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Marc Sintek
Junior Member
Username: Msintek
Post Number: 45
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 03, 2005 - 09:34 pm: | 
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I need to know where to purchase some french pilsner malt. Northern country I know about but by the time the shipping costs get figured (I reside in omaha, ne) it costs more to ship than it does to buy. Any ideas, hints? |
Greg Beron
Intermediate Member
Username: Gberon
Post Number: 433
Registered: 03-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, August 04, 2005 - 04:33 am: |
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Marc, I think you'll have to resign yourself to buying from North Country. I've been looking for a distributor for Malteries Franco Belge products so I can restock the few French malts I carry, and North Country is the only one I can find. And it costs a whole lot more to ship to us here in L.A.
Greg Beron
Culver City Home Brewing Supply
www.brewsupply.com
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MJR
Member
Username: Mjr
Post Number: 199
Registered: 03-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, August 04, 2005 - 04:37 am: |
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Another plug for North Country and Malteries Franco Belge malts here.
By going in with a bunch of other local homebrewers, I'm getting my sack of French pils malt for around $22, before shipping.
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Marc Sintek
Junior Member
Username: Msintek
Post Number: 46
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, August 04, 2005 - 05:52 pm: |
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Thanks for the help. Looks like I will have to bite the bullet. |
David Nelson
New Member
Username: Realale
Post Number: 8
Registered: 06-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, August 04, 2005 - 06:11 pm: |
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As another one in the St. Louis bulk grain buy (thanks to MJR), I have to say that this is the way to go if you can. Shipping for a 2200 lb. pallet is only $155. When you compare that to $20 bucks a sack or so, the savings are significant. Try to scare up a score of fellow homebrewers and you should be in business.
All that being said, even ordering a few sacks at time (I think the first price break at North Country on shipping is at 4 sacks) is still cheaper than what my LHBS charges for higher-end malts on a per sack basis. North Country's customer service has always been excellent for me.
The MFB pilsner is a very nice malt, BTW.
Cheers,
Dave |
PalerThanAle
Senior Member
Username: Palerthanale
Post Number: 1439
Registered: 04-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, August 04, 2005 - 08:28 pm: |
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<French malts-where to find them
I give up.
PTA
(Partially French, but have never dropped a rifle)
Common sense is the least common of all senses.
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