Aside from restaurants, about 98% or so.
iambeer said:I don't agree with you or 95% of the posts here. I could be wrong but in my estimation, as an artist or craftsman, creating is only a small part of the job/hobby/lifestyle. Exploring what is new and being part of the community of a larger part of it. You gotta try other beers on a regular basis. Consuming your own beer is fine and well but it's odd. If you want to keep the hobby interesting, you must maintain a higher standard than your capability. Therefore, "research" as one poster called it... is a constant effort.
Depends on the volume of beer your using to calculate against! If your volume of homebrew farley exceeds the volume of commercial beer your commercial beer volume would be low % and homebrew consumption would be a higher %.
Should we restart the post with an assumption that everyone brews the maximum amount of beer per adult per household? Or assume we just pick a number that everyone should use to calculate against.
Lets say 500 gallons is the number we calculate against :-,)
i dont mix any of my beers together so it is all hoembrew or all store beer
iambeer said:Okay.. so let's say you make the US federal limit of 200 gallons... that's a lot of beer.
But I just find it hard to believe that an overwhelming majority of home brewers posting to this thread drink the vast majority of their own beer instead over craft beer. This is because A. home brewing is not an exercise in saving money and B. craft brews are really good.... who better knows how good craft brew than a home brewer?
So these numbers don't match up for me. For example: are we talking about gallons or bottles or something in between? How are the amounts matched up and compared into percentages? Can someone suck five pints out of their keezer and that is NOT equivalent to a single pint of a glorious craft beer beverage? (my answer is not always)
There are a lot of variables in play and these numbers supplied by posters are meaningless just because there's not information to control the info.
I agree on the A Lot Of Variables!
When some of us buy BULK ingredients to offset the price of brewing we tend to drink only the stuff we brew! when money is a factor! For instance, If I were to go to the store and buy beer usually $10-$15 a six pack, I can brew 8ish six packs for $25
More for less
45_70sharps said:You're right but also let's not forget that some of us live in small towns where the good beer supply is very small.
Henry Weinhard's and Moosehead is considered top shelf in most stores around here.
That's not to say I can't get Black Butte and a very few others, but not a lot to choose from.
If I want good beer and variety, I've got to brew!
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