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SukkaFoo said:
Felt I needed to vent some frustration... I was in Brussels for a day on Monday, man those Belgian beers are incredible. So I decided to buy 12 beers, box them and bring them back to SA with me. Marked the box as fragile, and checked it in in the oversize counter. When I landed in Frankfurt for my connecting flight, the morons at the airport ignored the stickers and I stood at the carousel and saw a box of crushed Belgian beers come past. Gutted.
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Wow - that sucks :(
 
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MongooseMan said:
Have you tried any others?
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Nope, but I know people who have, with varying experiences.
They have all the stuff I need in once place.

I wish their prices for Cooper's stuff and Malt Extract/Dextrose was a bit cheaper though.

I will try Beerkeg maybe next time I order.

EDIT: I was actually going to order from Beerkeg last time but I needed Motueka hops, and they didn't have.
 
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LME seems to be pricey wherever you buy it.

I generally just adjust the recipe and use DME - which generally works out to be a lot cheaper.
 
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Pooky said:
Nope, but I know people who have, with varying experiences.
They have all the stuff I need in once place.

I wish their prices for Cooper's stuff and Malt Extract/Dextrose was a bit cheaper though.

I will try Beerkeg maybe next time I order.

EDIT: I was actually going to order from Beerkeg last time but I needed Motueka hops, and they didn't have.
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Try get your DME in bulk from places like Bidvest/Chipkins ( http://www.chipbake.co.za ) - Usually works out to under half the price of those at LHBS
My Dextrose (and malto-dextrin) I use to get in bulk from places like CJP Chemicals or Protea Chemicals - worked out to about a ¼ of the normal price. ;)
 
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COMPUTEK said:
Try get your DME in bulk from places like Bidvest/Chipkins ( http://www.chipbake.co.za ) - Usually works out to under half the price of those at LHBS
My Dextrose (and malto-dextrin) I use to get in bulk from places like CJP Chemicals or Protea Chemicals - worked out to about a ¼ of the normal price. ;)
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Thanks, I found a place that sells bulk DME but they only sell per 25kgs....
 
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COMPUTEK said:
...but they do sell. I usually get 25kg from them at a time. Apparently the CT branch is waiting on a shipment as they have a few customers on back-order.
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Oh :( maybe the DBN branch are just clueless.
 
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How long can you keep DME for?

I'd imagine it would take me forever to get through 25kgs of the stuff.
 
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Necropolis said:
How long can you keep DME for?

I'd imagine it would take me forever to get through 25kgs of the stuff.
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http://byo.com/kolsch-altbier/item/1362-shelf-life-storing-your-ingredients

With some partial mash recipes calling for up to 3Kg DME per brew, you can finish a bag within 8 brews ...
if you do 2 brews per month, that bag could be finish within 4 months :eek:

... but yeah, brewing this way is still expensive ... you can't beat brewing an AG batch with 2-row @ ±R14/kg :) (cheaper obviously if you go bulk)

I like to do SMaSH brews (3kg Pale/MO ; 2Kg DME ; 1Hop)
 
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SukkaFoo said:
Yip. In my experience they have been the best. A couple of other guys also deliver online, but their range and service, to my mind has been the best
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What is the general over-and-above cost for shipping on supplies for a 20l litre batch from each of these?
 
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MongooseMan said:
What is the general over-and-above cost for shipping on supplies for a 20l litre batch from each of these?
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Hmmm, can't recall the exact for each, but I think ranges around R70 - R150 depending on weight. As a rule I try to plan out my next 4 or so brews and order accordingly. That reduces the per litre cost of shipping dramatically.
 
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Well the past weekend, I bottled my first brew ever. Have to say, thought it would be hell, but I enjoyed it, very therapeutic. Currently I have an indian pale ale with pacific gem dry hopping in the fermenter. Will bottle this, this coming weekend. Then I am out of bottles....dang
 
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Gothan said:
Woohoo, my wife said she'll buy me the 45L boiler/HLT for my bday

http://www.thebeerkeg.co.za/catalog/brewery-equipment/boiler.html

And thought I'd treat myself to an immersion chiller (she threatened me with grievous bodily harm if I put anything in the bath tub) for my bday. If only vincent would repsond (well if brewing beer was my occupation, I would probably be slow in responding to mails too)
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Lucky man. :D

I was gonna say try get hold of him on Skype, but I notice he is even offline there today :confused:
 
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