The cost of beer!!!!

mark68 · Post by **mark68** » Monday Nov 20, 2006 5:52 pm

I worked out the cost of my beer drinking and brewing the last 12 months and got a surprise.It has cost me 1480 dollars roughly for 2250 bottles drunk between 2 people,i drink most of them.For an eqivalent amount commercially would have cost me around 3300 dollars!!!! I pay around eleven dollars fifty per carton,versus 38 dollars for commercial crap.At this price ,homebrew is definitely the best way to go.

lethaldog · Post by **lethaldog** » Monday Nov 20, 2006 5:54 pm

Agree 100% not to mention the fact that it just tastes a shite load better

derfly · Post by **derfly** » Monday Nov 20, 2006 6:00 pm

I've just started brewing after a long break and have been really anal about keeping a full record of absolutely every cent I've spent so far.

Including the full set up, my first brew had a comparative case price of $35.60. After 7 brews, $22.51 per case.

Good beer and cheap, beats the $$ for crap scandal!

Danzar · Post by **Danzar** » Tuesday Nov 21, 2006 11:42 am

I had 25 friends over on the weekend. They all drank themselves to their hearts content and they couldn't believe that it was homebrew, until I showed them the hoeeggarden clone that was sitting in the fermenter.

Lesson 1
Yes, its shits on commercial beers - not relative to cost, it's just better, period.

Lesson 2
You can actually cater for any vistors at minimal cost. You wouldn't dream of inviting people over for a bbq and buying their booze for them from the bottle shop - unless it's a very special occasion. You certainly can with HB.

My beer-a-thon (this is what I call it) netted me a great day with friends, good food, great beer and a grand total of 55 or so empty longnecks that they brought with them as their 'buy in' to the party. This haul was particularly good - there at least 20 coopers 750ml crown seals, and 12 older CUB crown seals 750ml,, plus the usual 800ml VB's.

possessed_haemorrhage · Tuesday Nov 21, 2006 11:52 am

That's a big saving!

I've saved about $300 in buying beer so far, but I'm a couple of hundred out of pocket, mainly because I just bought a keg setup, but I'm sure that will pay for itself soon enough.

Timmsy · Post by **Timmsy** » Tuesday Nov 21, 2006 1:26 pm

I cant put a price tag on beer. I must have it

Brad74 · Post by **Brad74** » Tuesday Nov 21, 2006 1:28 pm

mark68 wrote:I worked out the cost of my beer drinking and brewing the last 12 months and got a surprise.It has cost me 1480 dollars roughly for 2250 bottles drunk between 2 people,i drink most of them.For an eqivalent amount commercially would have cost me around 3300 dollars!!!! I pay around eleven dollars fifty per carton,versus 38 dollars for commercial crap.At this price ,homebrew is definitely the best way to go.

Thats just over 6 Bottles a day between 2 people, thats alot of beer drunk. Each to their own but I couldn't do that. On the other side, thats a huge saving. I've just started (2 Brews down) so with the outlay for equipment i'm still down, but that will change in time.

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Wednesday Nov 22, 2006 10:26 am

Yeah, you can make a lot of friends with HB! Except when they decend like locusts on your beer suplies uninvited.

Danzar · Post by **Danzar** » Wednesday Nov 22, 2006 12:10 pm

Friends also yield good bottles. I just washed my haul from the weekend. There were actually three brown longnecks, crown seals, that said "Property of the NSW Bottle Company, bottled 1970".

Wow.

Longrasser · Post by **Longrasser** » Thursday Nov 23, 2006 6:22 am

/We had all better hope the various rotten State governments dont batter down our doors and demand TAX on the finished product

pixelboy · Post by **pixelboy** » Thursday Nov 23, 2006 9:11 am

They can demand all they like!!

As far as I know you can only tax products that are sold for a price

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Thursday Nov 23, 2006 9:15 am

I'd like to see them try. Bloody hard to enforce.

rwh · Post by **rwh** » Thursday Nov 23, 2006 9:48 am

Why would they want a percentage of your empty longnecks anyway? I suppose you could give them the value of the recycling... 5c a pop, but only in SA!

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Thursday Nov 23, 2006 9:50 am

And I only thought the cost of beer was the beer-gut.

scblack · Post by **scblack** » Thursday Nov 23, 2006 10:58 am

Longrasser wrote: /We had all better hope the various rotten State governments dont batter down our doors and demand TAX on the finished product

They could add a surcharge or some sort of tax on Kits we brew from, the yeasts etc gaining taxes that way I guess.

For all grain brewers a bit less able to do so though.

BierMeister · Post by **BierMeister** » Thursday Nov 23, 2006 11:30 am

All Grain wins again

Tipsy · Post by **Tipsy** » Friday Nov 24, 2006 9:00 pm

Longrasser wrote: /We had all better hope the various rotten State governments dont batter down our doors and demand TAX on the finished product

They can come and collect from me.
I always leave about a centimeter or so in my bottles

homebrewandbeer.com

The cost of beer!!!!

The cost of beer!!!!

Gotta love it

Re: The cost of beer!!!!