Brewing done this year

[BigYin]

I just did some quick calcs :

by the end of the year I will have brewed almost exactly 600 pints of beer, at an approximate cost of only 16p per pint, doing 14 AG brews.

I've also made up 4 wine kits, which made a total of 111 bottles

At approximately 16p per pint to produce the beer, and if the typical supermarket price for a pint of high quality beer is £2, that is equivalent to an annual saving of £1,104

If it costs £3.95 for an average, decent bottle of wine in the supermarket, then the wine kits represent a saving of £335.13 for the 111 bottles. :mrgreen:

That gives an approximate annual saving on buying the equivalent amount of booze of £1440 a year :drink: :drink: :drink:

Now, if that's not a good argument for taking up homebrewing, I don't know what is :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[The Ginger Ninja]

After reading this I looked at what section this was posted in. I read Smug rather then Snug

 

[artyb]

nice one big yin .. :clap:

will soon be 2012 and time to start again... :party:

 

[Stone Cold]

im going to keep records for 2012 now

 

[BigYin]

After reading this I looked at what section this was posted in. I read Smug rather then Snug

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

funny 'cos it's terribly true!!! :lol:

 

[simonranson]

When I look back, it was about a year ago when I first started brewing anything... first was ginger beer, then a kit... then I remember a frosty boxing day with now ex GF doing a second ginger beer... sat here supping AG#4, so something has gone right :)

 

[oldbloke]

You ought to factor in depreciation of the hardware, of course. But it's not much.
I also challenge your price for decent "real" wine, but again, not by much.
If it was a job you'd have to cost in your time and it wouldn't look so good - de-twigging elderberries takes SO LONG etc (but it makes a stunning wine).
As a hobby, though, it's brilliant.
I'm hooked.

 

[simonranson]

As a hobby, though, it's brilliant.
I'm hooked.

Oh yes! :

 

[alphacento]

That gives an approximate annual saving on buying the equivalent amount of booze of £1440 a year

Pretty good savings. I should brew/drink more next year!

 

[Shrek]

The more you drink the more you save :wha:

 

[carl_saint]

The more you drink the more you save :wha:

love it!

 

[BigYin]

You ought to factor in depreciation of the hardware, of course. But it's not much.
I also challenge your price for decent "real" wine, but again, not by much.
If it was a job you'd have to cost in your time and it wouldn't look so good - de-twigging elderberries takes SO LONG etc (but it makes a stunning wine).
As a hobby, though, it's brilliant.
I'm hooked.

Just as well its a hobby then, or the sums would never add up :lol:

Happily, since a hobby was never about economic return, it means you can spend whatever you are happy/able to spend on it :thumb:

 

[calumscott]

So since September I've brewed 200 pints, all kits.

Assuming everything turns out drinkable (and, touch wood, so far so good!) then, including all the gear (buckets, bottles, caps, steriliser, bottler, capper... you get the idea) and ingredients I'm a smidge under a pound a pint.

Given that it's all really perfectly drinkable and in some cases downright delicious that's a total bargain! And that's just standard kit brewing too! The beer'll get better and the price will continue to fall even brewing premium kits and modding others.

All good this brewing lark!! Great beer, good fun, warm sense of achievement and saving cash!

I'll drink to that! (but maybe later, Brewferm Christmas sampled again last night... :drunk: )