No, the 2-row is a fifty pound bag of Great Western.
I just used one up. I think it used to be just 40.
Oh this is good to know since I pay $60+ for it at the LHBS. I have no problem ordering 2 sacks at a time.
Yer right . .I missed that. :-[
FWIW, I just placed an order with NCM for 2 sacks of malt. I asked them if I was grandfathered in, and she didn’t seem to be too concerned about the 12-month timeframe so much as the fact that I had an existing account and good CC info on file.
Still cheaper than the cheapest local option. $57/bag incl. shipping to my door. Cheapest local source is a 40 minute drive (one way) and is on sale right now for $60-ish, normally $80-ish. For Maris Otter, that is.
And for me, it’s not just the price. NCM carries Thomas Fawcett Marris Otter and I’m only interesting in using that or Crisp. All of our LHBS are apparently “Crosby and Baker” shops which means their Marris Otter is Muntons which I won’t use.
I didn’t even realize Munton’s made a Maris Otter. I thought it was a trademarked name.
Maryland homebrew still sells north country stuff by the sack. After their markup, both MFB pils and Best Malz pils are about $52 for a 55 pound sack. They special ordered some Great Western for me, it was perhaps 40 something. Not too bad if you’re within driving distance.
Our club put in a 1200 lb order with North Country Malt about 4 months ago, cost us $100 shipping, which was fantastic. We just learned about them, so this was our 1st order, and we planned to do it again this winter, so if someone finds a similar deal, we’re interested. We live out, not much competition locally, Thanks,
Edit your article to include feed stores and home malting instructions. 
From what I’ve read, I was under the impression that maltsters use the highest grade of grains for malting.
Is feed grain the same grade or an inferior grade? If an inferior grade, would we want to spend time malting inferior grains?
Massively inferior
And I already have a joke in there about feed barley!
Maris Otter is a barley variety. Many maltsters malt Maris Otter.
Personally, I wouldn’t want to spend the time malting any barley!
I thought maybe you’d need something to fill all that free time you have now. 
Anyway - it’d just suck to go from 27 per 55lbs sack to darn near $2 per lb.
I think I’ll be OK some other guys in the area have run group buys and we should be able to continue that.
This could be a good thing for homebrew clubs though, undoubtedly they’ve already run group buys and will be able to continue. So memberships should be on the rise.
- Would this be the appropriate time to start a “prison hooch” thread.
Nice tongue twister!
No kidding, try saying that three times fast
Does that include 2-row and Marris Otter? When I look at their website, it says their 2-row is Briess and their Marris Otter is Munton’s. Do they not list the North Country stuff on their website?
They don’t seem to list any sacks of grain on the website, but they sell them. I know they don’t stock every brand, though.
Contact Chris (http://www.mdhb.com/contact_us.php) and ask. In the past, my understanding was that they order pallets from North Country all the time, and they would special order any malt that they carry.
My club makes a huge order 1 or 2 times a year so hopefully we can still get our grain from NCM…We save a ton of money buying through them.
It’s about time everyone else has to pay prices I have to pay