Here is the response I got back from Cary Hanson .. the owner: I've asked if pickup includes things besides ingredients.
"Hey Dan, glad you found us. We are in Moorpark. We offer a free local will call pick up at enegren brewery in Moorpark. We make all deliveries Friday night. So you can stop hy there any time Friday-Sunday during their hours, pick up your order and try some tasters of their beer!
As for base malts we do have some in stock. And we are able to get them by the sack from our distributor, we just don't order much of them right now because most of our sales come from pre-packaged kits.
I just ordered a dual regulator and manifold from them for my keezer, and within 40 minutes Cary sent me a thank you email. So I think they must be very new, and working very hard on customer service.
Perhaps a big group buy on base malt might be worth doing with them? If they're up in Moorpark, doing this shortly before a club meeting (if Dan is going to come down) or right before SCHF (in case anyone wants to pick up the malt on the return trip) would make a lot of sense...
Over the last few days I've continued my e-mail exchange with Cary. Seems to be a straight forward fellow. Prices are in line with most other places so there aren't any real big savings to be had but they are a bit more convenient for me. They don't typically keep grains in stock .. mostly they make up kits so when they order, they are ordering for their kits. I will probably "tag along" with an order occasionally for routine base malts. I was hoping that they would be able to get the Stout Malt but it turns out that because of low demand, no distributors carry it.
