MM Shopping list ideas

[HLA91]

Hey All

My first All grain brew (BIAB, Twisted Stout from MM) is about to be transferred to a corny, and I fancy making something else to have 2 cornies giving me a choice of brews to drink. I fancy Batemans Dark Mild
23Ltr
MaltBill
Pale Malt 2660g
Crystal 410g
Black 240g
Flaked Wheat 130g
90 Min Mash
Hop Bill
Challenger 26g 90 Mins
Golding 9g 10 Mins

I have built the following shopping list on MM

Black Malt-£1.60
Crystal Malt -£1.60
Northdown-£3.06
Safale S-04-£2.10
East Kent Goldings-£3.06
Flaked Wheat-£1.50
Munich Malt-£1.60
Crisp Maris Otter 25kg-£24.00
Cost £38.52
Shipping £6.66
Total inc Shipping £46.51

The only reason I am going for a 25kg sack is that it works out at £0.96 per kilo compared to £1.60 per kilo and the tight-arse in me would rather have hassle storing it than pay £1.60 per kg.
Funds are not exactly flush, then again whose are, and that shopping list is only 0.5kg short of the next shipping price of £12.59 which I would not like to pay, but would the shopping list minus the required ingredients have enough to stretch to another brew of some kind? Or would stretching the funds now enable me to save buying more odds and ends in the future, £6.99 being the min shipping price.

Cheers

HLA91

 

[PD]

I'd order Challenger instead of NorthDown hops, they seem to be more universally acceptable in brews
I'd also order more Crystal Malt, ( say 2kg ), its always handy.
but otherwise its your call.

 

[HLA91]

Challenger out of stock on MM, adding crystal will increase the shipping, so anything else I should chuck in to make use of the increased shipping?

 

[borischarlton]

Challenger out of stock on MM, adding crystal will increase the shipping, so anything else I should chuck in to make use of the increased shipping?

Sorry, now updated

Rob

 

[rpt]

I'd use up the 500g with more hops and yeast. With the 25kg sack you can make lots of brews but will run out of yeast and hops with your current order.

 

[keith1664]

Definitely more hops, the yeast you can re use but you'll need more hops to turn all that malt into beer.

 

[keith1664]

Also... ditch the black malt and swap it for a kilo of caramalt/carapils/pale or dark crystal/special B/ caragold etc..... they're all far more useful than black. I still have the best part of a kilo from 2 years ago!

 

[keith1664]

sorry, just noticed you need the black for your mild.





You'll just have to make it 4 times!

 

[HLA91]

What about swapping it to choc malt?