Brew day costings

[nigel_c]

Has anyone ever worked out the cost of a brew day? Say a 23l batch with a 2 Argos kettle boiler ? Would be interested to see how it adds up. AT the moment water charges do not apply but that will add a bit extra onto the bottom line some day. Just starting a brew now and it got me thinking.

[DEMPSEY]

Hey Nigel,there a job for you to do. You have being a prolific brewer and would be perfect to do a costing. It would be your first article for the homepage.

[Rossa]

I think it's roughly 18c a kw. running a kettle of 2.5kw for say 2 hours is 2*2.5 = 5*18= 90c

grain at €1 a kg = 5
yeast New dried = 3
Hops ~3

suppose 12€ at most. reuse yeast and it'll be less than €10
24c per .5l for 25l. That is probably on the higher side. Does that sound right?

[Hop Bomb]

AT the moment water charges do not apply but that will add a bit extra onto the bottom line some day.

I was just thinking that last night. Im thinking of collecting my worth chiller run off & using that for future brew days. Has anyone else done this? Im thinking one of those large blue barrels with a tap on it. Ive got a 12v pump which would make transferring it a lot quicker.

[Ciderhead]

I use initial hot water from chiller to wash everything.
some recirculate through ice buckets, loads of hb tubs with ice blocks from the freezer.
Mine flows at 9L per minute

[Ciderhead]

I think it's roughly 18c a kw. running a kettle of 2.5kw for say 2 hours is 2*2.5 = 5*18= 90c

grain at €1 a kg = 5
yeast New dried = 3
Hops ~3

suppose 12€ at most. reuse yeast and it'll be less than €10
24c per .5l for 25l. That is probably on the higher side. Does that sound right?

I punch in ingredients costs in inventory in Beersmith, it tells me exact costs and I also deduct those volumes automatically from inventory when I run a brew
liquid yeasts brews run between 18 and 25 depending on grains and more expensive hops
Not plugged in most recent grain or hop buys, will it halve