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Fifty Pound Sack

I preparation for a couple upcoming brews I realized I was going to use upwards of 50 pounds of Pilsner malt (among other things). Buying that much malt at one time in bulk tends to save you a little money. I decided to try out getting my malt from Fifty Pound Sack. I first heard about these guys on The Brewing Network, and I have seen ads for them in BYO magazine.

The really cool thing about these guys that I couldn’t get from some other online retailers was that they offer free shipping on full sacks of malt. Now please don’t take this post as a full on endorsement or think we are getting something from these guys. We have no connection with them. I just wanted to post and point out something I felt was super cool.

I ordered my sack from them on a Thursday afternoon. The following Tuesday the sack was at my door! For free shipping I couldn’t believe how fast it was picked and shipped. I have used the cheapo shipping option before on some other online websites and is seems to take at least 3 days before the order is even picked. I got an email from Fifty Pound Sack about 2 hours after placing the order that it had been shipped. Maybe I just got lucky and ordered when they were picking orders for the day or week or something…. But I am still blown away by the speed.

Of course, I’ll still need to brew some beer with this malt to be sure its good stuff. But I have no doubts it will be fine. Fifty Pound Sack offers a small amount of hop varieties by the pound as well. Their prices reflect the free shipping a little bit for sure, don’t get me wrong. But at my local, the cost of gas and my time more than off sets the slightly inflated price of the sack of grain.

If anyone else has tried these guys out we’d love to hear about it, good or bad. Its always nice to find a new vendor that you can trust. In any aspect of your life really.

Cheers and BREW ON!

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2 Comments

  1. Herb Meowing

    ICYMI – Fiddy# is a subsidary of Rebel Brewing (http://www.rebelbrewer.com/)

    RB executes same-day order fullfilment and shipping unless you f-up and order late in the day.

    Honest pricing.
    Great selection.
    Best value.
    No BS.
    Numero Uno 0-LHBS hands down.

  2. Thanks Herb. I have ordered from Rebel Brewing in the past. They always have yeast in stock that I want.

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