Prices off at my LHB? Don't seem to be much savings DIY recipes???

[akthor]

Oh no I can brew 3 in a day. I got 5 kegs to fill

 

[Justibone]

Oh no I can brew 3 in a day. I got 5 kegs to fill

Long day!

Great day.

 

[eibbor]

I think I will buy some kits from Austin Home Brew though since if I buy 3 I get free shipping. I do wonder if kits like that have fresher indredients and if they make a difference? Plus you can upgrade the kits with alcohol booster and liquid yeast which I would try.

Here is a video that shows AHS filling an order. You can see the employee putting together the order nice and fresh. Sure it is for a walk in customer, but as Forresst said, they make up each recipe kit as it is shipped. I have had nothing but good results from AHS.

 

[BigJerk]

I'm finding the same thing. I can order a kit from Midwest, or AHS, with everything included plus muslin/grain bags for $30-50 which includes shipping. Anytime i've been to my LHBS the cheapest i get out of there is $60. Perhaps its because they charge a pretty penny to mill the grains for me. And on top of that, I get better efficiency from the kits.

They charge you to mill grains you buy from them?!?! We have several LHBS here, and the worst I have to do is mill my own grain on their machine. Larry's happily mills it for you and you get great conversation as well.

 

[BigJerk]

For me price depends on which LHBS I go to. Cellar Homebrew is about 2 miles away, but a 5g brew can easily cost me $50 there. when I drive down to Larry's my cost goes down to about $35 for the same recipe. Larry's is about 25 miles away though, and closed on Sunday. Sometimes I just don't have the time to go all the way down there. I've taken to creating my own recipes (adds a bit of danger to tasting day, "will this one turn out alright?") but my ABV's average 5%-7%.

 

[Yoda]

They charge you to mill grains you buy from them?!?! We have several LHBS here, and the worst I have to do is mill my own grain on their machine. Larry's happily mills it for you and you get great conversation as well.

The LHBS here in Raleigh you mill your own and it's "supposed" to be .10 cent per pound...but i've never been charged (maybe cause I usually only do a pound or 2). We'll see what happens when I am all grain and doing 10 pounds.