TexasDroughtBrewery
Well-Known Member
Personally, no way. But like other have said, its sold out so...
Not quite $90 from mine, but darned close. Look two posts up.
*EDIT* Actually, when I add tax... $92.07. My bad.
*blush*
OK, just for the heck of it, I am going to my LHBS' site and breaking this down. If they offer a discount (and they do) for larger-volume purchases, I am using that figure.
I saw 14 pounds of grain used in another clone, but we don't know what this kit has. I am going to round up to 15 pounds, just for the heck of it, and also to off-set any price discrepancy for any specialty grains used (which I don't know if there are any in this kit or not). Very un-scientific, but hey...
$20.50 - 15# grain, American 2-row
$12.00 - 3 5mL hopshots
$42.75 - 19oz of hops at an average of $2.25/oz (Simcoe is $2.50, Columbus is $2, the rest are all $2.25/oz)
$8.00 - 2 packets US-05 yeast
$85.25 total from my LHBS to piece this out. Add 8% sales tax (here in NC) then it jumps to $92 and change.
Yeah, I'd still rather do that and save $, but $100 isn't as far off as I initially thought.
Again, this exercise was to piecemeal the recipe out & see what the maximum charge would be. Of course, bulk buys will drop that number significantly, esp. where the hops are concerned.
Not quite $90 from mine, but darned close. Look two posts up.
*EDIT* Actually, when I add tax... $92.07. My bad.
*blush*
this kit actually has over 20 lbs of grain...so that would push it over $100...
AG recipe: http://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/allgrain/AG-PlinianProgeny.pdf
For me, the kit should cost about what the ingredients all cost on their shelf, not assuming any bulk purchases. If it includes a pound of Biscuit, then that's $2.59 (what Morebeer charges for a pound), not the lower bulk price. Same with hops.
I differ on that opinion. Kits are prepared in bulk. Whether or not there is a bulk amount of any particular ingredient, you're buying a large amount of ingredients that should qualify for some kind of bulk discount. I guess NB knows that they don't need to do that, though, because enough people would rather just follow a pre-packaged recipe that they're willing to pay (maybe even pay a premium) for a kit rather than buying the ingredients separately.
No...
Welp... It did sell out.
So do lots of things - from Italian sports cars to comic books, that fact doesn't make them worth what they are priced at.
Never said it was worth it. Just stating the fact that it did sell out.
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