How fast do you consume 5 gallons of home brew?

[DoubleAught]

If it's a good brew I'll kill one in about 3-4 weeks.

 

[Diaperload]

My first batch ever was really tasty (Newcastle Brown Ale clone) and it didn't last very long at all. I'd say a little over a week.

Since then I've slowed my drinking down a bit (between moving and conscientiously slowing down my drinking) I've managed to get a pipeline going and have 2 batches that are ready with a 3rd being drinkable in a few days.

I'd say a 5 gallon batch lasts me 3 weeks now.

 

[Hopleaf11]

I have a bitter about to go into secondary and a Cardimum Pumpkin Porter in Primary.

That sounds like an awesome porter. Care to share the recipe?

 

[mrgstiffler]

That sounds like an awesome porter. Care to share the recipe?

I would also be interested.

 

[funkapottomous]

Wow, I am a total slacker. Takes a couple of months for me.

same here. I only run out because I give so much away to friends and family.

 

[Clann]

About 2 weeks per 5 gallon batch. I drink a case a week by my self.

 

[edb23]

about a month got one 5 gal batch

 

[jtakacs]

Either I am a light drinker compared to home brewers, or the folks here drink pretty heavy!

A 5 gallon batch, assuming I am not aging or saving it, and not cutting in other brews with it, will last me about 2 months. That is a case a month, which if drinking with the wife seems reasonable.

i'm with ya tall... i drink less than a beer a day. of course beer isn't my first choice, but i have no desire to distill gin.

that being said, i give more than half my beer away and yet i still have at least a dozen cases sitting around (many are sours, barleywines, etc. that i'll drink for years)...

the IPA and sours are mine, everything else is for other people.

 

[bricks]

Since I am not brewing again yet, I am still hitting the BMC stuff. I go through a case in about a week, so I guess when I start kegging I could look to get a couple of weeks out of 5 gallons.

 

[Bulls Beers]

4 to 5 weeks for a 5 gallon back myself. My first keg I went through in less than two weeks alone..That was a fun week.

 

[tchuklobrau]

Usually 5g is about 4-6 days for me. Lol i dont keep em around long enough or brew often enough to get a pipeline going.

 

[munche]

Depends on how good it is. Brewing 5 gallon batches all the time, usually a month to take down one since at least 3 others are being consumed at the same time.

This pretty much sums me up. I keep 4 beers on tap, usually takes a month or two per beer, although if I have a party my IPAs tend to go in an evening

 

[krebs119]

I don't know how you guys drink so fast.

I used to brew 5 gal extract/pm kits and bottle them. It would take me a while to drink them but I always felt bad getting rid of the last few.

Then I started kegging. I found that even if I really liked the beer, it took me 3-4 months to go through it. I give maybe 25% of it away, and my gf doesn't drink beer, so the other 3-4 gals or so was just me. Like others said, I'd get bored with it so I'd go out and buy bottles or commercial beer.

After probably 6 or 8 5gal kegs that lasted FOREVER, I decided to move to 2.5gal BIAB brews, and keg them. With that I can manage the 2.5gal myself without getting sick of it, BIAB saved me some money, and I got to make better beer - win, win, win. Assuming I don't share, and all I drink is out of 1 keg, it now takes me maybe a month to make it through 2.5gal. My fridge holds 3 kegs at a time, and I just bought my 6th keg, so I always have a keg or two on hand, ready to replace an empty. My *big* or non-session beers I still like to bottle, knowing that most people wont have more than 1 in a sitting, and that will just tie up a keg spot for months.

 

[Refly]

Probably 2 months so I'm on the slow end it seems. It really depends on the beer style. I brewed an ordinary bitter and with the lower abv and drinkability that disappeared quickly. I was drinking it with most meals. Non-session beers I tend to drink one at a time and when I have the time to enjoy them so they tend to last a while.

I also mix in some store bought beers for styles that I don't want 5 gallons of - so that adds time as well.

 

[ReverseApacheMaster]

I have no idea how some of you drink so much beer. I'm not criticizing, I wish I could do it. If I did, I'd be incredibly lazy and get nothing done and I'd be 300lbs. So more power to those of you who can.

 

[joeybeer]

The only beer I drink is my beer and I'd guess 2-3 weeks ..

 

[xsists]

I have no idea how some of you drink so much beer. I'm not criticizing, I wish I could do it. If I did, I'd be incredibly lazy and get nothing done and I'd be 300lbs. So more power to those of you who can.

I'm lazy, I get nothing done and I'm 300 lbs... That's how.

 

[rjsnau]

I'd say about 2-3 months so I seem to be on the longer side two. I think the quickest I ever killed a keg was 1.5 months. My SWMBO doesn't drink beer so other than a few give-a-ways it is just me.

 

[gilby_7]

My average is about a case per week, but I have killed an entire 5 gal batch in a little less than a week by myself. I am a seasoned alcoholic though and I can drink a six pack just while making dinner and not even realize it. I just keep subconsciously going back to the fridge.

 

[rico567]

For me, hard to say, since I usually have parts of 7 or 8 batches sitting on the shelves. Estimation on the basis of 2 a day, which is pretty normal = a batch a month. Then there's SWMBO, who's less than that , maybe another 1/2 batch. Of course, that goes up if we have house guests or a get-together......

 

[cruckin78]

Ugh. That's awful. Almost defeats the purpose of a kegerator. Better bring multiple glasses or bottles back right?

yeah it usually works out all my pint glasses end up in the house ontop of the fridge, and no glasses in the beer shed, so I have to carry them all back out every couple days..

But when I was using 1 tap mini frige in the house I could kill 5 gal in a couple weeks....i'd have 2-3-4 almost every night....now it's 1-2 a few nights a week since I have to walk....I have a TV out there but no cable lol

 

[mewithstewpid]

4 months minimum. usually about 4-6 months.

i have a 1.5 gallon tap a draft in the fridge that usually lasts about 2 months.

about once a month i bring in 6 bottles for people at work to share. i try not to drink to much beer!

 

[solbes]

Lately with a keg its more (hard not to pull on that handle). I need to get back to our original level. I guess over our first 5 batches its about 5 weeks per 5 gal batch for 2 adults and some friends. Plenty of commercial brews sprinkled in also though for stockpiling of bottles.

 

[TromboneGuy]

30 days. I get about 60 bottles out of a 5 1/2 gallon batch, and my girlfriend and I will have about one each per night.

The Oktoberfest I'm storing in the basement really screwed up my pipeline.

 

[brandonhagen1]

one week tops om any of my brew and im usually the only one drinking if i have friends come over i can kick 5 gallons in hours

 

[Slowfro]

Completely varies here depending on what's going on. Just standard having a few here and there it'll probably take roughly 3 weeks for a batch. Now if you count a weekend watching football, me and my friends will plow through the better part of 5 gallons during a game. And lets not even go into holidays with the family....speaking of I should probably get inventory up for Thanksgiving!

 

[OhioBri]

I savor it. 45-60 days or so. I usually keep some beer of lesser quality in the fridge as well, so I don't guzzle it all down too quickly.

 

[beersteiner2345]

Takes me about 5 weeks to drain a 5 gallon keg.

 

[beersteiner2345]

I've cut down drinking so much since, I moved the kegorator out into the brew house...Now I have to walk across the yard for a beer LOL.....

I have the opposite problem. My kegerator is in the house, but I spend 90% of my beer drinking time in the garage (separate from the house). So I fill a 32 oz. growler and take it to the garage in a cooler every night. :rockin:

 

[LCTitan]

Five gallons in our house usually lasts 6-8 weeks. I also like switching up beers that include commercial microbrews and homebrews. On average friends and family consume 6 to 12 beers out of the five gallon batch. This is also dependant on how many friends my son (now 23) brings over. (beers tend to vanish very quickly). LOL