Whole sacks of grain only to make it super easy. I would be willing to organize if there is enough interest. We would need 42 sacks (1 pallet.) I will buy 6 myself so that gets us 1/7 of the way there!
How much interest in doing Eastern Massachusetts group grain buy?
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Just as the rules state, cost of goods and shipping, no markup on the grain. The Ocean County Group Buy #5 has a price list up right at the top of their Group Buy thread and I imagine those would be pretty close to what we would have to pay (keeping in mind that there is probably something like $5 per bag in shipping costs on top of the cost/sack, and if there is a PayPal fee then that will be added on, too.) If we have enough interest then I will do the leg work and get a price list posted with more exact costs.
Fairly new to all grain but I’d be in be in for 2-3 sacks. Just not sure what I’d want.
jrgtr42
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I may be interested depending on costs.
zipster222
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I am interested in 2 or 3 sacks
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Slightly Off topic....
Pale malt might be the best choice, as you can, make, Vienna, Munich, roasted, various toasted, black malt, crystal malt, and rauch from that base malt. It's also quite enzyme rich and works well with adjuncts.
If you brew with any frequency two 55lbs bags won't last long, especially if you make your own specialty grains.
See my signature for the link smoking and roasting your own malts.
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I had no idea, why couldn’t I roast my own! Finally another research topic! Thanks!
OK looks like there is enough preliminary interest to get organized. More later next week...
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I'd be interested in a 50-55lb. sack of Golden Promise. Any idea on price?
I might be in for a few bags myself if the pricing make it make sense. Out here past where the edge of the world is, past 495, past 290 even, almost to 90 if you can imagine it.
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I would be in for a sack or two if it is the right stuff (Pale Malt)
Update: working on this. Taking time. Sorry to have been out of touch.
Tricerahops220:you would be able to order whatever you want, assuming we can get this set up.
khannon: 90 goes West all the way to Seattle...
Tricerahops220:you would be able to order whatever you want, assuming we can get this set up.
khannon: 90 goes West all the way to Seattle...
oops.. meant 91 
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I'm interested. Where-ish would pickup location be?
Waltham-area Prince.
OK, I think we can get this rolling next week. Will get price list, shipping costs, tax info for next week. As per rules, no profit markup - total transparency. Not sure yet how to handle the $ side of this yet, but we'll figure that out.
zman - is there already a local grain buy happening? probably no reason to duplicate efforts if so (prices would be the same...)
I'm not sure if this buy is open to the general public (I can ask if people are interested). It is through Strange Brew in Marlborough. Prices are comparable to what the Homebrew Emporium group buy was, which was a bit above wholesale (at least I think) - around $10-15 off 50-55# bags and $20-25 off select things like golden promise/etc.
UPDATE: Based on Zman's post above, buying through Wort Processors, or the buy Zman references, makes the most sense. No point in duplicating efforts. I signed up with WP and placed my order this morning. Thanks Zman.
So that’s it? It’s over?
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I’m in for 2 sacks if your still looking for orders to get this viable.
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zman and meadowstream, how does this work? Is it open to the general public? Could you post a link or maybe instructions? It looks like the group buy that meadowstream tried to start is not happening now, correct?
Prince: Here is link to club membership page: https://wort.org/membership/ and here is link to Bulk Grain Buy: https://wort.org/about/grain/
Need to complete today to get in under the wire but it will only take about 10 minutes.
Need to complete today to get in under the wire but it will only take about 10 minutes.
Yes, because there is already a bulk grain buy for the area being sponsored - 2 actually, as zman pointed out. No reason to duplicate efforts (and the wort processors grain buy is set up like a well-oiled machine!)
Well hopefully someone will be interested in hosting another buy. $25 membership is peanuts, but doesn’t do me much good living out of state.
Any way I could get in on either grain buy? In Western ma, but willing to drive to a pickup.. any other info on either grain buy would be awesome.
Thanks,
Kevin
Thanks,
Kevin
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