Home Brewing

Beer Home Brewing Is For You If You Love REALLY GOOD Beer

Almost everybody loves a nice cold one on a hot day, and most people the world over, love beer. Home brewing is not only the best way to enjoy beer, but it’s also the most intelligent way, too.

Why, you ask?

For two really good reasons, especially for those who love beer. Home brewing allows you to suit the beer to your own personal taste. If you want it sweeter, have at it! If you want it darker, make it that way. It’s entirely customizable and in fact, you can add spices, honey, or any other flavor that you want to experiment with.

The second reason is that beer home brewing is by far, much cheaper than buying beer at the store. Granted, you can always find sales and stock up, but in general, a can of beer at the store costs anywhere from 2 to 3 times as much as the same amount of beer you brew at home.

So, I know what you’re thinking. ‘Hey Buddy’ you say. ‘You forgot about the cost of beer home brewing equipment and supplies’.

No, I haven’t forgotten. Most people get started by buying a beer home brewing kit.
The kit contains all the equipment you need at first and will last years. Most kits cost between $100 and $200. The only reason you’d need to acquire more equipment is if you outgrow your equipment, i.e. you want to make more and need larger containers, or it gets damaged in some way.

Most accountants would consider the equipment a ’sunk cost’ since you buy it once and that’s it. It’s a one time investment that’s needed in order to accomplish your task.

The second issue you might be thinking about is the constant cost of the ingredients and supplies. This is where beer home brewing starts saving you money. The cost of the ingredients like malt, yeast and additives can last you for several batches… not just one batch. So, the cost of those ingredients taken over all the batches you make produce not only a fine quality beer, but a cheaper one, too.

But the bottom line is not necessarily that your beer will taste better, or even that it will cost you less in the long run. The bottom line is that beer home brewing is fun!