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My local brew shop (A.K.A. "My dealer", as the SWMBO calls it) is closing up, and getting grains is going to turn from a short trip after work to a whole-day thing. To minimize the hassle I've decided to get a grain mill and buy grain in bulk so that I can just buy it one or twice a year.
The question is, what grain will I need to buy? I obviously will need to buy a sack at a time of 2-row/pale/marris/pilsner type malt. As the same time, I doubt if I'll work my way through a whole sack of roast barley. So I'm trying to get a list of about half a dozen grains to stock regularly that I can supplement as necessary by small shipments. I make primarily pale ales (APA, IPA, EIPA) with the occasional Oktoberfest, and brown beer (Northern Brown, Brown Porter, Stout) For purposes of this discussion lets assume I can get amounts of 1 sack or 5Kilos (11lbs) at a time.
I think I would need this:
1. Marris Otter - sack
2. Light Munich - sack
3. Light crystal (15L) - 5kg
4. Medium crystal (50L) - 5kg
5. Wheat - 5kg
6. Biscuit/Victory 5Kg
The question is, is there anything you would add/change on this list? What grains do you regularly stock yourself?
Thanks
The question is, what grain will I need to buy? I obviously will need to buy a sack at a time of 2-row/pale/marris/pilsner type malt. As the same time, I doubt if I'll work my way through a whole sack of roast barley. So I'm trying to get a list of about half a dozen grains to stock regularly that I can supplement as necessary by small shipments. I make primarily pale ales (APA, IPA, EIPA) with the occasional Oktoberfest, and brown beer (Northern Brown, Brown Porter, Stout) For purposes of this discussion lets assume I can get amounts of 1 sack or 5Kilos (11lbs) at a time.
I think I would need this:
1. Marris Otter - sack
2. Light Munich - sack
3. Light crystal (15L) - 5kg
4. Medium crystal (50L) - 5kg
5. Wheat - 5kg
6. Biscuit/Victory 5Kg
The question is, is there anything you would add/change on this list? What grains do you regularly stock yourself?
Thanks