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Would you still Homebrew if you won $58 000 000?
Posted: Thursday Jun 05, 2008 11:52 pm
by Clean Brewer
Ok, now, did anyone on this forum win the $58 000 000 in Powerball tonight??
If you did(there was 1 winner

), you are obviously set.. You would have $14 340 a day to spend just living off your interest..
Would you still home brew??????????
Re: Would you still Homebrew if you won $58 000 000?
Posted: Friday Jun 06, 2008 12:05 am
by nath76
I would, its a pretty cool hobby plus imagine the brewery that u could set up in ur house............

Re: Would you still Homebrew if you won $58 000 000?
Posted: Friday Jun 06, 2008 12:44 am
by hoohaaman
Bet the winner goes to work tomorrow!
Thats the problem winning so much.
Re: Would you still Homebrew if you won $58 000 000?
Posted: Friday Jun 06, 2008 7:33 am
by Kevnlis
Why would anyone still homebrew?
I would build a
real brewery and do it properly!

Re: Would you still Homebrew if you won $58 000 000?
Posted: Friday Jun 06, 2008 8:08 am
by earle
I would build a real brewery and do it properly!

Thats what I was thinking.

Re: Would you still Homebrew if you won $58 000 000?
Posted: Friday Jun 06, 2008 9:06 am
by Clean Brewer
hoohaaman wrote:Bet the winner goes to work tomorrow!
Thats the problem winning so much.
Probably will, doesn't get the cheque until 2 weeks after they hand in the winning ticket..

Re: Would you still Homebrew if you won $58 000 000?
Posted: Friday Jun 06, 2008 9:25 am
by Rob C
Lucky me i won $11.20 maybe i can buy some more hops.
Cheers
Rob
Re: Would you still Homebrew if you won $58 000 000?
Posted: Friday Jun 06, 2008 10:54 am
by warra48
Kevnlis wrote:I would build a
real brewery and do it properly!

Aye, and there's the rub.
If you build yourself what is basically a microbrewwery, it will turn into work, and all your old and new mates will expect free beer.
And if you think looking after $58 mil is not work, you have another think coming. There are plenty of smart operators out there who will look after your money, but often they will do better out of it than you.
And all your relatives, and anyone who has ever called him/herself your friend, will expect your assistance to help pay off their mortgage, plastic etc etc etc. That's not to mention all the oodles of charities who will all present a pressing case to relieve you of a large part of your fortune.
All right, you try to keep it quiet. However, everyone who has ever known you will wonder why you chucked in your job, upgraded your house to one costing 8 times what your old one did, and how come you now drive a Porsche.
So, you decide to look after the money yourself, but then you have just acquired yourself a full time investment managers job.
Don't give me $58 mil. I have enough trouble looking after $2 or 3 mil as it is.
Have a nice day.

Re: Would you still Homebrew if you won $58 000 000?
Posted: Friday Jun 06, 2008 11:27 am
by Trizza
I think I’d still defiantly brew my own.
however.
There would be a brewery in the alps I’d get started, and research and development for this brewery would exist in Melbourne, at my home address. The ability to make beer with no limit on how much it could cost would be incredible. Think of having access to every hop, grain, yeast and expertise in the world to help you make that perfect beer.
Keeping it quite wouldnt be too hard, just dont let it change who u are too much.
Re: Would you still Homebrew if you won $58 000 000?
Posted: Friday Jun 06, 2008 12:12 pm
by Bizier
You could homebrew as a full time job, with a well-paid assistant that has a brewing degree. And 40 acres of gain and hops.
Re: Would you still Homebrew if you won $58 000 000?
Posted: Friday Jun 06, 2008 12:32 pm
by James L
I think i would just move to germany and drink all day... but a fully automated 500L brewery in the back shed would be gurd too....
Re: Would you still Homebrew if you won $58 000 000?
Posted: Friday Jun 06, 2008 12:36 pm
by Boonie
hoohaaman wrote:Bet the winner goes to work tomorrow!
Thats the problem winning so much.
I would have gone to work...........to hand in my keys.
And yes, I still would be HB'ing.......Buy a brewery?? not immediately, research alot first, flog a good Head Brewer and go from there.
Cheers
Boonie
Re: Would you still Homebrew if you won $58 000 000?
Posted: Friday Jun 06, 2008 12:48 pm
by drsmurto
Employ beerbelly to make me the shiniest brewery in existence....
Re: Would you still Homebrew if you won $58 000 000?
Posted: Friday Jun 06, 2008 12:51 pm
by Kevnlis
Flogging the head brewer probably will not get you the best beer... try a course at UC Davis and build your own brewery

Re: Would you still Homebrew if you won $58 000 000?
Posted: Friday Jun 06, 2008 12:52 pm
by Kevnlis
drsmurto wrote:Employ beerbelly to make me the shiniest brewery in existence....
You would still need a qualified brewers assistant

Re: Would you still Homebrew if you won $58 000 000?
Posted: Friday Jun 06, 2008 2:08 pm
by drsmurto
What, and have the assistant more qualified than the head brewer?

Re: Would you still Homebrew if you won $58 000 000?
Posted: Friday Jun 06, 2008 2:09 pm
by Kevnlis
Re: Would you still Homebrew if you won $58 000 000?
Posted: Friday Jun 06, 2008 3:02 pm
by modo
I would visit every brewery in the world
Re: Would you still Homebrew if you won $58 000 000?
Posted: Friday Jun 06, 2008 3:12 pm
by Kevnlis
modo wrote:I would visit every brewery in the world
and a day with the head brewer of each!

Re: Would you still Homebrew if you won $58 000 000?
Posted: Friday Jun 06, 2008 3:13 pm
by pixelboy
Id buy a pub and set up a microbrewery...
employ someone to do the messy stuff and id formulate the recipies
I wish I had these problems.. what to do with $59m