Whats Your Cost Of Hb Per Stubbie?

[Fat Bastard]

I actually worked this out including everything, labour, cost of my rig amortised over 2 years etc.

My beer would have to sell for $48 a longneck to make 30% profit.

 

[Muggus]

Pretty sure the last beer brewed worked out to be around 22c a stubbie (330mL), but before that came a Belgian worth at least 5 times that much, a mead and a red wine worth at least twice that much.
Still, cheaper than commercial stuff...

 

[ben_sa]

I don't care how much I spend on beer, or cociane and hookers for that matter as its the only money I spend that is not wasted.

:icon_chickcheers: Hahaha Too right Jayse!

Personally, i wouldnt give a toss if my HB cost me $2 a stubby, I dont brew to save money, I brew because i love doing it, I love drinking the end result and looking back and saying "Yep, i did that, and started with ~30L of water straight from the tap" Tweaking recipes, ******* about, i love every aspect of it - except for cleaning the keggle :blink:

Not to mention, If i didnt brew, i wouldnt fulfil my work days on here and BA, reading, printing recipes yadda yadda... hahaha... Not to mention, my fridge sexes up my shed :beerbang:

 

[stakka82]

My average is probably around $15-20 per 15-20 litres. So $1 per litre/33c per stubby.

This varies by style obviously. That costing is for all grain brewing.

On a side note, when I started brewing a few years ago I did it purely as a cost saving measure. At that time I was buying supermarket K and K's and my record was:

Homebrand Kit - Clearance at $3

1kg Dextrose - $3

= $6 for 23 litres... 26c per litre... 9c per stubby!!!!!

 

[stux]

My average is probably around $15-20 per 15-20 litres. So $1 per litre/33c per stubby.

This varies by style obviously. That costing is for all grain brewing.

On a side note, when I started brewing a few years ago I did it purely as a cost saving measure. At that time I was buying supermarket K and K's and my record was:

Homebrand Kit - Clearance at $3

1kg Dextrose - $3

= $6 for 23 litres... 26c per litre... 9c per stubby!!!!!

Hehe, aren't the bottles worth more than that in SA?

 

[stakka82]

Hehe, aren't the bottles worth more than that in SA?

LOL yeah 10c I think.

So, If I had lived in SA at that time, and reused old stubbys from a retail carton, then returned the bottles, I could have been paid to brew and drink the batch!

(1c per stubby tho, and I'm pretty sure petrol to the bottle depot would have wiped that out )

 

[capsicum]

My average is probably around $15-20 per 15-20 litres. So $1 per litre/33c per stubby.

This varies by style obviously. That costing is for all grain brewing.

Damn that's cheap. My all grain ends up about $1.70 a pint, no complaints here though

 

[Parks]

Brewing your own beer is false economy. I justified a lot of purchases to SWMBO based on economy.

Then...

a) you drink twice as much cause it's awesome beer and you have heaps of it.
B) you give litre upon litre away to anyone and everyone cause you're so proud of it and want others to enjoy your hobby
c) you keep looking at upgrading your system to increase (efficiency, ease, output)

So, you might be making your beer for $1 a litre (most of mine are about this) but the costs should never be calculated and relied on - that takes all the fun out of it :beer:

 

[bradsbrew]

Just done a quick calc on what my next APA will cost approx

13kg grain @ $3/kg (I pay less than this but it allows for incidentals)

440g of hops @ $30

$69 for 60L of 1.055 wort with 43 ibu

Yeast will be more or less free.

so under 70 cents a pint for a beer I would be paying over $10 pint at a good bar.

Funny thing is thats not why I brew.

Cheers

 

[Nick JD]

The cheapest beer I think I've ever made was a mid Aussie Lager (surprise, surprise ... CHEAP PISS!).

Looking at about $7 for 20L.

Or about 7.5c per stubbie.

Most expensive would be a Belgian Dark Strong.

 

[thedragon]

On average it probably costs me 70c per long neck, however like most others here, cost is not the reason why I brew (but it was the reason I started). As I BIAB and bottle, my set up costs were negligible, although this will change when we rennovate and build in a cellar / brewing room.

On a side note, when I started brewing a few years ago I did it purely as a cost saving measure. At that time I was buying supermarket K and K's and my record was:
Homebrand Kit - Clearance at $3
1kg Dextrose - $3

The answer is probably obvious, but how did it taste?

 

[amiddler]

Like many others cost or savings is not the reason I brew, altho it was the reason that I started.
I like the feeling of making something that I am proud to offer other beer drinkers.

Also like others my main "house" beers are around $1 a liter including incidentals like LPG, C02, finings, Blah Blah Blah.
If I do a bigger beer IPA, RIS they can get to around $1.50 a liter.

This is nothing new all you are saving is labour. Yes even brewers get paid at the end of the week.
Like going out for dinner, $40 for a steak WTF? But the ~$30 an hour you need to give the Chef is where alot of it goes.

Don't worry about the cost and have another beer.

Drew

 

[losp]

Well, the cost of my gear (2 pots and an esky + other tools) is now next to negligible.
my next batch will cost me around $38, lets say $40 to round it up. I am doing a strong belgian, that i have seen in stores for more than $150 a slab.
OK my quality probably wont even be close to this, but i am trying/getting there. Given that 20/22 liters makes about 3 slabs (330ml bottles). Its still around 65c per bottle.

 

[Fish13]

About $1.50 a king brown.

My pilsner is cost me about 3 a long neck. same price as a VB longneck...

 

[Nick JD]

My pilsner is cost me about 3 a long neck. same price as a VB longneck...

How? I make Pilsners for about 50c a liter - all european ingredients.

 

[thedragon]

This is nothing new all you are saving is labour. Yes even brewers get paid at the end of the week.
Like going out for dinner, $40 for a steak WTF? But the ~$30 an hour you need to give the Chef is where alot of it goes.

+1. Brilliant summary!

 

[Fish13]

How? I make Pilsners for about 50c a liter - all european ingredients.

4kg Pilsner malt = 17
.100kg acid malt = free
Wyeast czech = 14
2x s-23 = 10
57g hallertau = $5.20
total = $46.20

batch size 15L

cost per 750ml = $2.31

So i was a bit out...

I made some small mistakes with the brew that i will never do again. I will make a starter for the pilsner yeast and break it down so i get some more uses out of it then just one.

 

[kelbygreen]

you used a smack pack and 2 packs of s23??

 

[Fish13]

yes i made a few mistakes. so 3 days no fermenation i made a choice and used 2 packs of s23. fermenting at 8 degree's

 

[manticle]

+1. Brilliant summary!

Except I never earned anywhere near $30 ph when I worked as a chef. Lucky to see half that.

 

[stakka82]

The answer is probably obvious, but how did it taste?

pretty much as you'd expect...

at that stage i didnt have temperature control - the ones brewed during winter at about 15-16 degrees were drinkable though... i probably rated them about the same i would rate a carlton draught, but that's me.

Damn that's cheap. My all grain ends up about $1.70 a pint, no complaints here though

i'm still resonably new at all grain brewing and i started with a 25 (or 20?)kg sack of JW ale. i think it works out to around $2-2.50 per kg.

cheap base malt makes for cheaper AG brewing... hops from nikobrew, 15 odd bucks a pound and great quality!

 

[chug!chug!]

SATISFACTION!!!!! Today mounted my mill and cracked a few grains.... :beerbang: :super: :beerbang: :super: