"you won't save money homebrewing"

[NickTheGreat]

You have to also take into consideration what you would spend on brew day if you did not brew beer, and those equipment costs. My other hobbies are hotrods, and firearms. The equipment costs of those hobbies are much more expensive, and after a day of shooting or racing, you always have to finish up with beer that you have to pay for. I don't play golf but a great set of clubs is over 2k, and rounds of golf range from 50 to 150 dollars, and you drink beer the whole time. I have $3k in my brewing equipment, I have more than that in a single rifle. The cost of the equipment is the cost of the hobby, not the cost of the beer. So I am saving money on beer. thats my $.02

Are you a politician? You sound like a politician. :

 

[grampamark]

Are you a politician? You sound like a politician. :

Naw. If he was a politician he would have said: "I had planned to increase my brewing budget by 5% last year but I only spent 3% more than the previous year. Therefore, I saved 2%".

 

[bleme]

Naw. If he was a politician he would have said: "I had planned to increase my brewing budget by 5% last year but I only spent 3% more than the previous year. Therefore, I saved 2%".

That sort of sounds like my grandma's logic of shopping. If she went shopping with $20 and found some shoes that were marked $60, on sale for $20, she figured she'd saved $40 and had another $40 to spend...

 

[pinchegil]

Are you a politician? You sound like a politician. :

No, just well versed in justification required by SWMBO

 

[CA_Mouse]

That sort of sounds like my grandma's logic of shopping. If she went shopping with $20 and found some shoes that were marked $60, on sale for $20, she figured she'd saved $40 and had another $40 to spend...

Isn't that how the US Government sees everything? 'If we buy cheap materials, use under-skilled workers, take kickbacks from the lobbyists and saved $1.5B, that goes to my campaign for re-election, right?'

 

[Murphys_Law]

Just spent about $150 on more hardware I didn’t need...but wanted.

Going to be awhile more until the savings start!

 

[Blazinlow86]

Just spent about $150 on more hardware I didn’t need...but wanted.

Going to be awhile more until the savings start!

Tell me about it. My buddies favorite line when I mention my brewing is always " nothing another 100$ won't fix eh" .

 

[PlexVector]

Brewing is like sex...you can read to infinity, but you really won't know how until you do it (many times), so how does money enter into this equation?

 

[bendog15]

I love this thread.

 

[applescrap]

Brewing is like sex...you can read to infinity, but you really won't know how until you do it (many times), so how does money enter into this equation?

Because you need s...t to brew with other than your junk

 

[MT's AZ Ale Haus]

Since I have taken up brewing as a hobby, I look at it from strictly a out of pocket expense. Looking at it like that, it is about a 45%-50% savings.

 

[ong]

I just don’t find it very expensive in general. My equipment costs over the seven years I’ve been brewing have been maybe $1200 (most of that a kegerator, kegs, and a couple stainless fermenters). But I’m not drawn to all the fancy automated 3 vessel shininess, either. That seems like something people do just because they like it, not because it makes the beer any better. It can be a really inexpensive hobby.

 

[MultumInParvo]

I just don’t find it very expensive in general. My equipment costs over the seven years I’ve been brewing have been maybe $1200 (most of that a kegerator, kegs, and a couple stainless fermenters). But I’m not drawn to all the fancy automated 3 vessel shininess, either. That seems like something people do just because they like it, not because it makes the beer any better. It can be a really inexpensive hobby.

I am in the same spot. Been brewing for 9 years. I have spent maybe $750 on equipment and in my eyes have some pretty good stuff!

Without a doubt I have saved money brewing...

As someone posted earlier, it is like eating out vs. going to a restaurant. Depending on how well you cook you can get similar to better food for less money!

That being said, I don't do have hobbies to save. I do them for fun. Saving just keeps the swmbo happy.

 

[Home_alone1]

I save money when I brew beer styles I like that would cost me 8-16 dollars per 750. I do spend plenty of money though . But brewing 10 gallons of a Belgian triple vs buying 10 gallons of Belgian heaven saves quite a bit. Plus I’m learning and acquiring a new skill! Not everyone knows how to make beer ! I like the process of staring with raw materials and ending up with a finished packaged project to call my own !

 

[jack13]

My latest figure (after some recent equipment purchases): I'm at $9.68 per six-pack (equivalent). For context, looks like after 4 more batches that should be down to around $9.30.

 

[ancientmariner52]

To get to the true cost, wouldn't you need to somehow figure in the projected useful life of the equipment? What would a train ticket cost if you had to recover the cost of the railroad in one trip? I'm not criticizing, just curious. Seems to me that if you brew enough, your equipment cost becomes negligible. How much brewing that would be, I dunno.

 

[applescrap]

^^key point and how do you put a price on satisfaction and joy of use.

 

[Induction2766]

A very silly discussion. Of course you save money brewing at home. You can brew a beer at home for 1/8th the cost that you're paying for the same style at a restaurant or brew pub/house, and easily 1/4th the price you pay for the style from a grocery or liquor store.

Silly discussion.

 

[jack13]

A very silly discussion. Of course you save money brewing at home. You can brew a beer at home for 1/8th the cost that you're paying for the same style at a restaurant or brew pub/house, and easily 1/4th the price you pay for the style from a grocery or liquor store.

Silly discussion.

Who needs a copy of this to show your partner when he/she questions any homebrew-related purchases? I've printed a bunch.

 

[mongoose33]

Who needs a copy of this to show your partner when he/she questions any homebrew-related purchases? I've printed a bunch.

How many partners do you have?

 

[jack13]

Ever seen Big Love? That guy was a pansy.

 

[jack13]

-sigh- OK, one.