Malts

[chiefsbrew1]

I was in a store the other day and the guy had some good deals on malts,grains but the stuff had been there awhile how long say do malts keep ie chocolate, barely etc.

 

[noggins]

crushed barley, 8-12 months in ideal conditions...much less normally
uncrushed a few years if you keep it air tight...probably if you pack it in mylar with O2 absorbers and leave it in a basement you would get 10 years
hops 1+ (really depends on how cold and how little oxygen gets to it)
wet yeast, ASAP...I figure 2 months is pushing it
dry yeast IDK, a few years at least

I have 100+lb of grain currently and 10+ of hops...yeast I do not store as its much easier for me to go and buy a pack and make a starter than deal with agar plates

 

[chiefsbrew1]

The guy had the malts wrapped in Saran Wrap with a knot in it also I noticed he was selling cans of malt extract half price but I could tell it was old and the cans were bulging at the ends so bad the cans wouldn't hardly stand up I'm sure this isn't very good

 

[noggins]

was this a homebrew store or a pawn shop?