New England Grain Buy December 2015

[tjmac5071]

I should be fine to make it now

 

[snax1]

I be interested in the grain.

 

[Clankenbrew]

Thanks guys for setting this up... successful pickup as usual.

 

[NEMaker]

Sorry for the late post, but is anyone interested in buying a few more bags of grain? I have some 2Row and Marris Otter from the last buy that I'm not going to use, as well as some other splits.

Will post details soon, I'll sell $5 under "face" value (from this buy).

I'll be down at the buy picking up a bucket of PBW, so we can exchange there.

Thanks!

Is this still available? If so, please send me a pm. Thanks!

 

[snax1]

Still looking to sell some grain?

 

[BigBangBrewing]

Ahh, just stumbled on this thread. If anyone has extra I'd love to buy it.

 

[tellyho]

Just wanted to throw out a thanks to Donovan and Luther for running this again. And to Zinc for delivering grain to my door!

 

[meadowstream]

Sorry for the late post, but is anyone interested in buying a few more bags of grain? I have some 2Row and Marris Otter from the last buy that I'm not going to use, as well as some other splits.

Will post details soon, I'll sell $5 under "face" value (from this buy).

I'll be down at the buy picking up a bucket of PBW, so we can exchange there.

Thanks!

Love to buy some Maris Otter if you are still selling (at fair price, not under.)

 

[TackleBoxBrewing]

When are we thinking the next buy is going to be?

 

[crazyirishman34]

Most likely the last one was it. Someone at a LHBS whined to brewcraft about our buy. So I don't want to jeopardize my ability to by from CMG. Long story short I think that for now the buys are over.

 

[crazyirishman34]

Just an FYI the store is in the Boston Metro but not located in Cambridge. I am sure that you can figure it out from there.

 

[TackleBoxBrewing]

What did CMG say. What should they care?

 

[crazyirishman34]

Brewcraft is the homebrew arm of CMG they told me to cut it out or loose my account

 

[tjmac5071]

Well that sucks. Assuming it is the store North of the city I will not be going back there. Guess it is time to try the lhbs in Salem NH.

 

[crazyirishman34]

Nope not North of the city

 

[tjmac5071]

Well good news for me since that store is close...but still sucks about the buy. Can anyone else take over the buy or is your relationship the only reason we were able to do it in the first place?

 

[crazyirishman34]

I was able to get an account with NCM because I own a beer business.

 

[wstbrewing]

Does that mean we'll have another buy coming up?

 

[quaboagbrewing]

Just an FYI the store is in the Boston Metro but not located in Cambridge. I am sure that you can figure it out from there.

So this guy was pissed off because he felt these grain buys were taking away business from him.....think he failed to realize that most of us still may have used his business for specialty grains, hops, yeast (those things we typically don't purchase in bulk). I think it would be fair to say now that none of us will be purchasing anything from him.

In any event......thanks Donovan for keeping these going as long as you did. Glad I had a chance to participate and meet some great folks along the way (and taste some great Down The Road Brews )

 

[BigBangBrewing]

So this guy was pissed off because he felt these grain buys were taking away business from him.....think he failed to realize that most of us still may have used his business for specialty grains, hops, yeast (those things we typically don't purchase in bulk). I think it would be fair to say now that none of us will be purchasing anything from him.

In any event......thanks Donovan for keeping these going as long as you did. Glad I had a chance to participate and meet some great folks along the way (and taste some great Down The Road Brews )

Ugh, exactly! What happened to free market competition?

 

[Zinc_Saucier]

So this guy was pissed off because he felt these grain buys were taking away business from him.....think he failed to realize that most of us still may have used his business for specialty grains, hops, yeast (those things we typically don't purchase in bulk). I think it would be fair to say now that none of us will be purchasing anything from him.



In any event......thanks Donovan for keeping these going as long as you did. Glad I had a chance to participate and meet some great folks along the way (and taste some great Down The Road Brews )

+1 Thank you Donovan

And yes, I'd been to this particular shop a few times for some last minute things (never grain), but you can bet that I'll never be spending another dime with them again. Very short sighted

 

[CattleRancher]

I hate when people ruin good things for others. Especially when they weren't doing any harm. It's just a sad thing. It's also pretty sad that the supplier caved because someone whined.

 

[rsalan]

Dang I missed out on the last buy. Thanks for organizing this Donovan, hopefully someone else will be able to take the reins from you.

This is that store south of the Pike, right?

 

[63belair]

Thanks Donovan & everyone else who has helped organize and run these group buys. It's really a shame that some LHBS had to go and ruin it for everyone, but I understand Donovan not wanting to jeopardize Down the Road.

 

[mbiskup]

So which LHBS was it that complained that I can boycott them? I was looking forward to stocking up on grain this spring/summer. What other options are out there for group buys?

 

[Gmull70]

Can someone name the lhbs so i can contact them and let them know how much of a diservice they have done to the homebrew community

 

[CattleRancher]

He can't name them for his own account's sake.

There are only really 3 in the area. It's not the one in Cambridge, and it's not the one North of the city.

Given that info, i think you can figure it out. Don't call and complain, that will just give Donovan a potential headache with his supplier. Simply don't support them any longer.

 

[Gmull70]

He can't name them for his own account's sake.

There are only really 3 in the area. It's not the one in Cambridge, and it's not the one North of the city.

Given that info, i think you can figure it out. Don't call and complain, that will just give Donovan a potential headache with his supplier. Simply don't support them any longer.

Ok i get it .I just hope they read this forum and see that we weren't doing it to hurt or do harm to anyone's business. Although the action they took may have

 

[Gmull70]

He can't name them for his own account's sake.

There are only really 3 in the area. It's not the one in Cambridge, and it's not the one North of the city.

Given that info, i think you can figure it out. Don't call and complain, that will just give Donovan a potential headache with his supplier. Simply don't support them any longer.

Ok i get it .I just hope they read this forum and see that we weren't doing it to hurt or do harm to anyone's business. Although the action they took may have

 

[Clankenbrew]

Boycott all LHBS's.. One bad apple ruin it for all of us... We can ruin it for all of them.. Easy peezy..