Terry the Tightarse
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Maybe I should have posted this in Retail but anyway,
Since this website seems to have no affiliations with retail outlets, I'd really like to share knowledge about the cheapest places to buy stuff and compare prices.
I have found from experience that a plastic brew paddle sells at the local food warehouse place for about $2-3 but some brewshops try to slug me for about $6-7 for exactly the same article. In my opinion this goes against the whole vibe of homebrewing and get's my back up.
My ideal brewshop would be like a Elders or a Landmark store, where there's pallets of cheap stuff everywhere ready to chuck on the ute. Not tiny little bags of stuff at inflated prices. My local HBS has a vast range of stuff but I'm buying wheat malt by the kilo for $$$$ and it's imported from England!!?? I thought we grew some pretty decent grain over here?
So a friend has started with another thread titled "Grain in Adelaide", but don't let that limit the tight-arseness to SA.
I just don't want to see people paying megabucks for a measily kilo of malt or 100 crownseals or a tiny bottle of sanitiser when they can generally go to the source and buy x100 the quantity and save $$$ (to spend on malt).
One example is sanitiser. I like it! So a friend that worked at a pie factory and I went halves in a 25L drum of it. I'm hoping to find cheap bulk malt extracts and grains as well and I already have some good leads.
SA has a booming home made wine thing happening and I'm not just talking about canned concentrates. Because of a state of oversupply of certain varietys in certain regions, in some cases wine grapes are free to those who are willing to pick them. Small to medium equipment suppliers to the wine industry have been targeting the small wine maker and home hobbyist. In turn there's a lot of interesting equipment out there available to anyone interested but you need to look a little wider than the home-brew shops.
I'd suggest:
Winetech 259 Sturt St Adelaide 5000
(08) 8211 6302 is a good start for a look around.
WINEQUIP PRODUCTS
117 Sydney Rd Coburg 3058
(03) 9383 4033
Fax Coburg 3058
(03) 9386 0466
Internet www.winequip.com.au
Were recommended to me by a professional brewer. Check out the variable capacity tanks in the winemaking section!
GAGANIS BROS IMPORTED FOOD WHOLESALERS PTY LTD
9 -13 Bacon St Hindmarsh 5007
(08) 8346 5766
OR...
(08) 8346 1223
Fax
(08) 8340 0916
These guys are a must, especially during weekdays instead of weekends when it's too busy.
I've found cracked wheat, roasted barley, crown seals, cappers, minerals, pots, cheap weird grog, as well as all the cool food.
There's my tips. There will be more on the way.
If you're not from SA, post your tip anyhow, there's always frieght!
Since this website seems to have no affiliations with retail outlets, I'd really like to share knowledge about the cheapest places to buy stuff and compare prices.
I have found from experience that a plastic brew paddle sells at the local food warehouse place for about $2-3 but some brewshops try to slug me for about $6-7 for exactly the same article. In my opinion this goes against the whole vibe of homebrewing and get's my back up.
My ideal brewshop would be like a Elders or a Landmark store, where there's pallets of cheap stuff everywhere ready to chuck on the ute. Not tiny little bags of stuff at inflated prices. My local HBS has a vast range of stuff but I'm buying wheat malt by the kilo for $$$$ and it's imported from England!!?? I thought we grew some pretty decent grain over here?
So a friend has started with another thread titled "Grain in Adelaide", but don't let that limit the tight-arseness to SA.
I just don't want to see people paying megabucks for a measily kilo of malt or 100 crownseals or a tiny bottle of sanitiser when they can generally go to the source and buy x100 the quantity and save $$$ (to spend on malt).
One example is sanitiser. I like it! So a friend that worked at a pie factory and I went halves in a 25L drum of it. I'm hoping to find cheap bulk malt extracts and grains as well and I already have some good leads.
SA has a booming home made wine thing happening and I'm not just talking about canned concentrates. Because of a state of oversupply of certain varietys in certain regions, in some cases wine grapes are free to those who are willing to pick them. Small to medium equipment suppliers to the wine industry have been targeting the small wine maker and home hobbyist. In turn there's a lot of interesting equipment out there available to anyone interested but you need to look a little wider than the home-brew shops.
I'd suggest:
Winetech 259 Sturt St Adelaide 5000
(08) 8211 6302 is a good start for a look around.
WINEQUIP PRODUCTS
117 Sydney Rd Coburg 3058
(03) 9383 4033
Fax Coburg 3058
(03) 9386 0466
Internet www.winequip.com.au
Were recommended to me by a professional brewer. Check out the variable capacity tanks in the winemaking section!
GAGANIS BROS IMPORTED FOOD WHOLESALERS PTY LTD
9 -13 Bacon St Hindmarsh 5007
(08) 8346 5766
OR...
(08) 8346 1223
Fax
(08) 8340 0916
These guys are a must, especially during weekdays instead of weekends when it's too busy.
I've found cracked wheat, roasted barley, crown seals, cappers, minerals, pots, cheap weird grog, as well as all the cool food.
There's my tips. There will be more on the way.
If you're not from SA, post your tip anyhow, there's always frieght!