GEB Recipe Builder Prices

[jceg316]

Has anyone looked into whether these recipe kits cost the same as buying the ingredients? As in, if I were to buy the grains and hops myself compared to selecting the specific amount?

TIA

 

[jceg316]

Just did a quick check myself. 25kg of Europils malt will cost ~£33 in the recipe builder and £26 if I buy the sack from the base grains.

 

[Sheepish]

I think the builder uses the 500g and 1kg prices ...and rather upsettingly they just put their grain prices up by +20% :-(

 

[ACBEV]

Any business will charge more for extra effort, as it costs more to do. You won't get sack prices, when they are fiddling with small amounts.

 

[jceg316]

Any business will charge more for extra effort, as it costs more to do. You won't get sack prices, when they are fiddling with small amounts.

Yeah I thought as much. I'm moving from a house with plenty of storage space to a flat with less storage space, so I'm looking at ways of saving space. I was thinking of not buying sacks of malt anymore and just going for recipe kits, but wondering how much more expensive that will be.

 

[Poochops]

I use their byo recipe kits now, never have any leftover grains to store or hops in the freezer, well I won't have once I've used up my last hops this summer plus no weighing out or faffing around milling, open the sack and pour it in the mash, it's worth a few quid more to me, although I did buy 5 brews to save postage. Can be stored under a bed in the spare room.