Tip Jar?

[FireNightFly]

Ive always had a dime jar, even before I started brewing. It became a thing for people to "drop the dime" to the jar. Over the years, Ive never spent the Dimes. Ive only every replaced the jar with a larger jar. Has become a thing over the years and a bit of fun. People save their dimes for me now and drop them off when they visit.

 

[mot]

tacky imho, but nothing from stopping you. no ones gonna know about it except you and the people giving money. dont need to worry about legalities on something like that

 

[IXVolt]

I always just tell them to come over and help me brew instead of tipping. I'd rather instill the brewing bug, than recoup some cost. AG brewing isn't that expensive once you have all the equipment.

 

[bad coffee]

I put out a donation box at a party.

We kicked 6 kegs, and I got $9.

That's the last time I put out the box. If someone asks if they can give me a few bucks for beer, I don't say no. My friends know they all drink for free. It's more my roommates' friends that chip in. I appreciate they know it's not free beer just because it's on tap.

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[Jud]

If everyone likes your homebrew, why not have a brew party. Have each person bring a part of the recipe. You all get to drink your homebrew, you get to introduce people to the hobby, and homebrew get replenished. Seems like a good idea to me.

As far as people asking you to brew them some beer. Which I never mind doing. I approach it the same way as above, but they just have to provide their primary carboy. I have found that most people enjoy this.

 

[kornkob]

That only works if you can trust everyone to buy the right stuff. I'm picky enough about that to not want someone who doesn't know what they are doing picking up ingredients for me.

Now if one of my friends (or several) wanted to learn to brew I'd be happy to host a brew party. However, my friends seem to be more interested in drinking the brew than learning about the process.