Molasses in California, Bay Area

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Molasses in California, Bay Area

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Trying to find a better source of molasses supply, can anyone point me to a location where they have procured molasses at a good price?
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I bought a gallon of Chef's Quality Golden Unsulphured molasses from Restaurant Depot in SoCal about six months ago. I wanna say it was $12. There's a RD in San Francisco close to the 280/101. They are a membership store only, but because of the Wuhan virus, are open to the public.
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How did it work for you? I just bought a couple gallons of the same stuff from their chain up here in the PNW but haven't had a chance to do anything with it yet. think it was 19.99 up here.
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Not as good a price as $12 but better than $19

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Tractor Supply Company has Evolved Habitats blackstrap feed molasses on sale right now for $6.99/Gallon. Makes a good drop.
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8Ball wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 4:51 pm Tractor Supply Company has Evolved Habitats blackstrap feed molasses on sale right now for $6.99/Gallon. Makes a good drop.
Absolutely monumental flavors. I had to triple distill it to get a rum I could tolerate. Big, big taste and aromas. Also, I had to age it in glass with oak staves for 2+ years. Now, it’s over 3 years old and still has a big rum flavor (rum enthusiasts really prize it too).

Now, I don’t mean to dissuade hobbiests from trying the deer lick molasses. Just understand that the molly is very “coarse”, and at 82* brix, there is a lot of sugar in it. Just don’t try to push your O.G. too high and it will behave just fine. It does, however, finish with a relatively high F.G. due to the non-fermentables in it.

But, at $7 USD for a gallon, it certainly is worth a try. So, go for it!
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WebstaurantStore.com - 1 gallon blackstrap sulfur-free molasses $6.99

https://www.webstaurantstore.com/golden ... d_beverage

Or...in 5 gallon pails for $30.71:

https://www.webstaurantstore.com/golden ... KSTPP.html
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RocketSurgeon wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 12:58 pm WebstaurantStore.com - 1 gallon blackstrap sulfur-free molasses $6.99

https://www.webstaurantstore.com/golden ... d_beverage

Or...in 5 gallon pails for $30.71:

https://www.webstaurantstore.com/golden ... KSTPP.html
Webstaurant is in Pennsylvania. Paying the shipping to the Bay Area (or anywhere outside of the state) of their insanely inexpensive online 'bait' priced products makes no sense.
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Twisted Brick wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 1:41 pm
RocketSurgeon wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 12:58 pm WebstaurantStore.com - 1 gallon blackstrap sulfur-free molasses $6.99

https://www.webstaurantstore.com/golden ... d_beverage

Or...in 5 gallon pails for $30.71:

https://www.webstaurantstore.com/golden ... KSTPP.html
Webstaurant is in Pennsylvania. Paying the shipping to the Bay Area (or anywhere outside of the state) of their insanely inexpensive online 'bait' priced products makes no sense.
Incorrect. The 5 gallon bucket delivered to San Fransisco is: $13.16 a gallon. (31.99 + 33.82 shipping)/5 = $13.16 delivered.

Maybe he doesn't want 5 gallons...dunno. Just trying to help.
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