Make your brewing pay for itself

[johnrm]

Buy a basic kit for say e100.
For every beer you have, put e2 in the kitty.
15 beers in, you gave enough for your next kit delivered.
Keep going, e2 per beer, upgrading your kit from the kitty, you will eventually have your dream Brouwerij!

[Leann ull]

I'm still minus, probably coming close to 4 figures now if I was thrifty I'm sure I'd be positive now and it's still cheaper per hour than putting coins in a slot machine

[johnrm]

Well there are exceptions 

I guess if someone were to ask you how much it cost, the answer is you can make it pay for itself.

Now, what do I need next...

[LordEoin]

I thought the whole point was that you don't need to overpay for each beer! 

[johnrm]

It's called investing.
Diageken have you pay a shed load for something that costs less than homebrew .

[mr hoppy]

I'd say it's a bit late for that for most folks on this board. The marginal cost of a beer is pretty low once you are all-grain, just the hops and yeast really. It's the shiny equipment that does the damage. I reckon I was ahead til I started kegging.

[Bazza]

I'd say it's a bit late for that for most folks on this board. The marginal cost of a beer is pretty low once you are all-grain, just the hops and yeast really. It's the shiny equipment that does the damage. I reckon I was ahead til I started kegging.

+1 to that

I've kept a log of every brew I've done, since starting over 7 years ago. It was really just to keep track of what went into the brew, size of the brew in pints, etc, along with notes and comments. I also started noting what I spent on ingredients and equipment between brews. 7 years, well over 100 brews later, and I still can't manage to get to under £1 a pint overall. Every time I get close some new piece of shiny just begs to get bought, or a group buy comes up on this forum 

-Barry

[Oh Crap]

I'd say it's a bit late for that for most folks on this board. The marginal cost of a beer is pretty low once you are all-grain, just the hops and yeast really. It's the shiny equipment that does the damage. I reckon I was ahead til I started kegging.

+1 to that

I've kept a log of every brew I've done, since starting over 7 years ago. It was really just to keep track of what went into the brew, size of the brew in pints, etc, along with notes and comments. I also started noting what I spent on ingredients and equipment between brews. 7 years, well over 100 brews later, and I still can't manage to get to under £1 a pint overall. Every time I get close some new piece of shiny just begs to get bought, or a group buy comes up on this forum 

-Barry

Ssssshh there may be spies among us, they sense talk about money and more shiny stuff. I think there called w***s  very keen sense of "what's that" ability

[Slev]

Besides,  it might start of with just a euro here or there in a kitty box,  but pretty soon,  you'll see someone  post about a prettier kitty box,  so then you'll upgrade to a shiny ss one,  then maybe add some automation controls,  perhaps a level gauge to check on the amount of euros in it and next thing you know,  Grainfather are bringing out their own range of kitty boxes,  and you are thinking- I could make one of those.    Etc very soon that self same kitty box has cost you a pretty penny.  Time to start another kitty for the kitty, 

[LordEoin]

Time to start drinking Royal Dutch, four for a fiver!

[oblivious]

I'd say it's a bit late for that for most folks on this board. The marginal cost of a beer is pretty low once you are all-grain, just the hops and yeast really. It's the shiny equipment that does the damage. I reckon I was ahead til I started kegging.

think of the time you save compared to bottling 

[ac13]

I have a basic spreadsheet that tells me what my production cost per bottle is. This is calculating everything bought historically (kit, ingredients etc.) and dividing it by bottles produced. I also have a "forecast" that tells me what it could have been (factoring in ruined batches spillages etc.)

I think current bottle cost is 2.02 and forecast somewhere around 1.34.

Doesnt really encourage me to save for the next batch unfortunately.

Damn I'm a nerd 

[nigel_c]

I tried that. Put a "Donation" jar beside the kegerator but some git kept robbing it and buying spice bags when I he got drunk.

[Leann ull]

Ah here lads hobbies are supposed to cost

[nigel_c]

When you work it out, the more you drink the more you save.