one of them over(referring to a carboy)?" Chances of me spilling one of those is slim to nil. I place them in an area where they WON'T be 'knocked over' no matter what I do.

No idea where he got the info about hops and mold... Not to mention I keep what little hops I have, that are not in a brew, vacuum packed, in the fridge. Not to mention, they're pellet hops (for now, got some whole hops on order, but they're also sealed)... I'll probably hold off on using the whole hops until I either move, or can ferment someplace else...

He's not worth getting into a fight in. Nor is the place I'm living in... It's a SMALL 1 bedroom apartment... If it's lucky, it's 500 square feet. It's ONLY saving grace is that electric is included in the rent, since he was too cheap/lazy/etc. to get it split away from the one meter before renting the apartment... He used to rent out the basement apartment, until it flooded too much and that person left. He did fix the flooding, but never rented it again (not sure if he actually can rent it out now). He installed a sky light in the bathroom, about four years ago now... It's still not finished. There's enough of a draft that I had to put up the cold barrier plastic this year. I got sick of having cold air on my head as I took a dump.

I had to get headphones to work for the sound from the tv, because playing xbox (with friends more of the time) was keeping him awake... Originally, I could go until about 10 or 11 at night before using them... That's slowly gotten earlier, and earlier, and earlier... Now, if I'm going to play at all, and it's not during the day (or I'm going to be done before 8pm) I just use the headphones...

Yeah, I'm sick of his crap... Until this past year, things weren't so bad, but now... I don't know if it's because he's not getting laid, or what...

Oh, and the bbq that I was using, that he moved on me since he said it was 'killing the grass' where it was originally (and fairly easy to get to) was a holiday present from family (not cheap either, for them)... It's a rusted heap now, due to where he placed it...

I'm going to the brew day on Saturday at Strange Brew (getting 5 gallons to ferment)... I might see if I can have it ferment where the other person lives (who has a landlord that fully supports him brewing)... After that, I'll probably have to cut back on how often I brew. I was planning on not brewing during the high summer heat, since my place turns into a sauna (he doesn't like the AC running, in my place, if I'm not actually here )... I've tried to get him to install a good venting fan in the attic for the past several years... He's always done Mickey Mouse versions (small fans blowing towards more vents cut into the eaves)... Meanwhile, the actual one I mentioned to him was solar powered, so it would cost all of $0.00 to run... Whatever...

Once I move out of this place, I think he'll be more than just lucky to find anyone else willing to live here... There's all of two closets in the place, neither of them are in the bedroom. There's only one entrance/exit, with NO alternative way out of the place (no rope ladder from a window, nothing)...

This latest item is just one more reason why I need to get the hell out of this place. I do plan on making sure the next place is better suited to brewing... Such as on the ground/1st floor... Enough storage areas... Hopefully access to a basement where I can age things...

That reminds me, I have stuff in what's supposed to be 'my area' of the basement (for storage)... I couldn't get to it if I wanted to. He's go so much CRAP down there, it's not funny.

 

[k47k]

I have the malt analysis sheets from our order. If any one needs them send me an email and I'll get them over to you.

 

[Golddiggie]

email sent...

 

[konrad]

whats your email address? Can you send it to me?

 

[tomj]

Thanks guys for making this happen. I hope that everything went smoothly and we can do this again in the future- not too soon though since I have 8 sacks of grain to now play with.
Thanks again,
Tom

 

[Golddiggie]

This WAS a great thing to be involved in... I just wish my LL wasn't being the universe's biggest ******...

I have unloaded all the 'spare' sacks that I care to (after yesterday's brew-day I have about 3-1/2 left )...

I am looking forward to doing this again next year, so that I can stock back up... I will be in a new place, and either have someplace else to brew, or not need to worry about brewing at home...

BTW, my Barley Crusher arrived on Friday, used it on Saturday... That thing ROCKS!!! Used my 18v DeWalt cordless drill to power it, and it munched through the grain like it was almost nothing. Used the factory gap setting (it was even) and got really good crush. It ate through the 22-1/2# of base malt we used in under 4 minutes (about 6#/minute I believe, hard to say since I was grinning so much from using it)... Didn't realize how much space 22-1/2# of grain takes up when milled... Filled the 6.5 gallon bucket...

Looking forward to the next time I get to use the BC on some of my own grain...

 

[xerotime]

the last of the grain was picked up today. It was great meeting you all that came by to pick up. If we do this again at some point in the future I would be more than happy to offer up my work as a delivery site once again.

 

[a_w_taylor]

Thanks for taking the delivery - i look forward to getting my grain from Kyle tomorrow!!!:rockin:

Cheers

AT

 

[nediver]

the last of the grain was picked up today. It was great meeting you all that came by to pick up. If we do this again at some point in the future I would be more than happy to offer up my work as a delivery site once again.

If you all do this again please check back on this thread for people. I for one wouldnt want to miss the next buy.

 

[a_w_taylor]

The horse is in the barn - I repeat - the horse is in the barn.

Thanks to Kyle for spearheading this buy and dropping off my precious cargo this AM.

I just finished dividing it into 5g buckets and galvanized trash cans. I'm sure my wife is going to love finding the 5g pails stashed in closets throughout the house.

As Charlie Sheen says "Wow! Everybody’s winning. Boom!"

 

[jaginger]

Just picked mine up from RIT_Warrior! Thanks for making the transfer, Matt, and thanks to Kyle for organizing.

Vienna Lager, coming up!

 

[RIT_Warrior]

No problem, jaginger.

Yeah thanks for everyone who helped make this happen, I can't wait to start brewing everything up.

I also just got my semi-bulk hop shipment in as well, so I have enough base grains/specialty grains/hops/yeast to make a whole bunch of batches.

 

[wesolomon]

How long until another order? I was out of town and unable to join in!!! Ugggh!!

I would be up for

1#pellets Each Amarillo, Centennial, Magnum, Hallertau tradition(ger), Kent Goldings(uk)

Bags
2 - Best Malz Pis
1 - Best Malz Dark Munich
1 - Best Malz Smoked
2 - Fawcett Optic

Bill

Back in town in Groton but willing to drive to collect an order... I have no business to accept the order at... last time I did this it was delivered to a shipping wharehouse near Hartford.

 

[xerotime]

How long until another order? I was out of town and unable to join in!!! Ugggh!!

I would be up for

1#pellets Each Amarillo, Centennial, Magnum, Hallertau tradition(ger), Kent Goldings(uk)

Bags
2 - Best Malz Pis
1 - Best Malz Dark Munich
1 - Best Malz Smoked
2 - Fawcett Optic

Bill

Back in town in Groton but willing to drive to collect an order... I have no business to accept the order at... last time I did this it was delivered to a shipping wharehouse near Hartford.

I don't know how soon anyone will be up for another group buy but if you need Amarillo you may want to try and grab some now anywhere you can find them because they are going to be damn near impossible to find until the fall (same with Simcoe)

 

[nediver]

I am in for another order. I missed the first.

 

[NuclearRich]

I wish I had been in on that order myself... Damn me for being inactive. If anyone hears of another round, I am in the naugatuck valley area. PM me!!

 

[Bulls Beers]

When your ready, I'm in too.

 

[a_w_taylor]

Why don't you all start up an order thread?

 

[jpm2024]

I am interested in a few bags - live in Stoneham MA

 

[meadowstream]

For those of you in Eastern Massachusetts, the Boston Wort Processors http://www.wort.org is a great way to meet local homebrewers of all levels (and maybe meet some pro brewers, too!) There are grain buys made through the club 3-4 times per year and regular meetings, a library, some common equipment, a yeast bank, and a running email conversation with some interesting topics and notices (and some not so interesting!)

 

[JayMckeever]

i would most likely be in for a bag or two as well....

 

[Golddiggie]

I might be ready for some more grain in 6-9 months... By then I better be living someplace where I don't have a masshole for a LL and can brew in my own place again. I have just over 3 sacks left, as of this morning. Of course, one brew on the books will use almost half of a sack by itself. I do hope to be able to start that fairly soon.

I do think we really should plan this as at least a once a year deal. If we can do it more often, great. But look at how long it took to get enough people to get up to 42 sacks the first time.

As for the wort processors club... I looked into that earlier... Without knowing more about it, I'd be hard pressed to pay membership fees to something that I don't see more benefit from. Without knowing where they meet and such (couldn't find the info on the site) it's going to be a hard sale to get me to join up...

 

[meadowstream]

hmmm...for starters, the whopping $25 per year gives you access to all the things I noted above. Meetings happen at the homes of members. Good people. This is a homebrew club and not an Elks lodge: no rent, no grand pubah, just people who get together and brew and exchange ideas and information in the Boston area. I think the dues are worth it just for the bulk grain/hops/cleansers buys, but that should not be the only reason a person should join (IMO.) I have met some great people through the club from all walks of life - like all brewers, everyone of them is curious and generous. No pressure, but just wanted to note that homebrew clubs are of, for, and by the members (you get out what you put in and the dues are pretty minimal.)

 

[Golddiggie]

One of the issues, for me, is not knowing WHERE they meet... Chances of me driving into Boston if I'm not actually getting paid to do it: slim to nil... Chances of me using public transport: less than nil...

I did see a while back there was a push for people to renew their dues. If that's only done once a year, then if they don't pro-rate new members not joining at that time (don't see that posted anywhere) then I would be less inclined to join. It's the little things that nag on you the most, it seems)... As I said, I'm not saying they don't do these things, or have the info posted, it's just not something I found in the few minutes I looked on their site. Didn't see it listed in the categories available. There are broken links, or links to pages that don't exist too. Granted, that's probably nit-picking, but it would be nice to have at least working links on the site. Maybe it's partially due to being in the IT field, or having my own web site that I maintain. Even if you have a generic "under construction" page or "temporarily unavailable" for those non-functioning links, it's better than a bad link. To me, and I'm only talking about myself here, it goes towards the commitment of the people updating the site. Granted, it's not their full time job, but neither have any of the sites I've had over the years.

I would want to go to at least one actual meeting before deciding to join or not. I'm not going to say I won't join, or that it's not worth joining, until I've actually attended a meeting. Maybe even more than one, so that I get a better idea of the people and what they do. That said, they don't make it easy to find out where they'll be meeting...

 

[bluidshay]

Looks like their next meeting is April 1:

Max Heinegg's

5 Arden Road, Medford MA 02155

 

[kyles609]

Bairds 2-row was onsale at Homebrew emporium today in West Boyleston. I think it may have been a march special. Check it out for anyone who missed the deal.