Utterly Meaningless

The “problem” with homebrewing is that you are making beer in 5 gallon batches. With the usual amount of waste, that will usually result in 2 cases of beer. Back when I was young and we had friends over drinking all the time etc it was worth the effort. Today 2 cases would likely last me 4 months. Not worth the hassle in my opinion. However I retain the knowledge should I ever need to make my own beer again.

If you decide to do it, skip the bottling all together and put together a keg system. Bottling was always my least favorite part of the process. An old fridge and used soda fountain parts from a restaurant distributor can give you draft on tap 24 x 7 for a couple of hundred bucks.

Hubby says homebrewing isn’t worth it with all the microbrews on the market now, so it’s been a long time since we’ve done it. Nonetheless, I’d like to do a unit study on it some day, as we’ve already got all the equipment. I agree with COD – bottling is a big fat pain. Not so much the bottling itself, as the getting the bottles clean part.

COD, to make it worth it, consumption-wise, you just have to hold a homebrew party.

For me,whether it’s “worth it” or not isn’t a factor. I like homebrewing. Even though it’s a pain in the butt, I get a certain amount of satisfaction from making my own beer.

It’s kind of like all the DIY projects I do around the house. I could hire someone and it would be a lot less painful, but I like to be able to step back and say, “I did a damn good job”. But homebrewing is even better because I get to drink the results.

//COD, to make it worth it, consumption-wise, you just have to hold a homebrew party.//

The sound you hear is my wife quaking in fear 🙂

COD-two cases of beer=four months? Seriously? That’s .4 beers a day.