battlepanda
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Hi guys, first time poster here.
I'm pretty new to home brewing. In general, I still brew from kits at my local homebrew store. Sometimes I find a recipe I like, and buys all the ingredients separately (again, from my local brew store), but every recipe I try seem to come out to about the same price as the kits, that is, $30 for a five-gallon batch.
The other day I was in an (non-brewing related) internet forum and this guy who used to be a hobby home brewer mentioned in passing that when he brewed his own, the ingredient costs was as low as $1.50/gallon! I wish I had asked him at the time how he did it!
Even if it's not possible to brew good tasting beer at home for $1.50/gallon, I'd appreciate some tips for cutting down on costs. Right now my ideas are stalling at:
1) Saving yeast from batch to batch
2) Growing my own hops
Both seem like a lot of work for very little savings.
I'm pretty new to home brewing. In general, I still brew from kits at my local homebrew store. Sometimes I find a recipe I like, and buys all the ingredients separately (again, from my local brew store), but every recipe I try seem to come out to about the same price as the kits, that is, $30 for a five-gallon batch.
The other day I was in an (non-brewing related) internet forum and this guy who used to be a hobby home brewer mentioned in passing that when he brewed his own, the ingredient costs was as low as $1.50/gallon! I wish I had asked him at the time how he did it!
Even if it's not possible to brew good tasting beer at home for $1.50/gallon, I'd appreciate some tips for cutting down on costs. Right now my ideas are stalling at:
1) Saving yeast from batch to batch
2) Growing my own hops
Both seem like a lot of work for very little savings.
