cost of a pint

[Twi$t3dChilli]

Hi everyone im a new brewer brewing kits and these kits for a 40 pint brew are costing 25p per pint or 40p ish per pint if beer enhancer is used.

I understand all grain brewing will probably result in a much better pint to drink and there is the cost of the required equipment involved but what is the final cost per pint of ingredients?
also I know there will be gas or electricity costs on top involved with all grain but im not bothered about that, im just wondering whats the average cost per pint of ingredients.

[trucker5774]

Thats a big question.............the recipe and hops used, water treatment, sugars etc. A really simple brew could be as little as 17p per pint based on ingredients only. Equipment and electricity on top. Typical perhaps 25p. Others will ba along with what it costs them.

[jubby]

It's variable depending on the type of beer but a typical bitter of about 5% ABV would work out around 25 to 30 pence per pint including all the sundries etc. If you want to knock up a highly hopped and/or stronger beer, then the price goes up.

[Mountain]

Definitely much cheaper (once you've made a mash tun!)
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I seem to remember worked out that one of my brews was about 14p a pint.
I suppose it depends on what you are brewing and what ingredients you are using.
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Roughly...
A 25kg bag of Marris Otter is £30 give or take and seems to last forever. Depending on the strength of the brew you will get 6-8 lots of 23L.
Plus your speciality grains...about £1.50 for 500grams, but you will only add relatively small amounts of these.
A load of hops in the freezer. I've taken a gamble with some cheap ones on ebay. Most have been fine. A couple a bit dodgy.
Some 'quality' hops too.
Irish moss....cheap as.
Protafloc tabs...I buy 10 at a time. Thats 400L worth.
Yeast....a quid a go for dried. Cheaper in bulk.
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I haven't actually bought anything for a good 5 brews. I just delve into my supplies which seem to be never ending

[boingy]

Typically around 25 to 30p per pint but only if you ignore the cost of the equipment.

You could try to include the equipment costs in the estimate but then it depends how many brews you do with that equipment.

[Mountain]

Well, not counting equipment but you only buy it once, so the cost get's less as time goes on.

Sorry BB specialities are around £1.50 per kg not 500g.
Anyway, just grabbed a brew sheet from a pile of papers next to me.

MO at £1.00 per kg......£4.00 (technically 85p per kilo but I erred towards the expensive side of things)
Crystal 200g £0.32
Caramalt 100g £0.16
Liberty hops 30g £2.00
Yeast So4 £1.00
1 protafloc £0.15
Irish moss £0.05

So that's £7.68
Divided by 40 is 19.2p per pint

Not bad!

[dave-o]

It works out about the same in my experience.

But it's much more fun and the beer is better - and of course more personalised!

[edit1now]

I seem to use about 14 kWh on a brewday, which is £2 to £4 depending on what part of your leccy bill it appears - primary or secondary units.

[escapizm]

Hi everyone im a new brewer brewing kits and these kits for a 40 pint brew are costing 25p per pint or 40p ish per pint if beer enhancer is used.

I understand all grain brewing will probably result in a much better pint to drink and there is the cost of the required equipment involved but what is the final cost per pint of ingredients?
also I know there will be gas or electricity costs on top involved with all grain but im not bothered about that, im just wondering whats the average cost per pint of ingredients.

Hi Twi$t3dChilli

The reasons to go AG a threefold
1) The flexibility in what you make is limitless.
2) Making all your own gear is great fun
3) The satisfaction of drinking great beer you designed/made is immense.

I asked the same question decades ago (it seams), I did less that half dozen kits and sorted my AG kit on a budget of about £150 over a few months so not to harsh...
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=20824

[mysterio]

My last beer was quite a hoppy one so more expensive, 38L

lets see,

10kg pale malt £13.80
.5kg crystal £1
.5kg munich 90p

4 x Nottingham £4

Hops - about £20 worth

So lets call it £40 altogether for 38L of finished beer at about 6.4% ABV, or roughly 60p a pint. Worth pointing out that you won't use £20 worth of hops in normal circumstances! And the beer is exactly to my specifications.

[Mountain]

LOL even 60p per pint is cheap compared to dirtiest welfare lager .... no doubt finest ale.....made to measure to boot!
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Ye Gods Mysterio, £20 worth of hops? Surely that's 300g worth of quality stuff?

[mysterio]

About 200g each of Cascade and Centennial.

Actually come to think of it i've still got 50g of each in the freezer so that price isn't quite correct.

Typically, about £6 of hops per two kegs of beer is more like what I usually use.

[Mountain]

I'm liking the look of that recipe.
Saltaire brewery do a pale ale with that combination of hops. Very 'clean', hoppy and floral. A hop combination that will suit a good few grains, methinks.

[mysterio]

I'm going to try the first pint of it now - why not

[Mountain]

Nice one
I'm having a couple of bottles of "found in in a box, haven't got a clue what it is because I didn't put labels on' beer.
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I always put a couple of bottles of each brew away without labels! The idea is, I rediscover them months later and try to remember what they were.