NCB Hop and Malt Buy

[ColmR]

Hi NCBers,

Can you all PM me if you're interested in buying some hops?
Will put together a doc with variety suggestions, quantities etc..

Col

[ColmR]

Bump. Not much interest yet. This is not committing to buy, rather beginning a discussion.

Send a PM please

[ColmR]

Just a note...
Could do with more signups to be honest. Not sure we'll have enough people to use up a full 5kg of a single hop variety.
I've reached out to UK Supplier to get an idea of shipping etc.. Also asked about malt.

Will let y'all know soon... and if they're game, will start up the doc to get our basket together.

If you haven't done so already, send me a PM if you're interested

[ColmR]

All those who've sent me a PM (I think) have received a PM from me with a link to a Gooooogle doc. If you haven't received the link, please send me a PM.

A couple of ideas at this stage
1. Look for value. Will more likely get more takers.
2. Be flexible with your choice. If you can go for Pellets or Leaf, go with the majority.
3. Pellets preferable.
4. Look for substitute varieties - if you're the only one that wants a particular hop, change to one that others have gone for.
5. If we can only buy 3kg of a 5kg bale we may decide to offer the remainder to another club to divy out amongst its members.
6. This is open to a MALT buy as well.

Send me PMs with ideas or if you want to sign up. NCBers only

Colm

[nigel_c]

We can talk at the next meet up or before about buying and splitting a sack of specialty malt and dividing it up in 5KG lots. I'm sue people would be interested in 5KG bags of crystal, amber , carapils and roasted maybe. Just an idea. That can be sorted out by one buyer to keep logistics and man hours down.

Fair play Colm taking charge here.

[ColmR]

We can talk at the next meet up or before about buying and splitting a sack of specialty malt and dividing it up in 5KG lots. I'm sue people would be interested in 5KG bags of crystal, amber , carapils and roasted maybe. Just an idea. That can be sorted out by one buyer to keep logistics and man hours down.

Absolutely. At this stage this is a wish list. And don't forget with the malt, the min order will simply be 1 x 25kg bag. So if you only want half a bag, or quarter of a bag... stick that down. We'll see how it pans out.
I was thinking, as a group we may buy a bag of specialty malt for our next barrel brew

[nigel_c]

I like the way you think.

[Cahalbrua]

I'm up for lots of hops, grain wise properly just pils and pale.
C.

[nigel_c]

Then stick it on the google doc.

[ColmR]

Hi,

Only 5 people have updated the spread sheet so far. We've almost accounted for a full bale of Citra and Magnum.
Get your name down there!!!

PM with questions

[Will_D]

Have added some pellet and a sack of MO.

Looks like we up to about 400 kg of Malt!

[ColmR]

***Update***

We're looking good folks. So far we've accounted for 4.5kg of both Citra and Magnum and as Will mentioned 16 bags of malt. Some other hops are almost there as well. So we could be buying 4 or 5 bales.

Two more of you fellas who have said they want in are yet to add to the spread sheet. They've been PM'd (it's that serious!).

Once all 10 people have updated the sheet we'll begin the real selection and confirmation process. We'll look at what the majority wants and may consider substitutions.

If you're a North County Brewer and haven't yet signed up but want to be part of this epic buy, send me a PM.

[Partridge9]

Colm

I'd take some Citra and Magnum flowers (if available)

Sorry dont have access to google drive at work.

James

[ColmR]

Hi all, looks like everyone's got their requests in. So at tonight's meeting we'll make a call as to what we'll do.

It looks like we will be buying the following:
1 x 5kg Citra (Oversubscribed)
1 x 5kg Magnum (5kg accounted for)
1 x 5kg Centennial (almost there at 4.5kg)

I would also suggest that we decide on taking a 4th and 5th bale to share with another club (as in a straight sale of 2kg to Dublin City for example). Looking like Simcoe as the fourth and possibly Galaxy, but we'll decide later on. We may even change our minds altogether, or some of us might take up the rest of the bales. I'll bring a print out of the spread sheet.

From the malt side of things, we've put ourselves down for around 20 bags. But there are a couple of half bags down there. We'll chat about this as well.

Again, this will happen. There is definitely enough being bought here to warrant the delivery fee

[Hop Bomb]

If ye need someone to take the rest of the centennial in that bale Id be on for it if they're pellets.