Apparently I'm not up on the terminology, how much is a "bomber"?
The last thing I need is another hobby and Angie doesn't like beer at all. I drink maybe 1 gallon a year so home brewing would be a total waste for me. I figure anything I get for less than $10 for a 20oz bottle isn't a bad price. Most of my neighbors want to pay that for a 30 pack. I drink mostly dark beers, porter if I can get it. I've got a bottle of Clown Shoes porter and one of Berkshire Brewing Coffeehouse porter in the fridge right now. The latter is my absolute favorite, its good in the bottle, best on nitro tap though. -Curt ________________________________ From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> To: clay <redgh...@comcast.net>; Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 10:33 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Today's cheap home brew Find I was at the likka sto a coupla months ago stocking up on wine and stuff, saw a bomber of this beer that a friend had said was really good so I put that in the trolley to try it. Did not see the price, figured it was in line with all the others around. I had coupons and such for the wine and some beer, so I "saved" a bit on it all. I get home and look at the receipt and that bomber was $7.99! Most of my wine was in that price range! So I drank it, was nothing particularly special but tasty enough. My brews were as good or better than that, and a bomber comes out to maybe $1.50 or $2. So unless I am hard pressed to buy stuff, or just want a bit of variety on something, its home brews all the way. With my buddies brewing now, we can swap stuff so I can have 4 or 6 different brews in stock, and it keeps changing. If I like something I can make it again. My buddy made a porter when I made my hoppy brown ale 3 weeks ago, I had that last night and it was very good. My hoppy brown was good but maybe a tad bitter, drinkable but not the best I have had. I have a Strong Scotch Ale bubbling away that I brewed Sunday, it smelled really good while I was boiling it. --R On 7/28/14 6:46 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote: > After that long in the game, the equipment has long paid for itself. The > bottles are exceedingly easy to source from places like Freecycle or the > local recycle bins. I prefer Grolsch type rubber seal bottles, but the > larger martinelli cider bottles are good for capping and gifting. > > Given the retail prices of craft beers, there is huge cost savings in brewing > your own. I am not in the mood to drop $4-16 for a 22oz craft swill. I can > whip something like that up, five gallons at a time and fill racks with great > beer for under $1.50 a bottle. All top shelf ingredients and free labor. > > > clay > > 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap > 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green > 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran > 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV > POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers > > > > > > > > > On Jul 27, 2014, at 5:16 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes wrote: > >> Lol, I've been home brewing for a couple decades now. >> >> You can indeed make decent beer at much less cost that the main line brews >> bought at the liquor store, and you can make things that were once >> unobtainable. >> >> In the last twenty years, the quality of microbrewery beer has increased >> quite a bit, but I still don't like super hoppy beer, so I make the stuff I >> do like, such as the recent Honey Blonde Ale that is getting rave reviews -- >> with honey from my own hives to boot. >> >> It's a great hobby, and not all that expensive once you get the basic gear. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. 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