Group Buy in Chicago #5

[wegz15]

You're 37 was close my IPA scored a 40.

 

[privateaero]

I'd be interested in this group buy. When its the dead line?

 

[bmason1623]

I'd be interested in this group buy. When its the dead line?

There is no deadline currently since it hasn't started. Just follow this thread for a link to a new buy which will probably be in 4 weeks or so.

 

[RC0032]

I need to BREW!!

 

[bmason1623]

I need to BREW!!

Chop chop!

 

[RC0032]

The 8th if you want to come over.

 

[bmason1623]

I fly back home on the 8th so there's no way I can make it. Next time.

 

[wegz15]

I have to start brewing a lot this week. I signed up to participate in the milwaukee homebrew fest. I will be serving my beers to event goers. I'm going with my IPA for sure and a milk stout. Possibly two more.

Here is the link if anyone is interested: http://www.milwaukeehomebrewfest.com/

 

[starman]

I have to start brewing a lot this week. I signed up to participate in the milwaukee homebrew fest. I will be serving my beers to event goers. I'm going with my IPA for sure and a milk stout. Possibly two more.

Here is the link if anyone is interested: http://www.milwaukeehomebrewfest.com/

Sweet, that looks like a very good time. You should brew a Fantastic Imperial Breakfast Stout (FIBS)

 

[wegz15]

Sweet, that looks like a very good time. You should brew a Fantastic Imperial Breakfast Stout (FIBS)

You should go

 

[starman]

You should go

You know, after a few Vitus-Jr's ... I'm thinking you might be right. My beer might not be right, but a t-shirt and 39 kegs of good beer is easily worth the price of admission.

Paypal and the internet - you make getting in trouble sooooo easy.

Speaking of trouble... 128 oz/gal x 5 gal x 40 kegs / 250 attendants + 40 participants =

 

[wegz15]

Well, I will be there. You get a tasting glass too. And.... its cheaper to participate then just go. You get TWO tickets to the event for $20 for the participant and $5 for the competition entry. Carpool?

= 142.2 oz per person or 11.85 beers/person=

and I just emptied my ferm chamber for my IPA (FTW) to go in... brewing that guy on thursday or friday. Then the milk stout after that sometime next week. GG

 

[starman]

Got the confirmation email, bottled competition beers are due by 10/7. That's kind of tight!

 

[Kieran]

Got the confirmation email, bottled competition beers are due by 10/7. That's kind of tight!

My favorite part of the confirmation email is that you aren't limited to just one keg.

 

[wegz15]

The deadline is only for beers you are submitting to the main competition. Beers after that are only eligible for the ”fan favorite” contest.

 

[opteek]

just wanted to chime in that I'm going to try and take a stab at making a custom webapp for our bulk ordering needs in the future. am gonna play around with tomcat a little bit this weekend and hopefully have something usable by the next buy

 

[bmason1623]

just wanted to chime in that I'm going to try and take a stab at making a custom webapp for our bulk ordering needs in the future. am gonna play around with tomcat a little bit this weekend and hopefully have something usable by the next buy

That would be awesome. Thanks!

 

[ghoti]

I am about half way through the build already. It is built in php with a MySQL backed. I can share the code if you would like.

 

[starman]

Cart before the horse, but how feasible would it be to script the importing of prices? The distributor issues PDFs with embedded text fairly often. A one click update would be niiiiice.

 

[Neopol]

That should not be too difficult, I would think an OCR program that can then spit out to a delimited file...I have acrobat full here I'll tinker with it tomorrow. **Updated**It appears that the pdf catalog is renderable text already...copy as table produces:::

5303 PilsenMalt 1.0 4.5 11.3 80.5 to100 5303 $0.65 $0.62 $0.61 $0.60 $0.59
5298 2‐RowBrewersMalt 1.8 4.0 12.0 80.5 to100 5298 $0.59 $0.56 $0.55 $0.54 $0.53
5305 Organic2‐RowBrewersMalt 1.8 4.0 12.0 80.5 to100 5305 $0.85 $0.82 $0.81 $0.80 $0.79
5294 6‐RowBrewersMalt 1.8 4.5 13.0 78.0 to100 5294 $0.57 $0.54 $0.53 $0.52 $0.51
5301 PaleAleMalt 3.5 4.0 11.7 80.0 to100 5301 $0.65 $0.62 $0.61 $0.60 $0.59
5317 WheatMalt,White 2.5 4.0 12.0 85.0 to50 5317 $0.63 $0.60 $0.59 $0.58 $0.57
5315 Wheat,RawWhite 2.0 12.0 10.0 80.0 to40 5315 $0.59 $0.56 $0.55 $0.54 $0.53
5323 WheatMalt,Red 2.3 4.0 13.0 81.0 to50 5323 $0.63 $0.60 $0.59 $0.58 $0.57
5004 Wheat,RedRaw 2.0 12.0 10.0 80.0 to40 5004 $0.59 $0.56 $0.55 $0.54 $0.53


**Side request...anyone have a good Barleywine recipe....something complex and spicey..

 

[bmason1623]

Leopold and ghotti, pm me your email address and I'll send the spreadsheet.

 

[starman]

That should not be too difficult, I would think an OCR program

Yeah luckily its hilightable/embedded ... or whatever the term is.... I've used OCR on specs before and it was a good read. Not sure I'd trust it for 30 pages of pricing.

I was thinking a script that could read every page, dump the protein babble, and add the malt price tiers quicker than you can say bulk buy. Cart:horse

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Not much of a category aficionado, what if any group do you guys think for a ryepa? 23A?
Its another batch of the same obnoxious 40% rye growler that was at Bills last pick up.

 

[opteek]

I am about half way through the build already. It is built in php with a MySQL backed. I can share the code if you would like.

Definitely, no sense in doing it twice. Shoot me a PM!

 

[mikescooling]

I'm in for some bags of 2row and stuff.

 

[Grinch]

I'm itching to for the next buy!

 

[porterguy]

Any estimate of when you're doing the next buy?

 

[bmason1623]

Maybe in a couple of weeks. I'm actually traveling right now and won't be back until Saturday. I need all of next week to get caught up, so I'm thinking the week after next.

I am also hoping that some of our fellow members can come up with an app to reduce, even eliminate errors during the buy process. I would be very grateful for that.

 

[porterguy]

Sorry, I would if I could. But that's definitely out of my league.

 

[bmason1623]

Sorry, I would if I could. But that's definitely out of my league.

There are a couple of guys taking a stab at it. I'm not capable either.

 

[RC0032]

My vote would be for an end of October delivery date.