Houston Group Grain Buy #5

[Jupapabear]

Does anyone know what they mean by Tax ID. I run a restaurant where I could use my Tax ID, but I'm not sure if that is enough.

 

[mredge73]

Your restaurant Tax ID should work fine. I don't believe they sell to new home brewers anymore; but since you own a restaurant you could probably convince them that you have a brewery on the premises. I doubt that they will check up on it.

 

[barrooze]

Sneaky sneaky! I like it!

 

[Jupapabear]

Ok. With some guidance I could take over. Where do we start?

 

[TexanBrewGater]

I would get in touch with schaez and see if he would be willing to give you some guidance. I was in three previous group buys (different name) and the spreadsheet he developed was a great tool. then I would create a new "Houston Group Grain Buy #6" and post a link to it here and maybe in all of the previous group buy threads. That would email anyone subscribed to those previous buys who might be interested, like me, and kick start the new one. Just some thoughts...

 

[Jupapabear]

I've checked country malts site, and unless I have a brewery or a homebrew/grain store, I doubt my tax id will be sufficient. I will check with them after I get in contact with others that have experience with cm. I'm interested and okay with the work involved. Once I have some contacts, price sheet, and account with country malts I will move forward with creating a new thread and collecting orders.

 

[barrooze]

I believe the hardest thing was getting the account setup with CMC. Once Schaez did that, the rest was pretty much just getting people to commit to sacks. I don't think there will be any issue in getting people to commit to sacks as we haven't had a Houston Group Buy for over a year and I know people are either out or running REALLY low on grain! Let me know if there's anything I can help you with.

 

[tracyk]

I would love it if there were a group grain buy. Let me know where we stand on this.

 

[tracyk]

Yeah, Country Malt has made it difficult for the homebrewer to get sacks of grain at a reduced rate. I check with them a few months back and could not get the LHBS in Houston to sign the contract with me as they do not order anything from Country Malt. Good luck on your endevour Jupapabear. I definitely hope it works out.

 

[barrooze]

Yeah, Country Malt has made it difficult for the homebrewer to get sacks of grain at a reduced rate. I check with them a few months back and could not get the LHBS in Houston to sign the contract with me as they do not order anything from Country Malt. Good luck on your endevour Jupapabear. I definitely hope it works out.

Hi, tracyk, which LHBS did you try? There are several now in the Houston area, and at least two in Houston itself. A new one opened recently (Farmboy Brew Shop). I haven't had a chance to stop by, but they they may be receptive to the idea as it will surely bring in new people to their store.

 

[TexasWine]

Hi, tracyk, which LHBS did you try? There are several now in the Houston area, and at least two in Houston itself. A new one opened recently (Farmboy Brew Shop). I haven't had a chance to stop by, but they they may be receptive to the idea as it will surely bring in new people to their store.

Send Landon, the owner of Farmboy, a note. He's a nice guy and might be amenable to this.