help me find cheaper supplies

Old Gil · Post by **Old Gil** » Saturday Nov 10, 2007 9:06 am

Hey all, i joined the forum y/day, bloody top site, good job.
Just wondering if anyone knows a cheaper place to get supplies in Melb, preferably west, I'm cuurntly shopping @ AHB in Richmond. Oh, and don't use the brewing calculator on their website to try and clculate the alc% of ya brew, It's useless. I recently calculated to get 6 1/2% but I ended up with 5%.

Cheers,

Swainy

lethaldog · Post by **lethaldog** » Saturday Nov 10, 2007 10:36 am

If your west then try the grain and grape in yarraville there great for bassically anything you could need:

http://www.grainandgrape.com.au/

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Saturday Nov 10, 2007 2:23 pm

Absolutely! G&G are great.

wambesi · Post by **wambesi** » Saturday Nov 10, 2007 5:02 pm

lethaldog wrote:If your west then try the grain and grape in yarraville there great for bassically anything you could need:

http://www.grainandgrape.com.au/

Try them from any direction!
I'm north and order mine by mail, next day delivery and wrapped up with cold packs to keep the hops/yeast cool AND great service!

Funnily enough I "accidently" discovered the shop today on the way back from taking the family to Scienceworks....couldn't stop though, tired, upset kids

Old Gil · Post by **Old Gil** » Saturday Nov 10, 2007 5:35 pm

Never heard of G&G but i'll check out the site, cheers.

lethaldog · Post by **lethaldog** » Sunday Nov 11, 2007 10:19 am

Never heard of them

I live almost an hour south of melbourne and i go there for most of my bulk grains and liquid yeasts , Most other stuff i have delivered from Ross at Craftbrewer such as hops and equipment cos he is unbeatable on price and quality

Old Gil · Post by **Old Gil** » Sunday Nov 11, 2007 1:25 pm

I know I know

, I joined the forum the other day & have been scanning through the posts. It seems G&G are pretty popular, I've only lived in Melb for a few years but been brewing for about 7. I heard about AHB through a mate in Syd (where I used to live), and they were dramatically cheaper than Syd prices so i never bothered to look any further

. I checked out G&G's site thismornig It doesnt seem like they have as wide a range as AHB, and AHB has a flat $6 delivery rate for parcels under 20kg in Melb metro. Although G&G are slightly cheaper on the bulk items such as LDME.

Tipsy · Post by **Tipsy** » Friday Nov 16, 2007 7:40 pm

G & G are good for grain and sanitisers and such, but their prices on pots and keg gear is a bit over the top.

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Friday Nov 16, 2007 7:46 pm

Point taken Tipsy- Ross easily wins for kegging gear.

Will check out his grain/hop/yeast prices next ime I'm due for an order- which incidently is reasonably soon.

Longrasser · Post by **Longrasser** » Saturday Nov 17, 2007 6:12 am

Pretty grim up this way .Coles and Woolies both gone out of stocking malt and BE2.
Ross did have LDME on his site for a good price but now its gone ????? !!!!
Transport costs are a killer here.

Kevnlis · Post by **Kevnlis** » Saturday Nov 17, 2007 7:53 am

Gone??? I think not...

http://craftbrewer.com.au/shop/default.asp?CID=33

Longrasser · Post by **Longrasser** » Saturday Nov 17, 2007 10:48 am

can only see about 2/3 of the web page for some reason

warra48 · Post by **warra48** » Saturday Nov 17, 2007 2:56 pm

Longrasser wrote:can only see about 2/3 of the web page for some reason

What resolution is your screen set to?
You need a minimum of 1024 x 768 pixels to see the full screen.
Reset it, and you should be OK.

KEG · Post by **KEG** » Saturday Nov 17, 2007 3:08 pm

^^ that said, if you're running a lower resolution, you *should* be able to scroll to see the whole page. Longrasser, what web browser are you using?

Longrasser · Post by **Longrasser** » Sunday Nov 18, 2007 10:58 am

fixed by changing the res
Only website I have to do that for tho
Ross you may want to take note
Using Firefox is there anything else

warra48 · Post by **warra48** » Sunday Nov 18, 2007 2:52 pm

Longrasser wrote:fixed by changing the res
Only website I have to do that for tho

Me too, and Google Earth also. Small inconvenience really for getting into one of the best, and probably the best, HB retail sites.

Pommie · Post by **Pommie** » Monday Nov 19, 2007 4:42 pm

Using Microsoft Explorer ver 7 with screen res of 1024*768 and can only see 3/4 of the page. Havent been able to order the bits I need for my keg system

Please help!!!