Recent content by kartracer2

Dunkel-Weisse Cheers, :mug: Joel B.

Damm, I was going through my photo files the other day and deleated those I used to help him and understand what he was doing. It wasn't as broken as he thought at first, had to do a little more "fix'n" than needed. What a deal that project was. (LOL) I took my time doing it,,,🥲 RIP Brac...

I would like to see the "prompt" for the pic,,, maybe,,, Cheers, :mug: Joel B.

Yeah, this but also it going "concrete" on you. (LOL) Unless you are going to bang out a bunch of beers in a short time, I think the 3# bags is a better route. (that is if you don't have a vac machine) As always, YMMV. Cheers, :mug: Joel B.

I'm sorry, I'm starting to lose just what this thread is about. I guess I still feel I can spend my dollar where I want. If that price is higher, for what ever reason, so be it. Price is not the only reason I shop where I do. Processioning time, shipping (cost and again timeliness) and customer...

^^^THIS ^^^ The term "loss leader" comes to mind. (or at less less mark-up leader) Cheers, :mug: Joel B.

Well it looks like you need to do all your shopping with outfits that don't bake-in shipping then. That's the only way you can "stick it to the big guys" as I see it. Cheers, :mug: Joel B.

@huckdavidson , I guess I don't see what is dishonest about it. Also, RB has a another shipping option with "Spee-dee", it's regional, that requires them to rely on you to make a shipping decision. I think that "Spee-dee" is cheaper that UPS if you can use it. I'm thinking the rate @Bobby_M pays...

My guess is you have never been involved in a business that had to deal with sales and marketing. They are not in it just for the fun of it, there is a profit motive at play also. Go ahead and send those companies an email complaining about their pricing structure. I can already guess what the...

Spit balling here,,, Just "maybe" Rite Brew has an agreement with Briess or something. Also RB is only 50 mi +/- form Briess warehouse so less shipping cost to them? Maybe they self ship from Briess? Whose to say, as long as we have options to shop where we want, we win in my mind. If a...

I'm in that club too,,,:cool: Cheers, :mug: Joel B.

FWIW, For the Twin Cities local folks. I saw this in a NB Facebook post a few days ago. It was in a Phat Tyre promo post. Cheers, :mug: Joel B.

Discard? blasphemy! (LOL) It kind of depends on how you plan on priming your beer. Me, I batch prime, draining the beer into a bottling bucket and mix in the priming solution and fill the bottles then cap. If I get a little gunk from the fermenter it disperses so no one bottle gets a "glop" of...

@zookeeny Welcome to the hobby! While "active" fermentation may be done there are still important things going on. A cloudy test sample is common at this point and a sure sign that your beer needs more time alone, let it "sleep" some more. You should notice your brew start to clear soon and a...