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Takes me back to being able to buy 32 kilos of flour for £31 post free.

I think bitching is a very unhelpful term. I'm entitled to an opinion as you are. My point is that the charges preclude buying a couple of kilos of malt and I think there should be a way around that as plenty of other suppliers manage it.

Wow! That's a big order!

I get that but t firstly I think the online boys have to make it possible to buy a couple of kilos of grain without paying as much in postage as tge grain cost, not least because they’re the ones who sunk the LHBSs and if most others can afford free postage over £65 I have no idea why people go...

Shipton Mill - free delivery over £30. BrewUK free delivery over £65. MM free delivery over £100. How often do I spend £30, lots. £65, rarely. £100 almost never.

I don't agree, because I can buy flour with free carriage at much lower order thresholds. Plus, I never use Malt Miller purely because their threshold for free delivery is 50% higher than most other like BrewUK

That's exactly what I do but I missed off one ingredient and can't buy it without spending nearly as much on postage as the malt. Which is nuts and seems unique to home brew suppliers.

I like the look of that.

Good suggestions. It’s just so frustrating to miss one item off an order and the postage fees are nearly as high as the cost of the malt so now I can’t make a brew! It just seems out of kilter. I order every three months and this was my last brew from last quarter’s order so I’ll just wait until...

I don’t live all that close but I sometimes visit the area so could be an option in the future. Are they on the web?

All the big suppliers do collection but I don’t live near enough to any. I used to be able to pop to a local shop for malt but it couldn’t compete and closed. The fact remains that small orders from Home Brew suppliers seems disproportionately expensive compared to similar businesses. The main...

I forgot to order 4 kilos of malt from my last order. It would cost me nearly as much in postage as in goods if I wanted to order from any online seller unless I buy at least £65 - £100 depending on the supplier. When I order flour, which is similarly heavy and bulky, it is free once I reach...

I under pitched slightly into a Weizenbock and it smelt very banana ish when I kegged it. I used about 100ml of harvested yeast the next day in a Hefeweizen... I'll see how that goes.

Thanks, that really helps.

I am going to brew a banana heavy beer with WLP300. James Morton reckons over pitch for banana, under pitch for clove but every other opinion I’ve read says under pitch for banana… does anyone know the definitive answer?

MM charging over the odds... no surprise there.

I agree but others do such things and if they enjoy it i might find it odd but it’s up to them.

I use Saaz, but seriously, lots of people use US hops in European beers. You can buy commercial Belgian beers with them in so don’t let me put you off, each to their own and all that.

A farmer friend said my Saison reminded him of silage. He meant it as a compliment and I took it as such. I think it’s all about the yeast and simple pale/lager malt with a bit of wheat and sugar to dry it out. I can’t see where Citra comes into a French/Belgian beer but each to their own.

I was intending to do that but I got distracted by my children enthusiastically trying to kill each other. By the time I got around to it, fermentation had started.