AZ_Brew_Dude
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I know the primary reason to get into homebrewing shouldn't be to save a few bucks on beer. But that's one of the frequent "advantages" I hear, and it doesn't really seem any cheaper. One website I visited even said it's possible to brew a 5 gallon batch of beer for $10-12... maybe 10 years ago???
I just completed my second batch which was EdWorts Apfelwein. The total cost for all the ingredients for that came to only about $16 - so that breaks down to about $8 per "case" of 8.5% hard cider which is great.
But that seems to be the exception. Many of the beer kits I've seen online and at the LHBS go for anywhere from $30-50 (including shipping), and then if you factor in the additional cost of the electricity to run a fridge to keep the fermenter at a constant temperature (lager even more expensive than ale), the cost of the sanitizer solution, etc... it probably comes out to $25, $30, or even more per "case" of homebrew.
So is it really a possibility to brew your own beer for cheaper than commercial beer? Anyone have any good recommendations on either recipe kits, or their own recipes which are cheaper? Again, this isn't my main objective for homebrewing, but it just seems unrealistic to expect to save money by brewing it myself.
Thanks for the advice!
I just completed my second batch which was EdWorts Apfelwein. The total cost for all the ingredients for that came to only about $16 - so that breaks down to about $8 per "case" of 8.5% hard cider which is great.
But that seems to be the exception. Many of the beer kits I've seen online and at the LHBS go for anywhere from $30-50 (including shipping), and then if you factor in the additional cost of the electricity to run a fridge to keep the fermenter at a constant temperature (lager even more expensive than ale), the cost of the sanitizer solution, etc... it probably comes out to $25, $30, or even more per "case" of homebrew.
So is it really a possibility to brew your own beer for cheaper than commercial beer? Anyone have any good recommendations on either recipe kits, or their own recipes which are cheaper? Again, this isn't my main objective for homebrewing, but it just seems unrealistic to expect to save money by brewing it myself.
Thanks for the advice!