Homebrewers - Whats in the fermenter?

[ODLS1]

Originally Posted by kaisersozei

I agree with you on the second part, but homebrewing has definitely gotten more expensive in the past few years. The "hops crisis" really pushed up the price for most of my beers. I'm averaging around $45/batch, unless I salvage & repitch yeast--then I save about $8.

Would still rather brew my own, though!

Hot damn! $45 a batch!? I average $8-20, no beers under 5% abv. Are you doing extract? AG + buying in bulk = win. I got 6 POUNDS of hops shipped from hopsdirect.com for about $90. If you bought them in a store at $3/oz, that's about $280. I got 3 sacks of base grains, and a bunch of flaked and specialty grains, 250lbs total, for about $230.

In the fermenter: Belgian Inspired Stout

In the keggerator: Imperial Black Ale, Extra Stout (nitro), Irish Red (nitro), Kentucky Common, Summer Wheat, and Athena's Imperial Mango Hefeweizen (my gf first brew and her recipe, it's good!).

Up next: Dark (Lord) Killer Imperial Stout

[kaisersozei]

Originally Posted by ODLS1

Hot damn! $45 a batch!? I average $8-20, no beers under 5% abv. Are you doing extract? AG + buying in bulk = win. I got 6 POUNDS of hops shipped from hopsdirect.com for about $90. If you bought them in a store at $3/oz, that's about $280. I got 3 sacks of base grains, and a bunch of flaked and specialty grains, 250lbs total, for about $230.

I never made the jump to AG. I'm currently renovating the front part of my garage to a workshop/brewhouse, so I may look into it then. Most of my beers now are partial mash, though, so that helps offset some cost. I'll definitely be looking into hopsdirect for bulk purchase.

Dry-hopped my pilsner this weekend, and hope to get it in bottles on Saturday. Brewed a classic red ale recipe with my son two weekends ago--his first attempt at homebrewing!--and it's still happily bubbling away in the primary. Repitched it with a California Ale yeast, looks like it's getting some great attenuation.