Anyways; each time they expand they hold a sale at the warehouse of some kind for those close enough to make the trip. Their shop is only a 45min drive for me so I was able to take part in their latest expansion. In this instance they had reached the limit to the room for different grains. Their past method was to have a number of barrels containing 200 1lb packages of grain. They were moving to bins that hold 55 packages. They decided to have a bulk grain sale. I ipcked up a sack of Canadian 2 row for $30 and a sack of Weyermans pilsner malt for $35. At the sale they had out the barrels of grains that would not fit in the bins. They were available on a "play nice" basis. Customers were allowed to grab whatever they wanted for free. They also had under preforming stir plates for the price of a bottle of homebrew.
I made up a list of grains I was after and went first thing in the morning. Seeing the barrels my plan went out the window and I started grabbing whatever. I think I grabbed some of almost everything they had. I grabbed a few more of what was plentiful and I thought interesting and only one or two packages of what there was little of to share nicely with others.
So now that I have my stash I'd like to know what others would do if you had these grains. I will need to order hops and yeast so don't feel like you have to stick exclusively to what I have; I can get something else to supplement what I have. I am not looking for exact recipes just some basic ideas. Lets have some fun with this!
Inventory:
55lbs Canadian 2 row
55lbs Pilsner
1lb CaraMunich III
5lbs Melanoidin
2lbs Crystal 60
2lbs Honey
2lbs Crystal 20
3lbs Crystal 80
2lbs Aromatic
4lbs Black
2lbs Pale Chocolate
2lbs Special W
2lbs CaraBrown
I had read somewhere about people using Melanoidin in everything so I grabbed a bunch of it only to read later that a little will do enough. I also see some stouts and porters in my future.

