wilserbrewer said:If you can get in on a local group buy, Country Malt Group sells 5 gal. (60 lb.) LME for $75.90 plus about $5 shipping. Briess DME is $92 for a 50 lb bag. plus shipping around $5.
http://www.countrymaltgroup.com/downloads/Champlain%202013%20Price%20Sheets%20-%20Updated%2012-31-12.pdf
Good info. Sooner or later somebody was going to try to compare group buy base malt price to 3 lb LME cans to come up with crazy ratio showing ho expensive extract is. That said I've heard you need to be careful not to expect too much shelf life from bulk LME so the 50 lb DME might be the way to go in bulk. I have some older bulk LME in the garage but I only use it for starters now.