echotraveler

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Hello guys,

Im making my beer, im coollest friend around right now... since my friends are atomic drinkers, i thought i should charge them something to buy more ingredients, not so much for drinking the beer...

how do you go around this? ive spent around 50 bucks and roughly 2 months, on my first batch....and i dont really want them to drink my homebrew like it was an eternal fountain of free beer.

indeedproceed

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If they drink it at your house Id put little coffee mug out next to the fridge saying "If you're drinking my homebrew, please help support OUR habit"

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you're not selling commercial and technically you can't charge without a license.
But if it's to the point of them drinking your beer to the point you can't afford to brew for yourself, Put out a mandatory "tip" jar. Or if it's primarily 2-4 friends, then you all 4 can alternate who pays for batches.

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Or the sign above the jar that says, "This Sh!t aint free to make, AHEM!"

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Put a big glass jar on top the fridge that has a clear sigh that says:

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Just tell them you'll provide the beer and they can supply the food.

coy

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Just tell them you'll make whatever beer they want as long as they buy the ingrediants, exagerate the cost a bit ($5-10) save that little up and before you know it you'll have some extra money for your own recipe.. while drinking their's.
I also like the tip jar/can/cup/sock/whatever idea.

doctorRobert

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You can make them buy ingredients and brew it for them.... to me thats different then selling beer.

or sell them beer, you wont get caught. keep a rough tally of how many each person drinks, and everyone can agree to settle up when it's time to brew more.

If that doesnt work get new friends.

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echotraveler

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lol...i already told them i didn't want to sell them the beer, but i need them to pay for the ingredients... im just a bit worried about how to enforce this, at the end its up to them.

coy

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How many friends are we talking about?