Brookston Beer Bulletin

Jay R. Brooks on Beer

  • Home
  • About
  • Editorial
  • Birthdays
  • Art & Beer

Socialize

  • Dribbble
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Flickr
  • GitHub
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Powered by Genesis

You are here: Home / Beers / Save Nearly A Grand By Homebrewing

Save Nearly A Grand By Homebrewing

December 22, 2013 By Jay Brooks

home-brew-graphic
Today’s infographic takes a look at how much money you could save by making your own beer at home. In makes some assumption, then goes through calculations of how much to costs to make versus buy beer. It was created by Dimespring, a financial website.

costtobrewbeer
Click here to see the infographic full size.

Filed Under: Beers, Just For Fun, Related Pleasures Tagged With: Homebrewing, Infographics, Statistics



Comments

  1. Troy says

    December 22, 2013 at 12:41 pm

    $170 for equipment? I’ve got a $170 kettle

    • The Professor says

      December 23, 2013 at 7:54 am

      Point is, the quality of the beer that can be made at home on an under $200 system can be just as good as (and with a little knowhow, even better than) beer made on an expensive, tricked out system. It’s not the equipment used that matters as much as a clear understanding of the processes involved (most of which are the natural processes that Mother Nature provides).
      The difficulty of making good or even great beer is vastly overstated.

  2. Ben says

    December 27, 2013 at 8:17 am

    Good luck. There isn’t a homebrewer I’ve met that just buys basic equipment and stops there. There is ALWAYS something more they need to buy. Even 15 years into the hobby they’re still buying stuff all the time. People also don’t factor time into these things. I don’t know about you but in what I get paid per hour, I can buy cases of beer in the time it takes to brew a single batch of beer at home.

    Sorry but I can buy a 12-pack of beer at the store for far less than it costs to get into homebrewing. Homebrewing is a great hobby but don’t try to say it’s cheaper than commercial beer.

Find Something

Northern California Breweries

Please consider purchasing my latest book, California Breweries North, available from Amazon, or ask for it at your local bookstore.

Recent Comments

  • The Session #147: Downing pints when the world's about to end - Daft Eejit Brewing on The Sessions
  • Amanda Alderete on Beer Birthday: Jack McAuliffe
  • Aspies Forum on Beer In Ads #4932: Eichler’s Bock Beer Since Civil War Days
  • Return of the Session – Beer Search Party on The Sessions
  • John Harris on Beer Birthday: Fal Allen

Recent Posts

  • Historic Beer Birthday: Jack “Legs” Diamond July 10, 2025
  • Historic Beer Birthday: Adolphus Busch July 10, 2025
  • Beer In Ads #5020: A Rare July Treat July 9, 2025
  • Historic Beer Birthday: Peter Grant Hay July 9, 2025
  • Historic Beer Birthday: Jacob Perkins July 9, 2025

BBB Archives

Feedback

Head Quarter
This site is hosted and maintained by H25Q.dev. Any questions or comments for the webmaster can be directed here.
Go to mobile version