There is a hop called Northern Brewer. I think.Just curious ,,,,, friend showed me a receipt from a AHB order that seemed to mention Northern on it.
And Midwest Supplies sells it for $14.99. I know NB & MS are basically the same outfit. Same warehouse, very similar web sites but MB "free shipping" threshold ($49) is lower than MS. ($125) Still higher than AIH but closer.Well right now Northern Brewer prices 3 lbs of Muntons light DME for 17.99; Adventures and Austin have it for 13.64. That is a major price differential.
Hummm, The plot thickens,,,(LOL)
I get a lot of e-mail from Northern/Midwest but yet to see any thing like that one.
Cheers,
Joel B.
Gotch ya!I am a vendor so that is why i received the email
This is exactly why it's imperative to support your local HBS if it hasn't went out of business yet. I understand if ones not close to you but please support your LHBS even if you have to pay a little more. Brew on!
I really want to support my LHBS but they make it hard on themselves. If I’m going just for ingredients, there’s generally no problem. If I’m looking for any sort of equipment that has been designed and made after 1999, I’m SOL. I’m not a real high tech brewer, but I was looking for a floating dip tube for a keg. Instead of simply saying they didn’t have one, I was lectured on how I should fine with gelatin after racking to secondary and there will be no sediment. After I told them I was planning on fermenting and serving from the same keg, you would have thought I told them I was preparing for a trip to Mars in my homemade rocket. I do realize that is a very specific example and it’s a method not many people use but these guys are not giving great advice. And don’t get me started on stale hops. Plus, it’s an hour drive for me one way.
Last time I bought from ritebrew three pounds of dme was $9.19.And Label Peelers has in for 11.19. It will be cheaper during a sale. I have never ordered from Northern Brewer. I used to use Midwest, but Northern brewer bought them (and AB-InBev then bought them and then sold them), so I started using Label Peelers, but not recently. Recently I used Rite Brew, which is great but doesn't carry Muntons DME or yeast or label making paper, and Adventures in Home Brewing which carries those things and had Muntons DME when Label Peelers did not. Heck, you can even by Muntons DME at Friar Tucks for 12.99 that last time I checked, but that was probably over a year ago now. So apparentlyI do care who owns what, what they carry, what they charge, and what the total will be with shipping.
+1.Edit: I am one that would make that one hour drive for a good shop though.
A web search shows it in five (of six or seven) subforums. In one of those threads, there is a comment from the burner account that contains some reasonable business sense.This popped up today on R/Mead.
With current gas prices, that 2 hour drive is getting expensive!I should have specified the caveat that they should be a business that provides good service and products. I wouldn't expect someone to stick with a business that doesn't do good business.
If my LHBS doesn't carry something, I need, I have no qualms about getting it online.
Edit: I am one that would make that one hour drive for a good shop though.
Yes, that is why I like and order from Rite Brew. I think they've risen recently, but their prices are excellent on what they carry like Briess DME. The problem is they do not carry Munton's DME, Muntons yeast, label paper, or Briess Dark DME. I was quoting Muntons DME prices. My real point is that Northern Brewer is outrageously high.Last time I bought from ritebrew three pounds of dme was $9.19.
With current gas prices, that 2 hour drive is getting expensive!
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