Buying Beer (Not Brewing Beer)

[kaz4121]

As much as I love homebrewing, I still very much consider myself a beginner (brewing for just over 2 years), which is why I still am very active in trying new beers of all different varieties. This helps me better understand my likes/dislikes in beer which in turn, helps me refine my homebrewing to produce elite beers. Eventually i would like to get to the point where I am drinking 99% homebrews, but I think drinking exclusively beers made at home can create tunnel vision and lack of "beer culturing" at least early on.

 

[kaz4121]

also i like to use pacman yeast as my house strain, and for the same price as a smack pack, I can pick up some rogue beer

 

[SavoryChef]

I haven't bought commercial since the beginning of the year when I bought my 25 gallon setup. Its getting warm so I have to brew enough to get me through half the summer. Then I will buy some.

 

[Lancer033]

"Research" is one of my favorite parts of the hobby! I bought a mess of Kolsh, including several swing-top varieties, on my last trip to the beer store.

exactly...i haven't bought a 12 pack of normal beer in a while, but i buy craft beer all the time.

 

[Disintegr8or]

I always buy beer when I can to see if I find the next beer I want to try to clone.

I was out of town this weekend and spent about $80 at Total Wine on different beer just to try them.

I like the DFH Aprihop and Tommyknocker Black IPA. I haven't been able to sample any more yet.

 

[Huisache]

I need to research before I brew. Why would I brew a style I have never tasted before? This is one of the many reasons I love a "Build Your Own" Six Pack.

 

[Calichusetts]

I brew ALOT, probably more than most new brewers on here, and I probably spend MORE on commercial micros of an expensive nature since I started homebrewing....it's called research.

Exactly...I would have never thought to try summit hops until I tried Widmer and Great Divide. You can learn so much from this type of research and it does broaden your horizons...I'm certainly going to try a style before I brew it. I wanted to try a steam beer until I tasted Anchor this weekend. Not for me...I might try one with some spices but the whole California Common segment of brews is really not up my alley

 

[hwilshusen]

Just yesterday I realized I was going to be short a couple bottles for a batch I was going to bottle. Ran up to the supermarket bought 3 Grolsch 16 oz flip tops. $2.38 each. My local brew shop sells 16 oz amber flip tops for 28.99 a case of 12. (2.41 ea)