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[djinkc]

IIRC they bought some homebrew shops. There's not much sense in cutting your profits by selling in bulk to homebrewers. For whatever reason some active accounts were grandfathered.

[Clintama]

Go their site and download the latest price list. I used Mid-country Malt. The password ( I won't say it here) that was used for years no longer works. When I asked for a new one I was told that their parent company now owns Brewcraft and that it is a conflict of interest for them to sell to homebrewers, since that is what Brewcraft does. I only ordered pallets too and was grandfathered in, but they cut me off. I just ordered from them last year.That said, I didn't order as much as some claim on here, so maybe this isn't a hard fast rule.

[Mya]

Go their site and download the latest price list. I used Mid-country Malt. The password ( I won't say it here) that was used for years no longer works. When I asked for a new one I was told that their parent company now owns Brewcraft and that it is a conflict of interest for them to sell to homebrewers, since that is what Brewcraft does. I only ordered pallets too and was grandfathered in, but they cut me off. I just ordered from them last year.That said, I didn't order as much as some claim on here, so maybe this isn't a hard fast rule.

Brewcraft is a wholesaler

[Clintama]

Brewcraft is a wholesaler

That sells to homebrew shops.

[Mya]

That sells to homebrew shops.

not to homebrewers, as you stated

[Clintama]

not to homebrewers, as you stated

No, not directly but it's still a conflict of interest. For that matter Country malt will still sell to homebrewers but at about a 30% increase in price.

Edited by brewboy, 04 April 2013 - 09:22 AM.

[Mya]

No, not directly but it's still a conflict of interest. For that matter Country malt will still sell to homebrewers but at about a 30% increase in price.

I gotcha

[Clintama]

I gotcha

It may not effect you, but I know that some clubs have been cut off. I'd really to hear from those that are still able to buy from them. They were pretty adamant with me and sent me right to their homwbrew price list and I've been ordering pallets of grain from them for the past 5 years.

[Mya]

It may not effect you, but I know that some clubs have been cut off. I'd really to hear from those that are still able to buy from them. They were pretty adamant with me and sent me right to their homwbrew price list and I've been ordering pallets of grain from them for the past 5 years.

you probably have a brewcraft supplied LHBS in your sales territory

[BlKtRe]

They culled once already a few years ago. Like I said, we buy so much that it's in the best interest to sell to us. We have the price catalog that is used for their commercial accounts. We don't pay 30% because were homebrewers. That and we are a long time customer.

[Clintama]

I think it's a crappy way to deal with old customers, especially those that bought by the pallet. They don't really know if the customer they shut off is going to buy from a Brewcraft supplied store or not. If I had to pay homebrew store prices for grain, I'd probably give up the hobby.

[al_bob]

It makes no sense for a distributor to sell directly to a customer, if they already sell to a wholesaler or directly to a homebrew shop. Your dealers will not be happy. It all got too big. the old days are over. They turned our club down last year. No more new accounts.

[BlKtRe]

It makes no sense for a distributor to sell directly to a customer, if they already sell to a wholesaler or directly to a homebrew shop. Your dealers will not be happy. It all got too big. the old days are over. They turned our club down last year. No more new accounts.

Sorry to hear. Just got our new password and catalog yesterday.

[Mya]

Sorry to hear. Just got our new password and catalog yesterday.

are their BrewCraft supplied homebrew shops in your area?

[BlKtRe]

are their BrewCraft supplied homebrew shops in your area?

Dunno. We do have 4 LHBS within 50 miles of each other. This is something to find out and report back. I'm still convinced that wouldn't matter. One of our members met the head guy at GABF. He knew us right away and mentioned we are a big costumer and not to worry about it.

[Mya]

Dunno. We do have 4 LHBS within 50 miles of each other. This is something to find out and report back.I'm still convinced that wouldn't matter. One of our members met the head guy at GABF. He knew us right away and mentioned we are a big costumer and not to worry about it.

profit is profit after allhow many pallets a year are you guys doing 4?

[BlKtRe]

profit is profit after allhow many pallets a year are you guys doing 4?

Average 6-8. We are filling our 3rd for the year right now. We could order more but once we were able to fill full pallets on our own as a club years ago we stopped taking orders from members of other clubs.

[Mya]

holy hell, I use 2 bags of grain a year if I am really productive, you probably order as much grain a year as a homebrew shop or 2

[BlKtRe]

holy hell, I use 2 bags of grain a year if I am really productive, you probably order as much grain a year as a homebrew shop or 2

Yea, most likely. One thing we have down pat is splitting specialties. I have more different types of specialties than I can use. Cheap money

[denny]

Yea, most likely. One thing we have down pat is splitting specialties. I have more different types of specialties than I can use. Cheap money

Yeah, that's what our club does also. We're able to piggy back an order on to a local brewery's order, so we not only get great prices but also a couple different suppliers to choose from. The spreadsheet we put together for orders allows people to split bags of specialties, too.