Do most of you just buy all the equipment, kits, extract, grain, etc on your own dime, or do you have groups of friends that get together to help spend and make all the decisions? Do you charge any friends/family for drinking your beer to help offset the costs?
On my own dime(s). I'm single and have decent disposable income to support my brewing habit. I also never charge anyone for my homebrew-- I'm (somewhat) generous by nature and get a lot of satisfaction sharing my homebrew with others. It's also probably skirting the edge of what's legal to charge people for your beer.
-Steve
__________________ On Deck: Jamil's Vanilla Robust Porter Fermenting: Orange Blossom Mead Kegs: Element 56 Pale Ale, Ron's Belgian Blonde, Summer'n Saison, Furloughktoberfest '09, Grateful Pale Ale, Sam Adams Cream Stout Clone, EdWort's Apfelwein Planning: n/a
one piece at a time , I try to buy one thing that I need a month
what ever you do don't tell your friends it's cheap to make home brew they they think its free for you and your supposed to supply them there drunk.
slow and steady wins the race. I would love it if I could dump a ton of cash towards my setup but I piece it together slowly, look for deals and try to be innovative.
How do you afford more beer/equipment
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