Syracuse, NY area - Group Grain Buy

[CidahMastah]

FarmerJoe - no sweat I can hold the bags until you are ready.

Clef051- As soon as it comes in and I check it you can come any day during the week - will keep you posted.

My next brew is probably going to be a witbier for my wife - she has been asking about it. Thought I wanted to try moose drool or a hefe. Even the Tye IPA is sounding good. I might double brew two 10 gal batches this weekend to clear out some grain... or hopefully get my grain silo put in in my back yard... ha!

 

[jhenderson27]

If anyones got a good wit or hefe recipe my gf would appreicate it. She's a huge Treogs Dream Weaver and Blue Moon Grand Cru fan.

 

[CidahMastah]

I was going to try biermunchers (blue moon clone) or there was ed Wort's bavarian heffe I was going to try. HAven't tried either recipe yet though.

 

[rustbucket]

im kegging ed worts bavarian heffe this week. ill let you know how it turns out and if its worth a try. i dont make it out there this weekend to pick my stuff up maybe ill fill one bottle for you cidah

 

[CidahMastah]

Hey - I can't say no to that!!

By then I may actually have my arrogant (screwed up hop schedule slighty) and obsidian stout. Maybe it will work out to swap a few bottles. I am trying to build summer pipeline!

 

[rustbucket]

i as am well... my barley wine is going to be transferred in about 20 days to the secondary on oak cubes for 4 months... my hefe is going into a keg as soon as i go buy another one (sometime this week) and my arrogant bastard is bottle primed and awaiting 2 week carbonation. that and im brewing a brown ale first week of april

 

[CidahMastah]

Nice. Right now I have a pale ale(AG), torpedo clone (extract version), arrogant (AG) and obsidian (AG) carbing. Still need to get my skeeter pee carbing! and now that I look at it, it won't be too long until my Amarillo IPA and second batch of AB is ripening. Lots of stuff going on! Then I have some ciders that are getting ready to bottle as well.

 

[rustbucket]

lol, i only have one keg right now, i cant afford a ton of them... i would like to get 5 more.. by summers end.

 

[CidahMastah]

Yeah I have 9 kegs I think - but even now I am choking and in need a little. My buddy doesn't have anything, so basically I am his carbing station (that is why he bought the blingman for us to use - he felt guilty). But that also means I get jammed up, because I only have space for 4 kegs in my keezer. Right now I am in a "carb" - "bottle" - "new keg in and carb" - "bottle" kind of rotation. With the double batches it will be a big demand too. Every batch is two kegs to carb. Good thing I have a 20lb CO2 tank.

 

[bierhaus15]

Any word on when the order will be coming in?

 

[rustbucket]

egh.. i only have a 5lb tank... might have to upgrade next time i go fill it up... i just go to huan and buy my stuff, its so much cheaper.... (i think its 20 bucks more to go to a 10 lb tank, upgrade form my 5lb)

 

[CidahMastah]

Any word on when the order will be coming in?

Nothing yet. They should call to confirm with me. I would go ahead and assume that if I don't get a call from them today, then I will get a call tomorrow, verifying drop off for the following day.

i.e.
- get a call today = Delivery Thursday
- get a call tomorrow = Delivery Friday

At least for our whopping $267 shipping and other fees, they owe me a phone call!

 

[CidahMastah]

egh.. i only have a 5lb tank... might have to upgrade next time i go fill it up... i just go to huan and buy my stuff, its so much cheaper.... (i think its 20 bucks more to go to a 10 lb tank, upgrade form my 5lb)

Yup, I started with a 10, then bumped up to a 20. I burned through the 10 in just a couple months.

 

[bierhaus15]

Oh, that reminds me... Where in Syracuse do you all get your C02 tanks refilled? I got an empty 20lb one that I would like to exchange, though it is really old and has no certification stickers or anything on it. If they would take it, how much do ya think it would cost for an exchange?

 

[jhenderson27]

20 bucks at sunset. I pay 10 for my 10lbs

 

[CidahMastah]

I go to haun gas supply - I am almost 100 percent sure they won't take it without the recertification - they may offer you a deal on accepting it and re certifying it. But not sure.

An unethical way to ditch it would probably to do a gas exchange with a LHBS or someone who doens't know the cert is needed. just sayin' not that I would do it.

 

[rustbucket]

my tank is from haun.. so i just go there, they will just exchange it to me for the refill of the gas, which is really just swapping out tanks. i think its fairly cheap.

 

[jhenderson27]

I just recently started dealing with the lhbs, before that I used Rochester welding supplies in farmington. Im sure they are much like haun.

 

[rustbucket]

yah, very similar, the guys there are pretty cool. Haun will sell beer gas too if you need it for a stout or what not. 90/10 mixture of NO2/co2 (this is a nitrogen tank tho {higher pressures})

 

[jhenderson27]

I wish I.could use my fiber tanks from paintball for a nitro setup. I bet I can. Here comes bad idea of the month from me!

 

[jhenderson27]

Any call yesterday?

 

[user 54886]

Any call yesterday?

I was wondering which one of us would give in first and ask.

This thread has been silent since yesterday afternoon like none of us wanted to bring it up.

 

[CidahMastah]

Haha - I could sense the tension!

So here is the deal - called this A.M. - sorry it took me a bit to post. Delivery is set for some time between 1-4pm tomorrow.

Once I receive it, I will take inventory and check that the order is correct - then it is open season.

i.e. You can fairly confidently plan for pickup on Friday after 5:30pm

 

[jhenderson27]

I felt the same so I figure id be that guy.

 

[rustbucket]

lol, now we just need to find corny kegs.. stupid brew store is out of them!... sunset has the best prices that i can find... and they are out wont have them for another week or so... so i guess im bottling my hefe.

 

[user 54886]

Wren has a ton of brand new ones if you are rich.

Man are they shiney and look great stacked up together like that.

 

[CidahMastah]

Not that I will be buying new ones, but jsut curious - what do they go for at wrens?

 

[jhenderson27]

Sunset here in victor has some. I could pick one up and get to you if need be. Maybe we could meet on the thruway if your getting grain tomorrow u could get mine and bring it ....figured id throw it out there.

 

[rustbucket]

not rich, on a budget.. which im quickly surpassing... so i cant buy new ones..

called wrens' all they have is new ones for 100, used are 52.00 (out of stock)

sunset wont have any until next week or two...

i found a website that converted coca cola ones... (out of stock right now until april) that you can buy 4 (4-pack) at a time and its like 90 dollars before shipping so im looking at 120-130 prob after shipping for 4 of them... i might just hold off an grab those. i just emailed them to figure out how much shipping would be ... hopefully not to much

plus the keg i have right now is 1/2 full so i may just draw whats out of that into bottles and put my hefe in there.

thanks for the offer jhenderson, if i was heading to Rochester for school, like i was doing for the last 8 months, right now i would just bring your grain with me! i wont be heading that way anytime soon well at least until late April to talk with a professor

 

[jhenderson27]

Ill be up to get it definatly before than. I get mine from beers of the world. They have ones in next to new condition for like 37 a piece. Ball locksand everything already on