How does $0,40 cent per bottle of excellent home brewed beer sound to you? With an average of beer prices over $1,- per bottle, brewing your own beer is cheap and can save you a lot of money. You need to be smart in this time of financial crisis and if you like to make things yourself the beer prices of your own product will amaze you. You do something you like, save money and have a great batch of beer to enjoy, what more do you want?
If you want to brew good quality beer, in a large amount for a real good price your best option is to buy a proper beer brewing kit. This is your biggest investment and will cost you about $100,- to $120,- this also includes the ingredients for your first batch. However this is an investment that will start making you money before you know it.
The beer prices of your own homemade beer depend on the ingredients you will use for the next batches. You can do two things buy everything separate in a local home brew store or buy so called beer kit packages. These packages contain everything you need to make the a new batch of beer and they are available in many of your favorite flavors. The price of these beer kit packages for 6 gallons are between $25 to $30. Your per-bottle cost will run around $0.40 inclusive write down cost for the kit.
Cost of ingredients can vary
In 2000 the price of hob was about 2 dollar a pound, in 2007 the price was extreme and went up to 26 dollar a pound, this was because of a bad growing season. So if you can grow your own hobs in your area we advise you to do so. Over the years beer prices vary and that will also count for your own beer prices. But still in all those years brewing your own beer has been cheaper than buying it. Even though it might just be a little money that you will save.
Beer prices do not depend on the equipment
Well of course you need to make much more beer to pay of beer brewing equipment of over $300,- then you do when you buy a kit from around $100,- but the prices of equipment have not increased much over the years, this means that the cost of investment have remained fairly constant. So the best you can do is keep the investment as low as you can.
Something else you can do is to eliminate the cost of bottles and caps and put your finished beer in a keg. You do need to invest in a couple of kegs and a tap but you can get better beer prices if you divided these cost up among the number of times you can use these kegs and taps. This way you can actually reduce the beer prices per gallon even further. But at a price of less than 0.50 cents per bottle of excellent homemade beer who needs to?
Drew Brown has one hobby, home made beer brewing and he loves to share it with the world. On his website BrewingYourOwn.com he tells you all about beer brewing equipment and beer making supplies.
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Water is a common chemical substance that is essential for the survival of all known forms of life. In typical usage, water refers only to its liquid form or state, but the substance also has a solid state, ice, and a gaseous state, water vapor. About 1.460 petatonnes (Pt) of water covers the 71% of the surface of the Earth, mainly present in the oceans and other large water bodies, with 1.6% of water below ground in aquifers and 0.001% in the air as vapor, clouds (formed of solid and liquid water particles suspended in air), and precipitation. Saltwater oceans hold 97% of surface water, glaciers and polar ice caps 2.Four percent, and other land surface water such as lakes, ponds, rivers 0.6%. In some cases water of the earth is contained within water towers, manufactured products, biological bodies,and food stores. Other water is trapped in ice caps, glaciers, aquifers, or in lakes, sometimes providing fresh water for life on land.
Sometimes plain old water gets boring, and adding some flavoring can help you drink more. You can buy flavored water, of course, but I think it’s one of the most overpriced things in the store. A large assortment of calorie free flavors to flavor sparkling water to great taste is sold at http://allfreightfree.com,
Here are some ideas for drinking fluids that don’t include adding a bunch of sugar, or cost a bunch of money.
If you want to stay away from artificial additives and caffeine, you can add some flavor to your water the natural way with:
• A twist of lemon or lime (or a little juice)
• A small piece of fruit
• A little unsweetened cranberry concentrate (look in health food stores)
• A slice of cucumber (subtle, but refreshing)
• A mint leaf or two (“bruise” them a little to release the flavor
If you don’t mind some artificial sweetener or other additives, try adding:
• A little diet cranberry juice (not “light”, but “diet” — the light kind has more sugar)
• Crystal Light, Unsweetened Kool-Aid, or other sugar-free drink mix (but check carefully for hidden carbs in some)
• Make a limeade or lemonade by adding some juice (1 gram of carb per tablespoon) and sweetener
• Any of the above flavorings can be added to plain club soda, seltzer water, or diet tonic water.
• At the store you should buy flavored sparkling waters.
You should replace milk and soda with water to drink when you are thirsty, but do not force yourself to drink water. Overhydration can manifest as cramps during strenuous exercising!
You can also try a Pur filter for your tap water if you do not like regular! It cleans out germs & makes it taste more fresh. You can also buy flavors for them like peach, strawberry, or raspberry to make your tap water fruity when desired.
FlavorSplash is a product marketed under Aquafina Brand. FlavorSplash is a product that makes water fruit-flavored. Try this if you don’t like tap water!
One creative way to make water more thirst-quenching is by combining a teaspoon of honey with a Tablespoon of apple-cider vinegar and just enough hot water to melt to the honey. Stir well and add enough water to make a gallon. Chill and enjoy! (There are many experts who recommend apple-cider vinegar for over-all health.)
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If you are a beer drinker, then you probably have an opinion on what the best beers are and what breweries produce them. You may prefer domestic brews, or it may be that you prefer Canadian beer or German beer. There are hundreds and hundreds of different brands and beer varieties so do not limit yourself to just one. You need to keep an open mind and think about all the possibilities that are out there on today’s market. You may just find a brand new favorite to add to your list when you check out all that there is available.
As mentioned before, there are hundreds of types of varieties of beer and thousands of different types of breweries dotting the world. Even when the field of beers is narrowed down, there still is the debate between which is best, beer bottles or beer cans? The truth is that you will get a better taste and view of the beer when you choose bottles. Beer in cans is still perfectly acceptable, so there is no need to cause a riot. If you cannot live without beer in cans, then choose that. It is after all a matter of taste.
There are a wide variety of types of brews out on the market today. You may prefer a pilsner as opposed to a stout. Some days you may want a nice refreshing lager over ale. On the scale of light to heavy beverages, you can go for a light tasting lager such as Bud light or may go for a heavy, thick stout such as Guinness. In addition to judging whether or not you want a thick drink, you have to consider micro-breweries and the seasonal beverages, such as those offered by Sam Adams.
If you truly want to open up your taste buds to all the beers available in the world, then it may help to join a local pub that has a tasting club. The menu usually features a wide assortment of brews. Every time that you visit the establishment you can try a new beer from a different region of the world. That way, when it comes time to debate which beer is really best, you will be more informed.
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