What is your homebrew to commercial brew consumption ratio?

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

I don't have enough time to brew enough to keep my pipeline full.

 

[user 22118]

SWMBO doesn't like my bottle obsession and my keg system is at work. So I brew enough for work to only be homebrew and my home is about 50/50. Though I find that I hoard mine so that I can have something I really like first or second and then the rest are commercial.

 

[beretta]

I only drink commercial beer if I'm at a restaurant, pub, or the ballgame. I brew enough to cover my 3 drinks a night goal. I just rather drink my own stuff, it's cheaper and tastes better.

-B

 

[Bruscar]

I don't know, I'm drunk and I guessed. I drink alot of homebrew when I have it, otherwise I go to the store.

What he said.

Varies greatly depending on whether or not I f'd up the last batch!

 

[BrianTheBrewer]

Well I drink half anf half. I love some of our home brew and dont like some of it. I try many different brews out there when someone tells me about them and I also have a ton of favorites from my local store.

 

[jersey dave]

i sample brews that i might want to brew.if i really like something then it is worth the time to brew it .

 

[shecky]

I've reached the point where the pipeline is pretty well stocked. Unless I'm out, it's pretty much all homebrew, though the last vestiges of a couple of Saranac summer 12 packs are hanging around. The Kolsch is outstanding, the rest of it just good, so it's mostly SWMBO's. Not that she doesn't like my brew, it's just that I tend toward the hoppy side and she doesn't.

 

[sea2summit3]

Pretty much just drink my own unless I picked up a special 6-pack on a roadtrip somewhere. Finally have enough stocked up. Although the holiday's are coming up so I better get brewing or will have nothing to drink for New Years!

 

[HVBrewtality]

i am about half n' half

 

[Beerthoven]

95% of the beer I drink is my own.

 

[thataintchicken]

75% Homebrew / 25% Commercial from January - October..
I tend to pick up more seasonals at the store during the late fall and early winter months. That may change with the kegerator coming on line later this month and the increased number of gift brew boxes I need to ship this year.

 

[jcdillin]

About 75% homebrew and 25% commercial

Since we don't have any good LHBS down here I mainly drink commercial beers for the bottles since having them shipped more than doubles the price.

 

[Moose_MI]

This thread need to be revived....I love necro posting

Ive got so many beers in the fridge that friends have dropped off it’s going to be a problem next week when my beer fridge needs to turn into the Turkey fridge.
It’s sort of fun drinking commercial craft beers at home but i keep wanting to go pull a pint from my keezer

 

[kh54s10]

Wow, this is an old one.... It predates when I started homebrewing.

For me it depends... If I have a lot of opportunity to brew, I don't drink much commercial. If not, or I want ideas then I buy more commercial.

 

[Druman07]

Being new to home brewing, I like to buy beers of the style i will be brewing so i can compare my brew to "known" standards.

 

[Moose_MI]

Let’s get to the real point of the survey....

Who wants to hunt down the 29 home brewers that drink mostly commercial beer and occasionally drink their own stuff? I say we beat the crap out of them...

Off with their head! Dilly Dilly!!!!

 

[Dland]

If all is going well, 100% homebrew. Once in a while there is a gap in the pipeline, and is good to try other stuff I guess. Sometimes I get some good ideas drinking other beer, but most of the time it does not taste as good to me as what I make, and the kinds of store bought beer I do like cost too much for daily driver.

 

[bracconiere]

So being it was multi-choice. i gave it a I drink all homebrew, and i think it's crap and dump it down the toilet when i'm done with it....i'd have to look up when i last 'bought alcohol', like some sorta sucker...it was beginning of august this year, and it turned out to be phony inbev micro brew, and before that it was feb of last year...$15 this year, $6.50 last year...

 

[bracconiere]

Being new to home brewing, I like to buy beers of the style i will be brewing so i can compare my brew to "known" standards.

and slap them with your dick i hope!

(edit: holy sh!t, you mean you can say dick in this forum?, lol)

 

[danielthemaniel]

It primarily depends if I have homebrew on hand. When the kegs are on full I'd say 80/20 homebrew. I like to experiment with commercial beers for brewing ideas. I have several go to commercial brews I'll drink. Lots of local Indy breweries, Ballast Point Easy Keel, Bells Two-Hearted, Founders... well anything, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, hell I even often have a domestic macro. I believe there is a time and place for every beer. Even Bud Light!

 

[bracconiere]

It primarily depends if I have homebrew on hand. When the kegs are on full I'd say 80/20 homebrew. I like to experiment with commercial beers for brewing ideas. I have several go to commercial brews I'll drink. Lots of local Indy breweries, Ballast Point Easy Keel, Bells Two-Hearted, Founders... well anything, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, hell I even often have a domestic macro. I believe there is a time and place for every beer. Even Bud Light!

We need to take this homebrew thing to the level of the nut vegans! your not homebrewer enough! what's this a place for bud light?

 

[danielthemaniel]

We need to take this homebrew thing to the level of the nut vegans! your not homebrewer enough! what's this a place for bud light?

I would make a sad radical thinker haha! Hey when I'm cutting grass in the heat of summer, a cold bud light can be quite acceptable!

 

[RPh_Guy]

2017 brulosophy survey results:
http://brulosophy.com/2017/08/24/2017-general-homebrewer-survey-results/

 

[chinkson]

I would say 50/50. I always try to drink from my kegerator because, well why not. But i am also a sucker for bottle trades and commercial specials. I’m running out of bottles tho so i need to start more home consumption of my backlog.

 

[Andrew Hodgson]

Right now I would say about 75/25 commercial. My pipeline isn't that strong and I have a bad habit of buying new tasty looking beers I find and I have to supplement with Miller Lite because lets be real for those occasions when you are going to drink 10+ beers if you don't mix in some lite nonsense you'll pay for it dearly. Plus bars obviously.

 

[MaxStout]

My homebrew pipeline goes up and down. Sometimes my fridge is packed with homebrew, sometimes it's a little sparse while I'm waiting for another batch to ferment. So when the homebrew inventory is low, I tend to buy more commercial beer; less so when I'm well-stocked with homebrew.

The point is: I always try to keep my beer fridge full.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Full fridge..[emoji106]

About 80% HBs. Have 7.5gallons of RIS in kegs that's about $1,000 retail as opposed to $175ish. Makes sense to me.

 

[bracconiere]

Right now I would say about 75/25 commercial. My pipeline isn't that strong and I have a bad habit of buying new tasty looking beers I find and I have to supplement with Miller Lite because lets be real for those occasions when you are going to drink 10+ beers if you don't mix in some lite nonsense you'll pay for it dearly. Plus bars obviously.

one word "glucoamylase" or is that two words?

 

[Zuljin]

I only drink beer I brew myself from wheat I grow myself in soil I create myself.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

I only drink beer I brew myself from wheat I grow myself in soil I create myself.

That is awesome