Friends paying for beer?!

[echotraveler]

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]

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"

 

[IrregularPulse]

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.

 

[IrregularPulse]

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

 

[JOHN51277]

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

BEER
FUND​

 

[Frank99]

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

 

[coy]

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]

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.

 

[echotraveler]

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]

How many friends are we talking about?

 

[echotraveler]

How many friends are we talking about?

around 6...and 2 of them are HARD CORE, not in a good way...guess im getting tired of their attitude, my biggest concern is them...

 

[mosquitocontrol]

You can't really enforce it. Unless you want to make entry to your house a $5 cover like a keg party. Which wouldn't be too friendly. If youhave GOOD friends a simple tip jar near the tap or fridge (with a little emphasize by you) would probably work for a few bucks.

 

[Malticulous]

I have a grain fund that keeps me in beer. Four people buy me a sack of grain a month.

 

[Wellshooter]

20 years ago my Uncle bought a kegerator and stocked it with BMC. He was the most popular man in town until he asked for help buying the beer. Shortly after that he quit stocking it and all his "friends" disappeared.

Best beer to drink is OPB. (other peoples beer).

 

[coy]

around 6...and 2 of them are HARD CORE, not in a good way...guess im getting tired of their attitude, my biggest concern is them...

Just tell them to poney up $12 each batch or they won't get any beer. As for the "hard core" guys. keep a baseball bat near ya. it usually works.

 

[PinkyOFloyd]

Lot's of good ideas.. The bottom line is. Are they really friends or just liking the free beer? Real friends will pony up and respect you for it. The rest can take a hike and you'll be better off for it.

 

[schmagy]

Lot's of good ideas.. The bottom line is. Are they really friends or just liking the free beer? Real friends will pony up and respect you for it. The rest can take a hike and you'll be better off for it.

+1 I used to have moocher unappreciative friends Back in college... wised up and shed the *********s.. never looked back. those pecks are always the ones ruining good things for others via bad choices or over the top behavior. first ones to get you busted.

 

[Frank99]

Just hang a receipt of your recent ingredients purchase right next to the keg next to the "Beer Fund" cup. If that doesn't work, then Adios Amigos!

 

[arturo7]

Ask them to do some yard work.

 

[brewagentjay]

I just go with buying supplies for ya works well for me right now......I still give out free samples a few 22oz here or 6zer there to input.........then someone want's a case so I just have them buy me more stuff to make another batch......works well since I get over 2 cases a batch.

For at my house drining I have a large water jug dontation jar (was my hot tub fund) I only wish I had used it for a secondary instead now.

 

[ReverseApacheMaster]

Your friends may not realize the expense in making your beer -- so I would say mentioning your expenses and asking that they chip in once (while they are sober) should be enough. If they continue to drink without pitching in, they aren't friends, they are just mooches, and you should quit inviting them over, or make your house BYOB.

 

[SmokeShank]

I talked to my buddies and told them that when they come over they can drink free beer, I only drink a couple so they will also (I limit myself when they are around). I give them a couple free beers to take home when they are ready, all else they need to pay me!!!. My deal is that it will be cheaper than what they can buy at the beer store. I'm not expecting to make a profit just enough to get a few free brews!

 

[likwidbliss]

Tell those cabrones to pony up some mullah!

 

[timm747]

I talked to my buddies and told them that when they come over they can drink free beer, I only drink a couple so they will also (I limit myself when they are around). I give them a couple free beers to take home when they are ready, all else they need to pay me!!!. My deal is that it will be cheaper than what they can buy at the beer store. I'm not expecting to make a profit just enough to get a few free brews!

...which essentially is a profit.



I like the jar idea myself. I have a bunch of people asking for free beer now that I've started. I've had to explain to them that it costs money to make. They never seem to want any after that.

 

[DizzyPants]

I have hosted a few homebrew happy hours and never had anyone turn me down. Just ask they bring some munchies and if they like it, I could brew them some more and give out a recipe list. I love the hobby, and won't mind brewing an extra batch...ahem..keeping a few for myself.

 

[JGB]

Just put a sign above the toilet that says "Free Beer... Slightly used"

 

[cimirie]

I may be alone here, but if you're gonna share it with them, asking them to pay for it is a bit... tacky. If a buddy of mine pointed to a "tip" jar every time I came over and had a beer, I may actually put in, but I would probably think less of the guy.

I love to share my beer with everybody I meet. If I go through a case in a day with my friends, that's on me. If you don't want them to drink it, don't offer it to them, don't tell them about a new recipe you're psyched about, and don't tell them the progress on your batches.

You don't have to share your homebrew. And if your friends really only come over to drink your brew, then that is a problem. But if you like to make it and you like to share what you've made with others, I think that cost is on you. UNTIL they start making requests. Then you are totally within rights to ask them to poney up. Just my two cents.

 

[northernlad]

Keep less beer in your fridge. If you are going to have few friends over decide how much beer you want to part with and chill only that. If they ask if there is more tell them it is conditioning.

 

[olllllo]

This.

You don't have to share your homebrew. And if your friends really only come over to drink your brew, then that is a problem. But if you like to make it and you like to share what you've made with others, I think that cost is on you.

QFT

 

[demonrichie]

put a per bottle labor cost...selling beer without a licence is illegal but youre not selling beer youre selling the labor to make it the beer is free(add fermentation time in too )