Cost blowout!!

Fents · Post by **Fents** » Monday Feb 26, 2007 10:51 am

Ed wrote:
lethaldog wrote:Ive used my 9kg gas bottle with my four ring burner for 4 AG brews now ( thats boiling 32 litres) and there is still gas left in it, dont understand why you guys are using so much but maybe its because i dont use mine to heat my mash and sparge water

On the price thing, i just filled a 4kg gas bottle on the weekend and it cost me $14 which has gone up from $9 since the last time i had it filled, Highway robbery in my opinion but what do you do
Much the same here. I get at least 6 x 32L boils out of a 4.5kg bottle (plus some bbq's) and costs $14 to fill. I use a 2 ring burner and s/s pot which takes 20 mins to bring to boil with the lid on. Once at boil, lid comes off and I operate only 1 burner on about 3/4 throttle.

Some of these guys are probably using converted kegs Leigh, which aren't as efficient as pots, and that explains why fuel consumption is high in some cases.

Cheers, Ed

I use a converted keg for my pot. Takes me about 15 mins to get boiling after the mash with a 4 ring burner. When its boiling i turn two rings off and it keeps a nice steady rolling boil. 9.5kg gas bottle i get at least 6 AG's out of it. I reckon they are just as efficent.

Brewaholic · Post by **Brewaholic** » Monday Feb 26, 2007 9:21 pm

Ive got a spare car gas tank that i throw in the boot and fill it at the servo i just removed the dip tube so it doesnt pick up the liquid cheap as hell and lasts forever! Just to save the goodie goodies the time i know its illegal unwise unsafe im about to be blown up und all that crap but atleast im saving $6.95

ryan · Post by **ryan** » Wednesday Feb 28, 2007 2:28 pm

Brewaholic wrote:Ive got a spare car gas tank that i throw in the boot and fill it at the servo i just removed the dip tube so it doesnt pick up the liquid cheap as hell and lasts forever! Just to save the goodie goodies the time i know its illegal unwise unsafe im about to be blown up und all that crap but atleast im saving $6.95

That can go towards your funeral expenses. {if they can find enough of you left for a funeral that is} So you win both ways.

gibbocore · Post by **gibbocore** » Thursday Mar 08, 2007 10:27 am

Tip for making the warm up to boil time shorter.

Get your plumber mate to turn your hot water temp up, i got my thermostat replaced on my hot water tank so i can adjust it myself, i get around 70 degrees out of the tap.

rwh · Post by **rwh** » Thursday Mar 08, 2007 11:01 am

Assuming you don't have kids who will burn themselves with the hot water.

gibbocore · Post by **gibbocore** » Thursday Mar 08, 2007 1:24 pm

rwh wrote:Assuming you don't have kids who will burn themselves with the hot water.

tis true. i alway's turn it back down after i'm done with it though.

drsmurto · Post by **drsmurto** » Thursday Mar 08, 2007 2:13 pm

rwh wrote:Assuming you don't have kids who will burn themselves with the hot water.

Yet another reason on my list no to have kids. They impinge on my brewing.

Its getting to be a bloody long list.....

rwh · Post by **rwh** » Thursday Mar 08, 2007 2:25 pm

My girlfriend has a similar list. Or rather lists: one about not having kids, the other about not getting married. Seems like the typical bloke/typical chick desires have been swapped in our case.

drsmurto · Post by **drsmurto** » Thursday Mar 08, 2007 3:25 pm

My not getting married list has this at #1

Living in sin is so much fun

Thankfully my partner isnt concerned about the marrigae list, its the kids list i think her biological clock may disagree with. I need to find a way to dismantle that bloody clock.....

Hashie · Post by **Hashie** » Thursday Mar 08, 2007 3:54 pm

drsmurto wrote:My not getting married list has this at #1

Living in sin is so much fun

Thankfully my partner isnt concerned about the marrigae list, its the kids list i think her biological clock may disagree with. I need to find a way to dismantle that bloody clock.....

Don't cut the red wire.

drsmurto · Post by **drsmurto** » Thursday Mar 08, 2007 5:55 pm

ROFLMAO

KEG · Post by **KEG** » Thursday Mar 08, 2007 6:32 pm

nice one hashie

mark_68 · Post by **mark_68** » Thursday Mar 08, 2007 6:52 pm

I work out the cost of my brews by adding up the costs of all the sanitisers and ingredients i use to make a brew,so,my latest brew was costed using this break up:
KIT-$13.75
1.5 kilo LME-$10.00
363 gms. dark malt-$4.90
150 gms. choc. malt-$1.14
150 gms. crystal malt-$1.32
22 gms. cascade-$3.30
Safbrew T-58 $5.00
Nutrient-$0.55
Bottle caps-$1.17
Priming sugar-$0.30
Sanitiser-$1.52
So the total cost of this brew is $42.95 or $0.81 a stubbie,which is still $0.45 per stubbie less than buying beer by the keg.A carton of my brew would cost $19.44 which is a long way off the cost of $38 for a commercial beer and i can brew plenty of varieties of brew for around this same price.
My first two extract brews came in at around $43 plus the cost of gas which i am still waiting to find out the cost of depending on how many boils i can get out of 9 kilos of gas.The main reason i considered this a cost blowout is because i'm a tight arse with my money and before i started using malt and hops etc. my brews were only costing me $27,but they were drinkable and nothing special,i want something better,so it will cost.

Hashie · Post by **Hashie** » Friday Mar 09, 2007 3:09 pm

drsmurto wrote:My not getting married list has this at #1

Living in sin is so much fun

Thankfully my partner isnt concerned about the marrigae list, its the kids list i think her biological clock may disagree with. I need to find a way to dismantle that bloody clock.....

Seriously, let her have kids. You will never look back and think of all the new excuses you will have to drink home brew.