Godsdog
Landlord.
as in the title wether its kits mini mash smash or full all grain whats the cheapest you can brew a pint for,factoring in power for a mash and a 90 minute boil and such if you go that way :whistle:
Including yeast I think I've just spent �ã10.50 making 25 litres of Stout, mainly helped by buying bulk malt from the Homebrew Company. That's about 22p per pint, but I've not included electricity to keep my Cygnet at a rolling boil for 90mins! I try not to think about the electricity bill....
I knocked a spreadsheet together with all the equipment costs and ingredient costs, to work out the cost per bottle.
My first batch was only a half batch with 21 bottles, and it worked out at ã11.70 per bottle! Now I have made a second batch the cost has dropped to around ã2.70.
Which lhbs do you use and do they have a website?Without counting in equipment, I could do a pint for under 20p.
1kg Irish Lager, Ale or Stout Malt is ã1 in my LHBS, cheapest high alpha hops are around ã3. Yeast is around ã3 but can be washed and re-used for about 15 brews. You could do a simple SMASH easily for under 20p.
My house Stout costs
3kg Irish Stout Malt ã3
1kg flaked barley ã1.80
500g black barley 90p
free hops from Geterbrewed (otherwise ã1)
S04 yeast (2nd brew from this yeast ã1.17)
Total ã7.87 for 22L of 4% beer
18p a pint
Which lhbs do you use and do they have a website?
I would say a low OG AG beer with low hopping and the minimum amount of different specialty grains. Something like a mild or an ordinary/standard English Bitter
Grains bought in bulk
Hops, either English or European. Non of these scarce, expensive American hops like citra.
Yeast reused
Yes those would work well in the cost stakes. Exactly the sort of beer that was widely served in buildings called Pubs, when I were a lad.
I would add to the list the low hopped beers like Northern Brown Ale (courtesy once again of our good friend Greg Hughes), which is remarkably good.
I made a stove top AG version of this at 24x500ml bottles and the ingredients cost was around ��ã4. This is buying grains (2.75k in total for this brew) in bulk and re-using yeast so that the "Mother" yeast is put into 6x250ml Lemonade bottles as "daughter" yeast starters.
I understand Cwrw666 likes the brown ale from GH's book because of the low cost and it's (one of) his house beers
Yes, I saw this thread as well. Not sure if it was before or after. I set mine off on 5 January 2016.
It is quite good on its own and blends well with more prominently flavored beers like Stouts.
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