Cost Of Kits Vs Tinnies

[Captain Slackbladder]

Evnin Brewers
As it stands at the moment I’ve got 160 bottles of Coopers conditioning in the kids shed / beer warehouse, 40Pts Coopers fermenting and 40Pts of Brewbuddy Cider fermenting.
If you do some sums it works out thus:-
Your standard can of 5% fermented goats urine that you buy from the local shop sets you back on average £0.90p
Total equivalent value in kids shed / beer warehouse = £216.
Actual cost of Lager / Cider kits approx £8.00 - £11.00 per 40 Pints. I’m going on £11.00 for a Coopers kit from my local HBS
I’m going to add an extra £2.50 per kit to allow for sterilizing, cleaning, caps, water and heating.
So £13.50 x 6 Kits used for the above = £81.00 saving my wife £135.00 a week ------------------ no, no, no joke ------honest--------deny, deny, deny .
Think of all the extra retail therapy that can provide...... so that’s it girls....... give your fellas all that extra encouragement and buy him lots of brewing goodies.
Find attached 2 photos of above quantities. It is a little short as I started easing into the Coopers’ a little early !!
I know the 2 can kits cost around double the price and the quality of the finished product is far better than the above.
Has anyone done a cost breakdown of the traditional method of brewing i.e boiling the grain and hops etc ??
It seems the natural progression from the tinned kits to brewing the 'proper' way.
Regards
Slackbladder

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[sparky Paul]

If you do some sums it works out thus:-
Your standard can of 5% fermented goats urine that you buy from the local shop sets you back on average £0.90p
Total equivalent value in kids shed / beer warehouse = £216.
Actual cost of Lager / Cider kits approx £8.00 - £11.00 per 40 Pints. I’m going on £11.00 for a Coopers kit from my local HBS
I’m going to add an extra £2.50 per kit to allow for sterilizing, cleaning, caps, water and heating.
So £13.50 x 6 Kits used for the above = £81.00 saving my wife £135.00 a week

Are you saying that you consume 240 pints a week?

[adm]

There's a "price per pint" thread going at the moment. Ger yerself over there and have a read.

In summary - about 25p a pint for a good quality best bitter, rising to around a quid a pint if you really push the envelope and go for a really strong specialty beer.

[Pav]

great post . I will also try and find the formentioned thread.

[Captain Slackbladder]

Hi Sparkey Paul.
Oh god no. I do not think the liver could hold out that long
Mind you ------- i could give it a try

[Captain Slackbladder]

There's a "price per pint" thread going at the moment. Ger yerself over there and have a read.

In summary - about 25p a pint for a good quality best bitter, rising to around a quid a pint if you really push the envelope and go for a really strong specialty beer.

Thanks for that adm. God --- i didn't know there was so much in it.....

[KevP]

Personally I dont care that out hobby is cheaper (initial outlay excepted)

AG brewers know exactly what is going into their beers, and can keep it as clean as they like, myself, I like the satisfaction of having brewed the beer myself, to my settings and under my control.

I am saving money, theres no doubt now, I bought 4 cans of Speckled Hen tonight whilst geting a Chinese Takeaway, the missus noticed immediately "oh, you haven't bought beer in ages! why now?"

So for me at least, its cheaper, more satisfying, and of equal quality, but without the bloated belly of canned beer.

[Pav]

It is price driven for me. But I also fish and grow veg so there is some satisfaction in providing for yourself.

However re, you know what is in the beer.... Well I havn;t got a clue! If I brewed from scratch I would agree but still all sorts may lurk in my can kits! Would you say some are better than other for avoiding nasty E numbers?

[vacant]

I used to buy a bottle of wine each weekend (wife doesn't drink), I also used to drink whisky mostly in winter evenings and beer mostly in the summer. When I was thinking about brewing from kits I thought I'd finance the kits from my wine budget, i.e. about a kit per month. It totally worked out. Beer and wine replaced by just under a kit a month (give some away) and I reckon I get through half the whisky now. Equipment has now paid for itself too.

Bought a bottle of Bishop's Finger last weekend £1.69 for 500ml, just to see what I was missing. Great, but just as happy with "Midas Touch", 50p for the same amount.

[shandypants5]

I usually either make a woodfords 2 can kit at £18, or a Coopers 1 can at £10 + spraymalt £5.

So worst case if I round up to £20 a kit to allow for cleaning heating and everything I can make 35 pints at just over 57p each.

(I say 35 as I tend to brew short to make the OG where I want it, and allso I .. er.. "spill" a lot testing and racking to cornys )

If I shop around I CAN get carlsberg 440ml cans for 40 cans = £16 so thats 44p each, or 51p a pint.

BUT, my beer is nicer..

Now I have done the sums though I will probrably make more coopers, as its quite a saving at 43p a pint.