Group Buy in Chicago #6

[metic]

Sorry I cross posted with bmason1623.

From that list, I would be interested in Centennial and Sterling. Maybe a few others, I'm not familiar with them all.

 

[starman]

I'd do up to 4 lb of centennial to make a deal go. Use that in my RIPA with simcoe.

Mt Hood, fuggles, and whatever someone else wants I'll do a lb or 2.

 

[bmason1623]

Here's what available:

Centennial
Columbia
Golding
Fuggle
Horizon
Mt. Hood
Liberty
Crystal
Ultra
Santiam
Sterling
Nugget
Perle
US Tettnanger
Willamette

This list is from June so it may not be up to date.

 

[PseudoChef]

Sorry I cross posted with bmason1623.

From that list, I would be interested in Centennial and Sterling. Maybe a few others, I'm not familiar with them all.

Those are my two choices as well.

 

[starman]

Pellets are good but man does a counter full of fresh leaf make me giddy.

 

[cadwallion]

I regularly use Centennial, Willamette, Saaz, Perle, and Tettnanger.

 

[Randar]

Here's what available:

Centennial
Columbia
Golding
Fuggle
Horizon
Mt. Hood
Liberty
Crystal
Ultra
Santiam
Sterling
Nugget
Perle
US Tettnanger
Willamette

Given that list, I think we'd be best off trying to time a group buy with the arrival of the 2012 harvest coming to market. That would give us the best shot in terms of interest and getting a decent price on hops that sell at a per-ounce premium.

As a hold-me-over FYI, I was able to get NS, Galaxy, and Simcoe from Farmhouse Supply this week while most everywhere else is out.

 

[Randar]

Pellets are good but man does a counter full of fresh leaf make me giddy.

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My chest freezer just can't handle 25 pounds of leaf hops. The current 25 pounds of pellets are no problem, though.

 

[Neopol]

Pellets are good but man does a counter full of fresh leaf make me giddy.

Yes, my kitchen and house for that matter smells like Amarillo hops...sorry little hop friends about the freezing home for which I had to place you.
I prefer leaf, easier to clean up in my kettle (yes hopstoppers do get clogged), less sediment and particulates in my beer, and the rogue seed from time to time.

Matt, I'll send you some notes on how I pseudo winter the seeds prior to starting germination.

 

[Neopol]

OK this one vendors response to availability and pricing to our original order. It looks like more of retail pricing and I am certain we can get some more competitive pricing in the qty with some persistence.
I was told these are in stock, and pricing is based on our 11 lb ea. qty.

This is just for discussion, please no panicking, no orders or fulfillment.

Saaz 10.99/lb
Pacific Jade 17.50/lb
Cascade 10.49/lb
Northern Brewer 10.99/lb
Magnum 12.00/lb
5-lb of Nelson 20.99/lb
Mini bales of EKG, Mt.Hood, Chinook, Fuggle
All 13 lb except EKG 11lb
Fuggle 11.00/lb,
EKG 11.50/lb,
Mt. Hood 8.50/lb
Chinook 9.00/lb.

 

[Neopol]

I am good for 1-2 lbs of most any of the varieties on Bills list of American standards.

 

[ThirstT]

Neopol's PJ, NS and magnum sound good to me. Maybe others as well

 

[TheBreweryUnderground]

That Chinook is pretty cheap, it seems to be sold out most places I look or close to $20/#. I think I might just go for a few pounds of Simcoe and Amarillo though, Starman makes them look so good and whole leaf works so much better with my system. Has anyone tried contacting Hopunion directly and calling MCM out on their bullsh*t?

 

[bmason1623]

Has anyone tried contacting Hopunion directly and calling MCM out on their bullsh*t?

yes

 

[bmason1623]

MCM will sell us hops that they have in stock at the South Holland warehouse. However, they will not drop ship hops from another warehouse or sell home brewers contracts. They do not want to be bombarded with home brewer groups or clubs requests for hop contracts.

 

[starman]

Looks like its time to start a very unprofitable business then . Not sure what the legal fees and business license would run.

I wouldn't mind being able to source Dingemans and Simpsons malts as well. I wonder who/how those are distributed.. Cargill?

 

[TheBreweryUnderground]

Looks like its time to start a very unprofitable business then . Not sure what the legal fees and business license would run.

I wouldn't mind being able to source Dingemans and Simpsons malts as well. I wonder who/how those are distributed.. Cargill?

A church in South Evanston runs an organic bulk food co-op out of some back room that's only open Saturday mornings and run by volunteers to keep overhead to a minimum, everyone who shops there pays $3 a year to help cover costs. Something like that for a homebrew shop would be awesome.

 

[havoc531]

Confirming hop splits

Hallertau Hersbrucker Split:
5# havoc531 (3lbs Kenny, 1lbs Grady, 1lbs Doug)
1# Gothic Horror
3# opteek
1# scotty77
1# miamiweiss
1# Demon
0# remaining, closed

Saaz split:
5# havoc531 (3lbs Kenny, 1lbs Grady, 1lbs Doug)
3# opteek
1# scotty77
1# miamiweiss
1# remaining

The remaining varietals per bmason are:
Centennial
Columbia
Golding
Fuggle
Horizon
Mt. Hood (sub for Hersbrucker)
Liberty
Crystal
Ultra
Santiam
Sterling (sub for Saaz)
Nugget
Perle
US Tettnanger
Willamette

Any objections, please speak up.

 

[bmason1623]

Just received an email telling me that Briess products are available to us. Should I modify all of the 2-row to Briess? Should we open the buy so people can modify their own orders?

 

[PseudoChef]

I'll stick with CMC.

 

[sudsmcgee]

I'm cool with what I ordered.

 

[idigg]

Could you open it back up for say 24 hours so we can adjust? Would we be able to add grain? I still want to try great western but if we can get Breiss as well I'd like to get some of that...

 

[Neopol]

I am happy with my order, unless you want to establish a history. If so ill swap my entire order over.

 

[ylpaul2000]

I'm good with my order as well.

 

[TyTanium]

I'm sticking with GW.

 

[metic]

I'm fine with GW this time.

 

[Randar]

Bill, please switch my 2 sacks of GW 2-row to Briess 2‐Row Brewers Malt.

 

[Randar]

Confirming hop splits
Saaz split:
5# havoc531 (3lbs Kenny, 1lbs Grady, 1lbs Doug)
3# opteek
1# scotty77
1# miamiweiss
1# remaining

I'll take that last pound of Saaz if still available.

 

[heferly]

if you could open it up so i could add the wood i wanted?? i know you won't have sympathy, but i was at gabf all weekend and didn't have a chance to try and add the honeycombs

and unless i'm mistaken, all the pallets are full, so no adding grain, just switching

 

[Grinch]

I'm good with my order.