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[The Cost] First Beer I Ever Brewed – Amber Ale

Posted on May 18, 2011 · 7 Comments

Here is the cost break down for the Amber Ale:

  • American Yeast Ale: $7.00
  • 7 lbs. Liquid Malt Extract (Amber): $13.65
  • Cascade Hops (Alpha 7.0): $5.00
  • Fuggle Hops (Alpha 4.5): $5.95
  • 1 lb. Crystal Malt Grain (80L): $1.30
  • 0.5 lb. Special Roast Malt Grain (50L): $0.50

Grand Total: $33.40.  Spent for 5 gallons of beer.  One gallon equals 128 ounces.  Times five equals 640 ounces.  Divided by 12 ounce bottles equals 54 bottles (rounded up).  $33.40 / 54 = $0.62 cost per beer.*

Do you keep track of how much your beer costs per bottle?

* This doesn’t take into account the cost of caps, sanitizer, Irish Moss and Gypsum.  These items raise the cost of the beer, but since I can use them for more than one batch I don’t count them.

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Comments

  1. Jeffrey Trull says

    May 18, 2011 at 9:16 am

    This is pretty cheap, based on my experience so far. I think my cost is a little closer to $1/bottle, but not more than that. Some of mine have called for more liquid malt extract, which drives up the price.

    Reply
    • BiteSize says

      May 18, 2011 at 11:12 am

      Yeah, I can see that being the case. I try to get free organic berries from friends for most of my fruit beers too. $1/bottle is still pretty cheap!

      Reply
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    May 21, 2011 at 12:11 am

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  3. Tienken says

    May 21, 2011 at 12:50 pm

    Most of my costs are .62 to .85 cents a bottle. It helps to save yeast and recycle it. My last batch cost me only .52 cents a bottle because I reused yeast. Saved my 6.75 by reusing it.

    Reply
    • BiteSize says

      May 23, 2011 at 6:12 am

      Great suggestion Tink! How do you recycle your yeast? That is something I want to get into doing (or getting some from local breweries) but I’m not sure about storage.

      Reply
      • Tienken says

        May 26, 2011 at 9:48 pm

        I use quart sized mason jars and save about 2/3rds of my slurry. I have some rogue pacman i need to get off my hands. Saturday want to meet up for lunch and a beer to discuss beer?

        Reply
        • BiteSize says

          June 2, 2011 at 9:48 am

          Oh man! Wish I could have! I was out of town and this weekend I’m busy 🙁 Sometime next week? I’ve used Rogue Pacman before. Pretty good stuff! Another recipe coming soon…

          Reply

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