@FinsFan Thanks for the heads-up, beats the other channels!
Ordered BugCounty, B. Naardenensis, and Dirty Dozen.
Time to start brewing.
Ordered BugCounty, B. Naardenensis, and Dirty Dozen.
Time to start brewing.
pitch it in primary with saison yeast, bottle after 3 months (or when stable), and enjoy!
I've been wanting to pick up some TYB Wallonian Farmhouse. Maybe I'll pitch a 1/5th vial of the dirty dozen with that, and save the other 4/5ths to use as a 100% Brett fermentation.
Incredible. I check their page every single day, this morning I don't check it and it posts- and it's all sold out. Crazy
Do you really pay $14 shipping on a single vial? I've been dying for BugCountry but that seems a lil absurd. Has anyone called them and tried to find an alternative?
They do offer USPS at a lower rate.
Do you really pay $14 shipping on a single vial? I've been dying for BugCountry but that seems a lil absurd. Has anyone called them and tried to find an alternative?
Absolutely, I do. I don't get why people frett so much over a few bucks in shipping expense. Assuming most people are planning on getting 5 gal of beer out of it, so let's say 2 cases of 12 oz'ers. I paid $15.23 in shipping for one vial. That's $0.32/bottle. That is sooo worth it compared to the price of commercial examples of sour or wild beers. Don't we all fork out this same amount for 4 pack, or a 750ml bottle, or a bomber every now and again? Or drop way more than this to belly up at a bar for a few pints?
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Absolutely, I do. I don't get why people frett so much over a few bucks in shipping expense. Assuming most people are planning on getting 5 gal of beer out of it, so let's say 2 cases of 12 oz'ers. I paid $15.23 in shipping for one vial. That's $0.32/bottle. That is sooo worth it compared to the price of commercial examples of sour or wild beers. Don't we all fork out this same amount for 4 pack, or a 750ml bottle, or a bomber every now and again? Or drop way more than this to belly up at a bar for a few pints?
:end rant:
Absolutely, I do. I don't get why people frett so much over a few bucks in shipping expense. Assuming most people are planning on getting 5 gal of beer out of it, so let's say 2 cases of 12 oz'ers. I paid $15.23 in shipping for one vial. That's $0.32/bottle. That is sooo worth it compared to the price of commercial examples of sour or wild beers. Don't we all fork out this same amount for 4 pack, or a 750ml bottle, or a bomber every now and again? Or drop way more than this to belly up at a bar for a few pints?
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I pay $5.99 for fresh Wyeast and shipping for 2 packs is another $5 that's $17 For two packs shipped or what I would've paid for shipping alone for 1 vial of ECY. I won't pay that price for the same reason I buy grains in bulk and hops in bulk.
Do you really pay $14 shipping on a single vial? I've been dying for BugCountry but that seems a lil absurd. Has anyone called them and tried to find an alternative?
The difference is that wyeast<>ECY.
Wyeast<<<<<<<ECY
So what if it's cheaper for a pack of roeselare. Apples and oranges.
All that said, I hate paying for new yeast, period. I will harvest from bottles, cakes, etc and only buy when I really have to. But when I do, I'll pay a little premium for some of these because I know they're going to yield good results.
I've made a few very good sours with the Roeselare Blend. Personal preference I guess but no yeast is worth nearly $30 for a small vial imo.
Absolutely, I do. I don't get why people frett so much over a few bucks in shipping expense. Assuming most people are planning on getting 5 gal of beer out of it, so let's say 2 cases of 12 oz'ers. I paid $15.23 in shipping for one vial. That's $0.32/bottle. That is sooo worth it compared to the price of commercial examples of sour or wild beers. Don't we all fork out this same amount for 4 pack, or a 750ml bottle, or a bomber every now and again? Or drop way more than this to belly up at a bar for a few pints?
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They really should just go ahead and change the name officially to bug country. That's what everyone calls it anyway
USPS is an option. i've never paid more in shipping that i have for the vials, thanks to the USPS option. maybe they should make that option more visible... but they're not fans of USPS.Usps flat rate box is $5.80, that I would do.
Lol. I can relate! Every post I see regarding The Yeast Bay Funktown Pale Ale refers to it as Funkytown Pale Ale. I've considered changing it...
but they're not fans of USPS.
USPS is an option. i've never paid more in shipping that i have for the vials, thanks to the USPS option. maybe they should make that option more visible... but they're not fans of USPS.
I believe this is due to the size of the box they have to use to send it that cheaply. They claim it is not large enough to properly package it and have stated many customers complain that the vials therefore leak due to the rough treatment. I've shipped both ways and have had good luck though.
The USPS option is a bit hidden, and you may have to reselect it at the final checkout page if you did a refresh on it, but it is worth the price difference vs. UPS.
USPS is also standard 2-day Priority mail, which I believe is faster than the UPS option if you're more than a state away.
My last shipment came through UPS and the ECY11 (Belgian White) bottle had leaked out a little. Not a big amount or hard to clean up, as they are all resealed inside thick plastic ziplock bags. Yeast was fine, and there is a huge amount of it (400B).
I exclusively use USPS for The Yeast Bay shipments. The tracking info isn't as good as UPS, but the shipping in almost all cases is WAY faster than UPS Ground. Plus, with UPS Ground, the package spends a majority of time in a non-climate controlled truck as opposed to USPS Priority which goes almost the entire way to your local sorting facility via air, which is why I think I see a fair number of people saying their UPS shipped ECY bottle leaked. Plus the bottles used are cheaper knockoffs of the Nalgene bottles which do not seal very well. Happened to me twice in the years before I stopped buying yeast.
Glad to hear you endorse USPS to ship your yeast. L2B doesn't. They even vow advice against it. Their default method has UPS preselected, and it's hard to find the hidden alternative at less than half the cost.
In Red.
Not sure I follow you there. Why is a UPS shipment more inclined to leak than through USPS?
I'm all for low shipping as long as handling is at least equal or better, and even more so if it's faster if time is an important factor. I agree USPS has the better deal, 2-day priority for $6.70. I haven't had any problems with them, but I don't ship or receive 100s-1000s of bottles of yeast on a daily basis. Your logistical insights for those articles are better.
If it's summer and your yeast is sitting in a truck boiling in the sun for 4 days as it goes across the country, it will likely get to a temperature of over 100 F for an extended period of time four days in a row, and will leak terribly from the yeast becoming very active and the pressure build up. Like I said, USPS priority tracking isn't as good as UPS, but it is ultimately waaaay faster and will spend more time on a plane as opposed to a truck, where freezing and very hot temperatures are common in extreme weather.
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