How Much Do You Spend On Alcohol A Month?

[kelbygreen]

id be dead if I spent $1000 a month lol. We got to many overheads and struggle at the best of times so cutting costs is a must I buy beer from the shop to take to bbq's and outings, might go out for dinner once a month or 2 and have 2 beers and prob go out properly once or twice a year and prob spend $80-100 then

 

[lmccrone]

In very simple terms it costs me about $1.40 a litre to make my home brew vs say $3.8 a litre to get a slab of draft on special, a more detailed analysis would have to consider 1) for $1.40 i get much better beer than i would get for $3.80. 2) Because the beer is so much better than carlton draft and much cheaper i drink more than I other wise would. 3) I give away far more beer than I would other wise, eg. i took a keg to my brothers 30th the other day.

Overall i reckon i spend about 30% less due to my home brewing and i get better beer, more of it and people seem to be happier to see me (except maybe my doctor)

 

[keifer33]

Its pretty hard to put a figure on it as im slowly rebuilding my brewery to something more bling and comfortable so I recon

$200 on equipment
$50-$100 on ingredients
$50-$100 on craftbeer/pub

 

[Ivan Other One]

$50-$100 per month on average.
K&K twice a fortnight usually, but sometimes just twice a month.

This also takes into account CO2 and LPG used.

The occasional mid a the social and once in a blue moon a bottle o' bourbon.

Tend to spend a bit on motorcycle tyres each year.

 

[eviljesus]

So it looks like maybe 2-3 batches a month is enough to keep the beer supply up and the brewing progression on the march.

$150 looks pretty good, thats a few batches, with a bit of extra spending money as well.