Wow, really? We've been here since 2004, so they must have been gone by then. The brewery is still there, though: Brown's Brewpub. Fantastic food, right on the river, decent beer with a couple of standouts.
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This would've been before that, maybe 15 years ago? I don't think they were called Brown's brewing then, maybe Troy brewing or something like that. Love their stout btw .
Hey, you know if there is a brew club that meets there first Tuesday of the month? Some guy at work was talking about this club and it sounded kinda interesting, but it's been maybe 4 years now without hearing anything more about it.
This would've been before that, maybe 15 years ago? I don't think they were called Brown's brewing then, maybe Troy brewing or something like that. Love their stout btw .
Its good to see some exotic stuff coming out of the gate and not just another pale, ipa, pilsener, porter ..etc offerings.
Their scale-up program sounds neat as well.
Rare form sounds great, I may have to make the trip south to explore. The idea of scale up is really cool. Let's see what the little guy can do
I'm always looking for ways to keep the price of ingredients low. I buy bulk malt extract, hops by the pound (usually at Niko or Farmhouse), and my favorite dry yeast in lots of 20 pkgs to get a 15% discount (Safale US-05 $2.54).
Now that I have switched to All Grain for 5 gallon batches of beer and Partial Mash for larger batches (constrained by mash tun size) I have started going through a lot of 2 row malt and buying it by the sack. Saratoga Zymurgist seems to be the best buy I can find locally with a 55 lb sack of Canadian 2 Row for $55. Homebrew Emporium gets $59 for a 50 lb sack of Breiss with a 2x year group buy putting it at $45. I see it online for around $35-40 for 50 lbs but shipping makes it more expensive than what I pay locally.
Anyone know of any places where I might be able to do a little better or perhaps a group buy? I am willing to get 5-8 bags at a time.
Also interested in splitting bags of crystal and specialty malts.
here is good group buy
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f174/mid-hudson-valleyy-ct-round-7-a-460282/
I picked up 9 bags of base malt for about 37 dollars a 50# bag
the pick up was wappingers falls
all the best
S_M
I bought 10 bags from Saratoga Zymurgist last year and got a good deal, plus it helps support local business. I could use about 5 sacks atm.
I was able to set up the buy through their web page without even visiting. I had to wait until they put their order through though (seems like at least a couple months between grain orders). I don't think they charged shipping so it was almost comparable to group buys I've done.
Homebrew Emporium has a pretty limited list of grains on group buys (base grains only) and something like %10 off retail on specialties. Reed smoked that deal.
I'm in Binghamton NY. Is there a group but around here?
Another idea would be to visit your local breweries and ask about piggybacking onto their grain order. If you organize a group buy yourself, sometimes this can help push their grain prices lower if you can get a big enough order.
I would be willing to do this if people are interested.
order grain ? do you have a shop?
I would buy some sacks of grain
all the best
S_M
Yes, I'm opening a Brewery/Taproom in Glens Falls and have an account with Country Malt Group. I would have no problem ordering bags for people to fill out our pallets or placing an order for a group buy (someone else would have to organize it though)
I will let everyone know next time we are getting ready to place an order.
I will let everyone know next time we are getting ready to place an order.
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