Get Er Brewed - stupid delivery prices

[Robin54]

I did consider giving them a go, but their 27Kg ceiling before incurring extra postal charges stopped me. I mean, if an order includes 25Kg of base malt that only leaves room for another 2Kg of stuff! C'mon geterbrewed - sort it out! Meanwhile I've got nowt but praise for the HBC over the course of 5 orders, now.

I agree, I don't know how they can send from Ireland for less than the guys in salisbury and cheaper grain prices

 

[Saisonator]

Not something I have ever used and can't see me ever using to be honest. I go for quality and choice of ingredients, customer service and a reliable delivery service and the maltmiller has never let me down.

I tend to do very different brews each time and I don't like having unused malt and hops about the place, so I always used their recipe builder and ordered a few months of kits at a time.
Hopefully they will get this service back online again, otherwise I will have to find a company that does.

 

[darkbright]

The Malt Miller has always been good for me. I had one issue which was resolved really quickly. Also made an order once and then realised that I had forgotten the yeast. Just ordered the yeast in a separate order. The MM guys added the two orders together and refunded the second delivery fee. Very reasonable practice and that's probably why I got there first.

 

[Ajhutch]

I tend to do very different brews each time and I don't like having unused malt and hops about the place, so I always used their recipe builder and ordered a few months of kits at a time.
Hopefully they will get this service back online again, otherwise I will have to find a company that does.

It’s more of a faff, but the new website does let you order grains in 100g increments (min 500g) on the individual pages. So you could still put a recipe together albeit in different bags. Might run into difficulty if you were doing several with the same malts though I guess. I agree with you, it will be good to have the recipe builder back, it took me a while to start doing that but as you say much better than having odds and sods left over

 

[MickDundee]

I tend to do very different brews each time and I don't like having unused malt and hops about the place, so I always used their recipe builder and ordered a few months of kits at a time.
Hopefully they will get this service back online again, otherwise I will have to find a company that does.

I use the GEB custom grain kits and can’t fault them at all. I usually order 3 or 4 recipes at a time. My current APA is one of the best beers I’ve made and the grain sat, crushed, in my shed for 3 months.

 

[Saisonator]

I use the GEB custom grain kits and can’t fault them at all. I usually order 3 or 4 recipes at a time. My current APA is one of the best beers I’ve made and the grain sat, crushed, in my shed for 3 months.

Thanks for the recommendation, at least there is another option.
I am out of ingredients right now and want to do a brew in a week or two.

 

[trueblue]

Price wise it makes so much more sense to buy a 25kg sack of base malt

 

[Ajhutch]

Assuming you have somewhere to store it and know you would use it while reasonably fresh. If not, custom kits are great, but yes you pay a bit more for the flexibility.


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[MagnusTS]

Sorry to hijack...

Is GEB the only supplier to do the custom recipe build thing at the moment?

 

[MickDundee]

Price wise it makes so much more sense to buy a 25kg sack of base malt

Not for me it doesn’t. 25kg would be 6 brews (possibley wven 7), and I’d need to buy crystal etc. I do 9-12 brews a year and don’t have the luxury of being able to brew once a week or even once a fortnight. By the time I was to get to brew 6 it could have been sitting in my shed for 7 or 8 months so would definitely be past it’s best, especially since my shed can get pretty hot in summer months.

 

[Saisonator]

Price wise it makes so much more sense to buy a 25kg sack of base malt

For the bit extra money I prefer to have half a dozen ready made kits, which have the exact malts and hops I want without compromising the original recipe.
On brew day I just go to the storage bin, pull out the bag of mixed malts and the foil packed hops and away I go.
No weighing and crushing, minimal storage space needed.

 

[Brew_DD2]

I'm in Blairgowrie now and have had the dreaded Highlands issue with a few shops the move from Dundee. John Lewis being one. They'd deliver a new dishwasher to the piddly little town of Coupar Angus, but not to Blairgowrie. It's 4 miles down the bloody road and a fat bigger town. It's not like I'm up a mountain.

Thankfully no issues with Geterbrewed.

 

[Redron]

I am acutely aware of delivery prices, living where I do....
I also use MM with great service, and also Worcester Hop Shop who sell ready made AG kits with plenty of choice. Sometimes I buy these and sometimes I buy the 25kg sacks of grain.
Delivery charge for up to 30kg is around 14 quid iirc, so options to include speciality grains and hops etc
Great service from both these companies

 

[rats_eyes]

There's a homebrew shop here in aberdeen that doesn't charge extra for highlands delivery. Here's a link in case this is of use... http://www.aberdeenhomebrew.co.uk/index.php?main_page=shippinginfo

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[Braufather]

I'm going back to homebrewcompany after a few issues with GEB. The most annoying one was a couple of weeks back when I ordered the ingredients for my next few brews then the following day got an email saying one of the yeasts I ordered was out of stock. No apology for the inconvenience, just "what would you like instead?"

This has happened to me at least twice now, why can't they keep their stock updated on their website?

Anyway I contacted them and said "look I'll take a different yeast but I'll need a bag of Vienna malt to change the recipe to suit". Now I happened to be passing fairly close to their store later that day so asked if I could pick up the extra malt on the way. "You can but we won't have it ready till 5pm" she said. How does it take 6 hours to pack up 3kg of malt to correct an error that was their fault?

I told them that didn't really suit me. There was no "sorry for the inconvenience", in fact they didn't even reply to that. Poor customer service, and if I'd known that particular yeast was out of stock I could have changed my order to suit.

I have had that a couple of times and it doesn’t matter when you place the order it’s always on the thursday when they call you.

It’s only with yeast too, (that’s branded) never with grain, which leads me to wonder are you really getting the grain you order or do they substitute when needed?

 

[Brew_DD2]

I'd sincerely hope not. That would be fraud.

 

[Gunge]

Can't fault the maltmiller. Dogs bollocks customer service and next day delivery by DPD where you can track the parcel.

I can't knock MM cos I've never used them, but I've noticed lots of folk rate them very highly. However... I've just had a look at their site and can't believe the prices! I mean, £37.50 for Munton's Propino when I got a sack elsewhere recently for 16 notes? Or Bestmaltz pale for £40 when I know someone else does it for 20 notes?? I mean, c'mon!

 

[MagnusTS]

I can't knock MM cos I've never used them, but I've noticed lots of folk rate them very highly. However... I've just had a look at their site and can't believe the prices! I mean, �£37.50 for Munton's Propino when I got a sack elsewhere recently for 16 notes? Or Bestmaltz pale for �£40 when I know someone else does it for 20 notes?? I mean, c'mon!

Hi Gunge,
I think you are fairly near me (Leeds) aren't you?
Where do you get your cheap malt please?
M

 

[Gunge]

Hi Gunge,
I think you are fairly near me (Leeds) aren't you?
Where do you get your cheap malt please?
M

I'm in S.Yorks.... the malt comes from Ireland - the Homebrew Company!

 

[MagnusTS]

I'm in S.Yorks.... the malt comes from Ireland - the Homebrew Company!

Malt supply not as local as I'd hoped. :)

Thanks though, I'll check out the HBC for my next order.