RickBeer wrote:Never heard of them, and they are 9 miles from me...
Hmmm, Rick why did you have to point out this place is soooooo dang close? Picking up at the door brings it to around two beans a pound, amd I have both a vacuum sealer and canner attachment. LME is quite the bargain but no way would I use 33# before it started to go bad. Yet, anyways....
Since I pointed it out 3 1/2 months ago, I take no blame for your falling victim to their prices.
Yes, I have no way to use 33 pounds either. But it shows you how even at $2.50 a pound our mutual friend is making nice margins. I've told him before he could improve his profit dollars by cutting prices on some things, but he doesn't want to get bigger. I bought my Star San elsewhere, and just bought caps on eBay for less than 1/2 his price.
I have over 9,000 posts on "another forum", which means absolutely nothing. Mr. Beer January 2014 Brewer of the Month with all the pomp and circumstance that comes with it...
Certificate in Brewing and Distillation Technology
Beers I regularly brew:
Bell's Best Brown clone
Irish Hills Red - I call this "Ann Arbor Red"
Mackinac Island Red - I call this "Michigan Red"
Oatmeal Stout - I call this Not Fat, Stout - Oatmeal Stout
Bottled 5 gallons of Ann Arbor Red on 4/18/17. Bottled 5 gallons of Michigan Red on 5/8/17.
Brewed in 2017 - 22.13 gallons (19.91 in 2012, 48.06 in 2013, 61.39 in 2014, 84.26 in 2015,46.39 in 2016)
Brewed in lifetime - 282.14 gallons
Drinkable beer on hand - 13.58 cases, with 6.11 cases ready in May and early June.
Average cost per 12 pack through all beer brewed - $6.27(ingredients only)
Yeah, I get the feeling he applies the same margins across the board rather than high margin things that still come under the competitioin or are more convenient to get locally and lower the margins on the things that it really doesnt matter where you get them from. At $2.50 he is making good money and I am saving good money so for that I wont complain.
Silverleaf Vineyard & Winery / Old Mission Hops Exchange / Porchside Vineyard / The North York Brewing Company
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