Cheapest AG Vendor...

[Brewmasters Warehouse]

Just purchased 6 kits from Northern.. I've ordered from BWW before and was happy so I'll hafta check them out next order.
I've visited several times trying to put together recipes and have left not being able to find all ingredients.
I will give them a shot again though..
+1 on the shipping... first class in terms of packaging and time.

That is exactly why we are completely redoing the search engine. It simply does not work properly right now. We have some updates to the site coming and a new search engine is working great (I have tested it extensively).

If you ever have a question about if we carry something please shoot me an email. I have added many things to the website due to customer requests, and I will continue to do so.

 

[murphyslaw]

There's one in his signature

Haha, I was just kidding, but now I wish I paid more attention!

 

[MeatyPortion]

I'm checking out the site now, won't be ordering for a good 7 months but it looks like a great site.

 

[Moose777]

Using Firefox 3.50 I just tried brewbuilder and it was dead slow.
Just an FYI.
I know you support HBT so just wanted to let you know.

 

[Brewmasters Warehouse]

Using Firefox 3.50 I just tried brewbuilder and it was dead slow.
Just an FYI.
I know you support HBT so just wanted to let you know.

Thanks for letting me know. I do not see anything wrong with the site, so it may just be alot of traffic on the site. Seems to be working fine with IE when I just tried it out. No Firefox on this PC.

 

[Schnitzengiggle]

Does Brew Master's Warehouse sell grains and extracts in bulk?

 

[masonsjax]

Ed, I cant find victory or biscuit malt, do you carry it? Or, can anyone recommend a suitable substitute? Thanks.

[edit:] I found Biscuit under "Roasted Malts". The search function turned up 0 results when I typed in "victory" or "biscuit".

 

[chumprock]

I think he said something about them working on the search, but here you go..

http://www.brewmasterswarehouse.com/products/Briess-Victory-0101449

http://www.brewmasterswarehouse.com/products/Biscuit-0101493

 

[DougBrew]

Man oh man, BMW rocks the F*&#in house. Awesome fast shipping/packaging and they hooooook it up. I just wanted to jump in to give Ed some props.

 

[Shwagger]

i built my next brew today with your brew builder, but when i clicked on 5 oz of Dextrose to add to the list of ingredients, it loaded it as 1 lb in the brew builder. I changed it back to 5 oz so no big deal, just fyi

 

[bakins]

No Firefox on this PC.

You should fix that right away... I've been IE free since, well, forever. PC free for over 10 years too - Mac and Linux only here.

I never visit the site bcs I still can't order anything. Yeah, I'm bitter.

FWIW, a few other vendors sites suck balls but I still use them.

It'd be nice if you could save the recipes and view others. I'm still looking for a place that offers BCS recipes in kit form, and you could do it that way.

 

[KayaBrew]

I just got my first order from Brewmaster's Warehouse. Even though I placed my order on the 4th of July AND I screwed it up, Ed fixed it right away. I consider myself a loyal customer.

 

[EvilGnome6]

Does Brew Master's Warehouse sell grains and extracts in bulk?

I would like to know this, too.

 

[Donner]

Does Brew Master's Warehouse sell grains and extracts in bulk?

since ed hasn't been around to answer this yet, i'll give it a shot.

i don't know about extract exactly, but as far as grains go, yes and no.

If you priced Ed's grains up to a full sack size it'd be the same as the other vendors charge for 'bulk' prices. So basically you are getting close to the best price you can from a vendor.

Ed will correct me if i'm wrong, though.

 

[gromitdj]

And with the flat rate shipping the prices are hard to beat. I haven't ordered from there yet but likely will in the future.

 

[carnevoodoo]

How does grain come crushed from BMW? I really like the sealed plastic bags with the grain bill on them from AHS.

 

[Donner]

How does grain come crushed from BMW? I really like the sealed plastic bags with the grain bill on them from AHS.

Check this out.

 

[Brewmasters Warehouse]

Sorry guys had a meet up last night with some peeps from IHNBC.

Bulk grains - Just order 50 or 55 lbs of the grain you are looking to buy. All of teh base malts have the sack size listed on the site. The price for the grains is higher than most places, but if you check the delivered price our prices are very competitive. We still charge 6.99 to ship a sack, most other places charge actual shipping.

Bulk extracts - give me a call for a price on bulk DME. I do not mess with bulk LME.

Grain crush and packaging - We use a Barley Crusher to crush grains. It does a fantastic job, and most people report 5-10% efficency gains using our crush. The packaging you can see from the pic the Donner linked to. Heavy Duty plastic bags sized to the grains, and everything is labeled. If you order a Brew Builder recipe everything is packaged together, and labeled with the style of beer. Everything else is labeled by weight and grain type.

Thanks Donner for helping me out.

Ed

 

[NE-Brewer]

Hi Ed...

Just wanted to say thanks and to let you know that I have been more impressed with my orders from BrewMasters Warehouse than any other online retailer I've ever done business with!!! I'm now a life-long customer.

Now for a question... I did not order any dry yeast packets on my recent order because I was afraid they would get destroyed in this hot summer heat. My LHBS is over 150 miles away (Round Trip) so that is not always practical for yeast orders either.

I did not see any "Ice Pack" option that I could order like other retailers. How do you handle dry yeast in these hot summer shipments? The last two orders I made were received in just 2 days each time.

Thanks again....

 

[bendavanza]

They have Ice packs, he answered this earlier in the thread. Ed, you might consider placing ice pack links in your yeast pages.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f36/cheapest-ag-vendor-118327/index17.html#post1386917
BTW with my new barleycrusher my efficiency jumped big time, Wow...
The Oatmeal Stout I ordered got 86% and the 10g BM cream ale got me 83%. Before this I only got 50's and 60's. I did reset the gap to .036, some of my grains were small.
-Ben

 

[Hawgbranch]

I have purchased 4 kits from BW and also had to phone and ask a few questions and they (he) were fantastic.
My next step is to utilize the builder so that I can start playing with recipes.
2 thumbs, way up!!!

 

[Brewmasters Warehouse]

Thank you everyoe for your support, and I am very glad to hear that you have been happy with everything.

For everyone looking for ice packs. There is a link to the ice packs on every liquid yeast that we sell. You can see the link in the pic below in the You may also like section.

 

[Austinhomebrew]

Ed, he was asking about ice pack options for dry yeast.

 

[Brewmasters Warehouse]

Ed, he was asking about ice pack options for dry yeast.

Ahhh dry yeast, thanks Forrest.

I will add the ice packs to the dry yeasts as well.

Thanks,

Ed

 

[Sizz]

A good LHBS in marietta would be sweeet. Petition signed!

 

[leavitt87]

Hey guys,
B3 looks like they have some good pricing but I've seen some people writing about not being a good idea to shop with them. Any reason why? I can get 25 lbs of 2 row @ ~$1.12/lb & 25 lbs of white wheat @ ~$1.41/lb, total $63.45 with free shipping. Same thing at Brewmasters Warehouse is cheaper @ $61.28 but the $6.99 shipping makes it more expensive.

 

[Donner]

Hey guys,
B3 looks like they have some good pricing but I've seen some people writing about not being a good idea to shop with them. Any reason why? I can get 25 lbs of 2 row @ ~$1.12/lb & 25 lbs of white wheat @ ~$1.41/lb, total $63.45 with free shipping. Same thing at Brewmasters Warehouse is cheaper @ $61.28 but the $6.99 shipping makes it more expensive.

Search for morebber and user The Pol and you'll see why it gets some bad press. Maybe he'll be along and explain again. Generally, people seem to like them, but they certainly don't have Ed's turnaround time and awesome customer service. At least it seems that way.

 

[bakins]

B3 looks like they have some good pricing but I've seen some people writing about not being a good idea to shop with them. Any reason why?

Backorder, Backorder, and More Backorder

 

[leavitt87]

Thanks for the response. After my.... (how do I put this nicely) less than perfect experience with KegKits.com, I like to do a little more research and get as much information about on line vendors as possible! (I saw the sticky about KegKits a little too late.)

 

[bull8042]

Thanks for the response. After my.... (how do I put this nicely) less than perfect experience with KegKits.com, I like to do a little more research and get as much information about on line vendors as possible! (I saw the sticky about KegKits a little too late.)

You will be safe with B3. The only issue is with backordered/out of stock items sometimes. The Pol has had some ugly experiences with them, but I really don't think it is the norm. The difference between B3 and KegKits is, with B3 you will still get your stuff.... Maybe a little later than you wanted, but will still get it. With KegKits, that goober should be shut down hard and possibly even prosecuted for fraud.
I personally have never had a problem with B3. However, I only use them when I need something that Austin Homebrew or Brewmaster's Warehouse doesn't carry though.