Malt Price Increase

[barney]

I had a letter off Fawcetts today notifying me of price rises from 1st January. There is a shortage of malt due to the dry spell in East Anglia resulting in tons of high nitrogen content barley being produced which is not fit for brewing. Subsequently prices will rise. Looks like about £3 a sack to me. No doubt at the retailers this will equate to £6 per sack

[pas8280]

That's not good !!! That's a 20 % increase I wonder if all maltsters will go the same way

[WishboneBrewery]

We had the 'Dry Spell' explained to us at work.
Rain normally washes away a lot of the fertilizer before the barley has time to take up the nitrogen from it, this results in barley and other crops having a higher Nitrogen content which in turn is bad for Haze in beer, its not that its bad for making beer with its just got a higher likelihood of creating a persistent haze.
It may see brewers adding a percentage of Flaked Maize or Flaked Rice to dilute the nitrogen content of the beer.
Unless this also has an effect on the size of the crop too, a £3 increase sounds like a good excuse to raise the price in any case!

[orlando]

So what price are (were) you guys paying for a 25kg sack of MO malt?

[Dennis King]

Just bought a sack of Crisps Maris Otter from The Maltmiller for £23. He sells their Pale ale malt a bit cheaper

[barney]

So what price are (were) you guys paying for a 25kg sack of MO malt?

£14 or £15 depending on type

now £18 ish

[WishboneBrewery]

about £12 from work.

[Dennis King]

about £12 from work.

[barney]

oohhh £12 quid, must be working out at 15p a pint.

[WishboneBrewery]

I'll happily buy a sack for more money from a different supplier to 'evaluate' what I'm getting from work.

[orlando]

I have Crisp Malting just up the road from me and asked them how much a single 25k bag would cost if I came and picked it up, wait for it............... £35!! I can get it for £18.50 which until this thread I thought was pretty good.

[phatboytall]

My father in law was passing through Warminster a few months ago, i got him to stop off at the brewery and collect me a sack of malt.

How much for 25kgs MO direct from the malters?? £42 + VAT!!!!!

I nearly fell over when he told me, I didn't have the heart to tell him an identical sack costs me £25 from the homebrewshop and is delivered free if i spend £60!

Ed

[jimp2003]

My father in law was passing through Warminster a few months ago, i got him to stop off at the brewery and collect me a sack of malt.

How much for 25kgs MO direct from the malters?? £42 + VAT!!!!!

I nearly fell over when he told me, I didn't have the heart to tell him an identical sack costs me £25 from the homebrewshop and is delivered free if i spend £60!

Ed

I only live a few miles from there and it is a bit gutting that they charge that price. But you have to be realistic, for homebrewers their route to market is through the LHBS or online sellers and they don't want to undermine that or have the hassle of having to deal with us dropping in just for a sack or two...

[danbrew]

We had the 'Dry Spell' explained to us at work.
Rain normally washes away a lot of the fertilizer before the barley has time to take up the nitrogen from it...

Seems a bit wasteful to me, why not put the right amount of fertilizer on so the barley takes up only what it needs... Rather that leaving fertilizer in the soil for the rain to wash in to rivers...?

[leedsbrew]

My father in law was passing through Warminster a few months ago, i got him to stop off at the brewery and collect me a sack of malt.

How much for 25kgs MO direct from the malters?? £42 + VAT!!!!!

I nearly fell over when he told me, I didn't have the heart to tell him an identical sack costs me £25 from the homebrewshop and is delivered free if i spend £60!

Ed

I only live a few miles from there and it is a bit gutting that they charge that price. But you have to be realistic, for homebrewers their route to market is through the LHBS or online sellers and they don't want to undermine that or have the hassle of having to deal with us dropping in just for a sack or two...

Fawcett's are not a million miles from me and they will sell to homebrewers from the same price list as commercial brewers. Only rub is the minimum order is 10 sacks! Their rationale is it's the same amount of paperwork for 1 sack as it is 100 so they have set a limit to cut down on office work!