| Brew low cost beer. The amount of time you spend | | | | of my pilsners are about $1.50 a gallon brews. |
| on brewing beer makes the small difference in cost | | | | Other ways to reduce the cost of your beer are by |
| between "just OK" ingredients and top quality | | | | growing your own hops and reusing yeast from the |
| ingredients a minor point. Either way, the cost of | | | | fermenter. Easy to do, and it means that I don't |
| brewing a 5 gallon batch is much cheaper than buying | | | | have to buy yeast more than once every half year |
| a couple of cases of beer in the store. | | | | or so. The hops should last e through most of the |
| Beer is made of cheap ingredients, so it doesn't hurt | | | | winter brews. So all you need is grain, which is about |
| to buy the best. Surprisingly, the cheapest way to | | | | $0.70 per pound in a bulk purchase (much of the cost |
| brew beer gives you the best results: all grain | | | | is in shipping). |
| brewing is the cheapest way to brew when grain is | | | | Beer Brewing Equipment Basic, simple, cheap |
| bought in bulk. | | | | equipment that gets the job done. Sometimes it adds |
| You do need a grain mill and a mash tun, so there is | | | | to the challenge. But through the mystique of |
| a small investment in equipment needed. But you | | | | brewing and remember that illiterate alewives brewed |
| should be able to brew excellent quality beer for less | | | | for centuries using tried and true recipes and |
| than $2 per gallon, and you could brew a mild ale for | | | | procedures before the dawn of kegerators, ph |
| as little as $1 per gallon, or less than 10 cents per | | | | meters or hydrometers. |
| bottle (one gallon is about 10-1/2 12oz bottles). Most | | | | |
