Would you still buy beer?

[GilaMinumBeer]

Once I get my pipeline done I will never buy beer again. I swear.

"...... from the corner store........ on Tuesday ....... during Lent! I swear!"

 

[stageseven]

By no means do I have a pipeline going, but I have noticed that my commercial beer purchases have drastically reduced since I started home brewing. I doubt I'll ever stop buying beer entirely, but now instead of making a trip to the liquor store once a week, I'm going more like once a month. Of course, last time I did end up buying a 12-pack sampler from Smuttynose, a 6-pack from Clipper City, and a 22-oz Lagunitas lol.

It is mostly a $ thing, and since I generally don't drink a lot in any given night I don't go through my homebrew all that quickly. I look at commercial brews as something to treat myself to now for special occasions and such.

 

[MeatyPortion]

lol "I'll never buy beer again. I mean, N/A beer."


Ooooo, I hear the muezzin doing his thang, Gila.

 

[nghtmre4u]

I still buy canned bmc beers for camping,racing,and that sort of stuff. and dont forget research in different micros

 

[nebben]

I've seen a lot of people say things like "Wow, you must never have to buy beer!" both on these boards, and when I tell people I homebrew, so I was wondering...

For those of you who have a full pipeline, have you stopped buying commercial?

For those that don't yet, would you stop buying commercial beer if you had a full pipeline?

....

Absolutely not.

I buy less commercial beer, but if I'm traveling and I see something that looks good, I'll bring back a 6pack (or many of them). Case in point, I went to the Yukon recently and had some Yukon Gold. We ended up drinking it all before departing Canada.

 

[craigd]

I spend more on beer now than I did before brewing. I generally buy LESS but pay MORE - I sometimes drop $100 in the liquor store now and walk away with well under a case of beer because brewing made a significant change in my understanding of beer and my palate. As others mentioned I also "research" a style I'm thinking of brewing.

I suppose you may have a different answer if you start brewing in order to save money though. I didn't.

 

[MarkSheffield]

The only time I've bought commercial in the past 3 months (since I started up again) is to get more bottles. Unless I either need bottles or run dry, I don't see the need. And I'm working hard on not running dry.

 

[MikeG]

I don't bottle (much) so for beer on the go I take commercial beer. After a game of tennis I like to have a couple of bottles of Sweetwater 420 to share.

On top of that I like to try diff kinds and styles, I buy more commercial now that I did before homewbrewing!

 

[hal2814]

I'm not afraid to admit it. I'm a big fan of BMC (well, maybe MC you can keep the B). And as hard as that stuff is to make at home, I'll continue buy commercial. I also have no intention of halting my research-related expenditures. My home brewery spends a TON of money on research. We're like IBM or Xerox back in the day.

 

[Hodor_Baggins]

I enjoy cooking, but I still go to restaurants all the time . . .
Also my consumption has gone way up since starting this hobby, and I have been able to sample and understand the differences between a wide array of new styles (new to me). Which is especially true since I discovered a place that has a "Build your own six pack" type deal with singles from many breweries.

 

[Joos]

I think this is where brewing to you tastes comes in.I still by beer every so often.But if I find one i like I make my own better version.

 

[magnj]

I try to pick up a bomber or 2 every weekend, if I drink my own stuff for too long I'll have nothing to compare with.

 

[ifishsum]

I occasionally buy commercial micro (for R&D purposes of course ), but by and large I'm drinking home brew - and brewing every other week to keep my pipeline full.

 

[stevea1210]

If I am at a restaurant I'll have a beer or three with dinner.

I have only bought beer to take home once this whole year. it was a keg of nugget nectar. I swear they put heroin in that damn beer.

I guess I'm in the minority, but I just don't buy beer anymore.

 

[carnevoodoo]

I cannot make Alesmith Decadence or Russian River Consecration or many things out there. I buy to try new things and sometimes to get a fix of a beer I only want sometimes (coconut porter comes to mind).

 

[blackwaterbrewer]

i went the first three months of this year without buying any beer other than for fishing, or going out. no beer from the grocery store. i got wiped out of my homebrew during an impromptu US v/s Brazil soccer match party. i now have had to resort to buing some store bought swill like fat tire, stone ipa, Moylan's tipperary ale, and pilsner urquell. i try not to but any beer, but sometimes, like MMW, you get the mood for a Saison or something you don't want to wait for or have 5 gallons of. also, in the summer it is 100 degrees here and i work outside. i am guilty of chugging cans of Modelo especial on occasion.

 

[Zenman]

yup, good to try out new things for research, or to support the beers/breweries you really love. Either way we always have some commercial brand in the fridge next to the home brews.

 

[Flic]

Definitely still buy commercial even though I have 4 different beers "on tap" right now. I love trying new beers and there are many commercial ones I love (Stone IPA, DFH, etc). My most recent purchase was a 4-pack of Harpoon Leviathan and two 24oz Sierra Nevada Southern Hemisphere Harvest. Mmmmm.......