cost of a pint

[GeordieBrewer]

Following this post, I was interested to work out the cost of my last couple of brews - they were both pretty strong - 5.5% and 8% so the high grain bill, may have contributed to a bigger overall bill

[dave-o]

Do you throw away your hop bags each time then?

[mysterio]

Nice accounting there!

[Dr. Dextrin]

Nice detail there. This is telling me it's quite easy to underestimate what you're spending on a brew. All those sundries do tend to add up when you're placing an order don't they?

[GeordieBrewer]

Yep, it really does add up! As I've only been AG brewing about a year, I've not really thought about cost until now and focused on quality, and just doing things right! I could probably bring the cost down by doing things like re-using the hop bags (good suggestion Dave!)

Shudder to think about the cost of equipment on top! I keep seeing things to add to my collection and can't resist Latest additions are a bottle tree and bench capper

[WishboneBrewery]

Cracking little spreadsheet Nice going.
You can start buying cheaper hops, and you Crystal Malt and Choc Malt look a bit expensive, get some Starsan and save on the Bleach and Sodium met.
The Starsan I mix up in a sprayer to sanitize my bottles goes on to sanitise the FV etc on the next weeks brew and you only need about 0.8ml to 500ml of water.

[orable]

Serving up your brew to friends and family... priceless.

[GARYSMIFF]

And not a mention of the beers calorific value


I'm making my own human Barrel / 6 pack / Firkin beer belly


hey! Great name for a Beer.

Firkin Beer Belly

[jonewer]

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.

It depends on the quality you want to produce. For example:

Woodfordes - 45p a pint
Geordie Bitter - 24p a pint (if sugar used)

Are typical prices for kits.

Theres going to be a huge difference in quality between a sugar/geordie bitter kit and a woodfordes' kit so the difference is up to you. Do you demand top quality ale or do you not particulalry mind about quality and just want cheap plonk?

If all you want is cheap plonk, stick to kits.

If you want top quality beer, and I mean beer than makes the stuff you buy in the supermarkets seem distinctly second rate, brewed exactly as you like it, then you should go AG.

Probably the biggest draw-back of AG is that when you're out of home brew, you will go to the supermarket/offie and get very depressed about the terrible quality of the beers they sell and the astronomical prices they charge.

Delivery charges are very significant though - its always a good idea to order more than you think you will need!

[critch]

on my commercial set up its around 34.7p per pint@4% with beer duty and power and wages........i charge 65 plus the dreaded VAT on a firkin to a pub, so it costs them about a quid a pint.......

[Evoflash]

I try and buy a 25KG sack of MO plus the rest on one order and hope to make 6 x 23 litres so split the p&p across 6 brews

WOW!

Good savings to be made doing that. I've considered this, but am concerned about storage.

How often do you brew? and where do you store the grain in the meantime?

I'm buying 3KG bags at the minute, but would love to enjoy the savings of a 25kg sack.

[GeordieBrewer]

I try and buy a 25KG sack of MO plus the rest on one order and hope to make 6 x 23 litres so split the p&p across 6 brews

WOW!

Good savings to be made doing that. I've considered this, but am concerned about storage.

How often do you brew? and where do you store the grain in the meantime?

I'm buying 3KG bags at the minute, but would love to enjoy the savings of a 25kg sack.

Hi Evo,

I picked up a 25kg sack for the first time in October - and had the same concern - I bought a plastic stoeage trunk from a well known DIY store, and keep the sack in that, in the garage, with a couple of 100g packs of silica gel to make sure it stays dry - I reckon it will last about 6 months doing around a 20L brew a month, taking me until around April/May when it gets too warm to brew anyway.

I'm sure a sack of Maris Otter would last longer if bought uncrushed, but the thought of crushing my own malt is a step too far for me at the min