Middle Tennessee Group Grain Buy

[1234]

Count me in for: 1-BZ-MUNH Light Munich, 1-CM-2ROW Canadian 2-Row, and a willingness to split some of the specialties to help fill in orders...how close are we now?

We are currently sitting at 18 bags. That includes the full bags that have been ordered and the 2 bags that are being split. Crystal 60L and Pale Chocolate are the ones being split. I would be happy to split some Wheat, Munich and maybe some other crystal.

 

[1234]

I just got another commitment for 2 bags. We are now almost at the halfway point. I have my brewing buddy coming over in the next hour or 2 and I am going to put the hard sell on him.

 

[1234]

I added another bag of 2 Row to my order and another bag of pale malt to my order. I think that means we are now at 22 bags. I am waiting on dedhedjed and Ranger9913 to post how many they want. If anybody drives close to Lakeland I think we could get Cpt_Kirks in on the buy.

 

[wildwest450]

I added another bag of 2 Row to my order and another bag of pale malt to my order. I think that means we are now at 22 bags. I am waiting on dedhedjed and Ranger9913 to post how many they want. If anybody drives close to Lakeland I think we could get Cpt_Kirks in on the buy.

You're an animal, kudos.
I will try to get some more orders tomorrow at our club meeting.

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[1234]

Thank you, but I counted wrong. We are at 24 instead of 22. I was only counting the full bags and not the 2 bags that are being split. Just so everybody knows, we have room for either 2 or 3 more people to split some crystal 60 and Pale Chocolate. I am also looking for 4 other people to split some wheat & munich.

 

[wildwest450]

Are we looking for exactly 42 bags??


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[1234]

Are we looking for exactly 42 bags??


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Well it would be ideal due to the price break, but I know that Maffewl would like to split a big pail of LME. I am not sure if we will find anybody who wants to split it with him or not.

 

[Cpt_Kirks]

I added another bag of 2 Row to my order and another bag of pale malt to my order. I think that means we are now at 22 bags. I am waiting on dedhedjed and Ranger9913 to post how many they want. If anybody drives close to Lakeland I think we could get Cpt_Kirks in on the buy.

If you are driving to Memphis from the east, you will probably be going right by me. I live a couple of minutes from the intersection of I-40 and US-64.

Seriously thinking of a couple of bags. At least that would force me to motorize my Corona mill.

 

[maffewl]

Well it would be ideal due to the price break, but I know that Maffewl would like to split a big pail of LME. I am not sure if we will find anybody who wants to split it with him or not.

I'm currently in the process of building a mash tun... I should be able to switch to all grain once I get a feel for the process (should be traveling to see wildwests setup sometime soon). Since we don't seem to be in a huge rush on the order, I'll remove my order of LME and try to get an idea of how much base grain would be a good starting amount and of what type.

 

[J-Malone]

@maffewl - get a sack of American 2-row and a sack of Marris Otter...that will get you started and probably last you for the year depending on how often you brew...

 

[1234]

I posted this group buy over at Northern Brewer and tastybrew.com. If you are in the Middle Tennessee area and you are on the fence then you better decide soon or you will miss out.

 

[volsfan5012]

I would like to help out with the pale chocolate split...

 

[1234]

We have the bag of pale chocolate split by 5 days, we are now looking for 1 last person to complete the bag of crystal 60.

 

[maffewl]

I'm down with adding a bag of American 2 row Pale to my current specialty splits of 1/5 bag Caramel Crystal 60L & 1/5 bag Chocolate.

I should ask though as I'm still a newbie... I'm assuming these aren't crushed. Can we have it crushed or where would I go to get this done?

 

[Ranger9913]

I know that Ranger wants to get in on the buy and he has posted anything yet. I know we have more folks on here that brew.

Okay, I'm in for 2 bags of GW-2ROW, 2 bags of GW-PALE, and 1 bag of GB-HONY

 

[1234]

We are now at 31 sacks of grain. We only need an additional 11 sacks of grain to fill the order.

 

[1234]

I'm down with adding a bag of American 2 row Pale to my current specialty splits of 1/5 bag Caramel Crystal 60L & 1/5 bag Chocolate.

I should ask though as I'm still a newbie... I'm assuming these aren't crushed. Can we have it crushed or where would I go to get this done?

I am not sure I would have the who sack crushed, unless you see yourself using it in 3 months time. I would try to see if someone locally can help you out with this or look on e-bay for the cheap victoria grain mill. I would be willing to help out, but I am quite a drive for you.

 

[maffewl]

Will this work?

http://www.homevillage.us/vicairtrgrmi.html

 

[1234]

It will work. It won't be the fastest, but it will be the chepaest! I would try to fashion some type of hopper to help yourself out. Are you sure you only want 1 bag of base malt? It will only last about 5-6 brew days.

 

[maffewl]

Lol... you are going to cause me to go broke! Let me see what SWMBO has to say and I'll get back with you.

P.s. How often do group grain buys for this area go on?

 

[1234]

Lol... you are going to cause me to go broke! Let me see what SWMBO has to say and I'll get back with you.

P.s. How often do group grain buys for this area go on?

If you aren't going broke then you are in the wrong hobby! This is the first group buy I have been involved with. As much effort as it has taken it may be the last for me to organize. I have spent the better part of 10 days working on this. I bet I have sent out 100 PM's on here, joined 3 new forums, sent out 50 or so e-mails, so I am not sure if and when the next one will happen.

The Antioch Sud Suckers do 2 a year, but I am not a member.

 

[jcalisi]

Bobby,

You can officially put me down for 1 bag of BD-MOPA and 1 bag of CM-PALE. Since I have yet to do a single AG I'm hoping this will give me a good base to start with. If not let me know. I guess its time to get a mill... along with finish putting together my rig.

 

[maffewl]

You've sold me 1234...

1/5 bag Chocolate
1/5 bag Crystal 60L
1 bag American 2 Row Pale
1 bag Maris Otter

and I'm spent...

edit: And thank you for your efforts in putting all this together.

 

[Tbesst]

Hey Bobby

let me know how close we are and I will see if I can scrape up some more $$$ without letting SWMBO know about it.

 

[1234]

You've sold me 1234...

1/5 bag Chocolate
1/5 bag Crystal 60L
1 bag American 2 Row Pale
1 bag Maris Otter

and I'm spent...

edit: And thank you for your efforts in putting all this together.

You will not be sorry. Do you know which Malting company that you want the 2 Row and the Marris Otter from. Right now I have you getting the Canadian Malting Company 2 Row and Bairds Marris Otter.

 

[1234]

Hey Bobby

let me know how close we are and I will see if I can scrape up some more $$$ without letting SWMBO know about it.

It appears that we are sitting at 31 bags with a number of folks still to weigh-in. I just sent a PM to a gentleman here who is interested. If you want to do some Belgian beers I might suggest some Pilsen Malt.

 

[maffewl]

You will not be sorry. Do you know which Malting company that you want the 2 Row and the Marris Otter from. Right now I have you getting the Canadian Malting Company 2 Row and Bairds Marris Otter.

I will rely on your recommendation.

 

[1234]

I am now looking for 2 additional guys to go in on a 4 way split of some Wheat Malt. I would like to get a 4 way split on Vienna and a 5-6 way split on some CaraMunich 60. The CaraMunich is used in a lot of Belgian brews.

 

[jcalisi]

I'd be willing to go in on that with you.

 

[Ranger9913]

I'll take 2 parts of the Vienna as well