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How much base malt do you consome in a year?

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I have been through 100 pounds so far this year. I just picked up a new 50 pound bag this week. I always get Pale Ale malt, usually either Rahr or Briess.
 
I'd guess somewhere in the neighborhood of 200 lbs. I figured 7-13 pounds base malt per batch depending on the beer, by somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 batches a year, and yeah. Figure that makes about 200 lbs. Right now I have 20 lbs of Munich, 15 lbs of Bohemian Pils, and 10 lbs of Maris Otter.

I like the Pale Ale malt, particularly the Briess version, but I don't brew enough American beers to warrant buying a full sack, and it doesn't cut it for me for English beers.
 
This year I've gone through 120 so far. Probably 1 to 2 brews left this year which would put me at 16 brews and 140 lbs of base grain.
 
Hmm... So far this year I've used a sack each of 2-row, Maris Otter, Pils, and most of a sack of Dark Munich. Year isn't over and I'm brewing an RIS tomorrow... So i would say 300-350lb at a guess?
 
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