What Are Your Costs (or Savings) In Home Brewing?

[blakie21]

Well it goes like this for me...

I made my first drinkable beer which turned out to become a lager instead of a belgian blonde due to my LHBS selling me the wrong yeast.
I get excited.. find out there are decent online HBS's, try liquid yeasts. Get temperature control.. get kegs.. get taps and font... get an urn... get a ball valve for the urn.. buy a BIAB bag...

and its still the beginning.. haha.

I almost forgot. Tried decent beers, go back to average beers.. not worth drinking.. buy a beermasons membership.. go and buy some beers while I wait for the pack..

So all up.. im probably down almost 1k so far... but damn its good to have a hobby! As for the title, I have to disagree. I can't actually be bothered going out anymore unless they have decent beers because home brewing has ruined (enlightened as someone corrected me) my taste buds. I can make a better beer using a can and some hops let alone putting some effort in with grains.

 

[petesbrew]

I can't actually be bothered going out anymore unless they have decent beers because home brewing has ruined (enlightened as someone corrected me) my taste buds. I can make a better beer using a can and some hops let alone putting some effort in with grains.

Yep, this is the one downside when you start brewing awesome beer.

 

[Spork]

A couple of weeks ago I didn't bother going to the Tamar Valley Beerfest.
Work was slow, so watching the pennies.
Nothing there I haven't tried (except maybe xxxx summer ale, and some "special" offering from Boags for the event).
Wooden boat festival was on at same time - and free.
I had 3 kegs of delicious AG beer at home.
$$$ saved right there.

 

[cam89brewer]

I think the real savings are if you like those speciality beers such as the last brew I made in which was a Belgian strong dark ale equivalent to a chimay blue label which costs up to $9 a 330ml in the store if not more and for approx $20 - $25 I brewed a beer in which was similar and as satisfying as the real thing.

So lets say 64 bottles of 330ml = ($25 / 64) = $0.39 VS $9.00 for 1 x 330ml bottle


Can any one else see the benefit of AG brewing? or brewing in general?

:lol: :kooi:

 

[Amber Fluid]

Slightly OT but I just did a cost testing on Obelix (my keezer) only yesterday.

Running a full 320L Chesty with collar + STC1000 & computer fan which is on 24/7 was 23c for 24 hours (& 38 minutes).

 

[Murcluf]

My idea of good maths

Dan's
Franziskaner Hefe Weissbier 500mL x20 =$89.99 or $8.99 a litre

Wayne's
HB Bavarian Hefe Weissbier 19lt x 2= $50 or $1.32 a litre (price includes all ingredients gas, electricity)

Also my Hefe Weissbier doesn't have any of those travel related and poor handling issues the one's at Dan's tend to have.

 

[Nick JD]

Slightly OT but I just did a cost testing on Obelix (my keezer) only yesterday.

Running a full 320L Chesty with collar + STC1000 & computer fan which is on 24/7 was 23c for 24 hours (& 38 minutes).

$20 a powerbill? That's pretty good I reckon.

 

[Amber Fluid]

Yeah Nick that's right.

I used one of these kits

But it is the PowerMate in the kit that measures the costs and energy/power.

$20 a quarter is pretty good imo.

 

[SJW]

Dont care. Probably would of been cheaper to but VB all these years.