Do you have a brewing partner? What's your deal?

[LandoLincoln]

Don't let your count or city health department hear you say that; they figure they're in charge of any food or drink sold in their jurisdiction.

Dude, you need to change your profile picture. I keep reading all of your replies in Jeff Bridges' "Rooster Cogburn" character's voice from True Grit.

Does everyone read my replies in Billy Dee Williams' voice?

If so...

"Works every time!"

 

[PaintedRat]

I read troy2000's post in Jeff Bridges' "Roy" character's voice from R.I.P.D. Your posts weren't themed until now.

 

[Texconsinite]

If you have an interest in learning to make wine, or at least drinking wine, you could REALLY work out a good swap here.

He will likely be thrilled to share his wine, and the goodwill you will build by showing him how to brew beer, and "giving" him his first batch should more than pay off in the future.

Lets think to the future. He's still new to brewing beer, so if you send a bottle of your best batches to him, and/or perhaps 1 or 2 of your tried and true recipes for him to try, as a swap for wine and/or beer hes made, dude you are getting the better end of that deal! Here's why:

Wine takes soooo much longer than beer, especially after you factor in letting it age. If hes making it from whole fruit, thats $$$$$, too. You get wine without needing to be patient and have one of your fermenters locked up for months at a time

 

[Johnnyhitch1]

Tell him when you brew and to be there when you do.

Have him shadow you and explain the brewing process.

Show him how recipes are formulated and how to weight out hops and grains.

Have him clean out the mashtun.

Have him add hops and let him watch how you cool and rack to FV

After all of that if hes still interested I would just toss him the first batch for free and have him come back and help for future brews, having him split the cost of ingridients while also helping out with labor seems like a fair trade off for me.

If he just wants to have YOU brew HIM beer then charge him the 50$ a keg and whats done is done.



Illegal....whats that?

 

[m1k3]

I thought I'd post a conclusion... in case anyone was interested in how my situation worked out.

At least to start out it will go something like this:

It's not going to be the typical brew buddy partnership where we get together and brew. The equipment is 100% mine, I do the recipe formulation and probably all of the brewing/clean up.

I usually brew on Saturday morning from 6am to 11am... he probably won't come over until I am done or almost done. (He is invited over early if he wants and I am willing to teach.)

But I don't expect much help, if any. Although lifting the mash tun to dump it is a two man job that I've been doing on my own! (maybe I can get him to help with that)

The first batch will be a stout. I'll fill his carboy and provide a packet of dry yeast. He will ferment it at home and rack into his own keg.

He is willing to pay cash or ingredients, what ever I want. I am happy with the deal. Things might change over time. It will get me to brew on a more consistent schedule, brew large batches (which I enjoy) and cut the cost in half. (Also, I won't have to give him any more free beer!)

Thanks for all the replies.

 

[beersk]

Looks like it'll work out pretty well. Too bad he won't help you more on brew day. I figured that'd be a part of the deal/fun of having a brew partner.

 

[troy2000]

Dude, you need to change your profile picture. I keep reading all of your replies in Jeff Bridges' "Rooster Cogburn" character's voice from True Grit.

Does everyone read my replies in Billy Dee Williams' voice?

If so...

"Works every time!"

Unfortunately, that's really a picture of me. I suppose I could go back to my old one, but it's about ten years old and probably no improvement (below).

And no, I don't sound like Jeff Bridges.... or at least, not like Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn.

 

[Yesfan]

Dude, you need to change your profile picture. I keep reading all of your replies in Jeff Bridges' "Rooster Cogburn" character's voice from True Grit.

Does everyone read my replies in Billy Dee Williams' voice?

If so...

"Works every time!"

Hahaha! Yep, I do.






Sorry for the hi-jack.

 

[m1k3]

Today was the brew day. He paid for all the ingredients (and I have some base malt left over). He brought over 4 commercial beers for me to try! He showed up after all the wort was collected but before the 60 minute hops went in. He helped me dump the mash tun and clean up a bit.

So, I am totally happy with this arrangement. He took home his BetterBottle with 5 gallons and will pitch the yeast himself.

I got 10 gallons of wort.

Thanks everyone for your advice.

 

[Hello]

Did you share with your attorney as well?
Sounds like he's a good guy and what you have is a guy you sell wort to and not so much a brew buddy. Not a bad deal.

 

[catdaddy66]

My brother used to be my brew partner for a few years when we started but then I moved. We could bounce ideas off each other as to what we wanted to brew next, what techniques to try, and just generally life talk. Man I need to brew another batch soon

Exactly my situation. My brother got out I brewing but recently bought another kit with equipment. He came over and helped me with a clone attempt of Bell's Two Hearted Ale. It came out really well and he said, "Crap, now I have to go all grain..." Lmao!


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[uatuba]

Why not charge what it would normally cost for 5 gallons of wort? For most of the beers I make, that's $50-60.

Yes, I'm aware that cost per gallon goes down as the batch size increases. However, there is a premium to be paid for the work you put in, and something tells me you forgot about fuel costs.


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[aslander]

Brewing partners are overrated. I have brewed with a few people from work and find they typically are not as knowledgeable. They tend to have misconceptions during the process and I find I eventually have to give in to some to let them feel like they are contributing. I'd have to say that brew days go so much smoother solo. Brewing with partners can be nice but I find that I have more issues and don't have a perfect process. I tend to drink more, give in to them to make them feel better, and wind up feeling shafted because I wind up doing most the planning, work, and worry. I think if someone wants to watch, then fine. If they want to own the final product and feel like they brewed it then do it themselves.

 

[aslander]

To follow up... The people that i come across that homebrew and want to brew with me tend to be this type:

Buy kits
Don't do starters
Don't use temp control
Don't take hydrometer or refractometer readings
Don't use campden
Don't read HBT or forums or books
Just simply don't care enough. ..

If you find a brewing partner that doesn't fall in the above category then go for it. Otherwise just invite them to watch.

 

[nealperkins]

This is not hard.

If you like the guy, its all good.

If you don't...he's gotta go.

( But remember he'll never be as careful with your equipment as you are. )