Reply to: Running out of Glenlivet

[norrahe]

That's a point. Anyone fancy a pint this week?

Awwwww

Am half tempted just to come down for a pint

[ctdctd]

Counter-intuitively, because it is there, I drink less.

And there is your custom title, "Controlled like"

[RichardCranium]

And so, as it's there, you drink twice as much. Total saving = nil

Counter-intuitively, because it is there, I drink less.

[ctdctd]

That's £3.34 per litre for a good quality 5.2% bitter. An equivalent kit will produce about 24 pints for about £24 (to include P+P or buying it locally) so about £1.75 per litre.
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But then you suddenly have a barrel or a couple of crates of conveniently handy ale sitting in the corner.

And so, as it's there, you drink twice as much. Total saving = nil

[RichardCranium]

http://www.ocado.com/webshop/product...ner=SEARCHbeer

That's £3.34 per litre for a good quality 5.2% bitter. An equivalent kit will produce about 24 pints for about £24 (to include P+P or buying it locally) so about £1.75 per litre.

I reckon the Wherry SY01 mentioned finishes at about 3.4% and I get those kits for about £22 and fill 38 or 39 500ml bottles out of it. So that comes in at about £1.14 per litre for a good quaffable session ale.

Add to that a couple of hours for making the kit and bottling it. Plus some pennies for the space it takes up in a warm place or add some electricity cost for a heating belt.

But then you suddenly have a barrel or a couple of crates of conveniently handy ale sitting in the corner.

[Zippy]

I've run out of that as well and until I get my next contract I won't be making the weekly drinks

That's a point. Anyone fancy a pint this week?

[suityou01]

I am keen to try the Nelson's Revenge home kit but why is it more expensive than beer I can order from a supermarket? Is it the taste? The satisfaction of making your own? What's the attraction?

18 quid / 40 pints. Not as expensive as supermarket beer.

Satisfaction is pretty well up there with why I brew. Also not lining the chancellers pockets. And the quality of the woodfordes kits is well worth it. I have a Wherry to put on as soon as the snow sods off.

[oracleslave]

Erm, £20 for 36 pints strikes me as reasonably cheap.

How much are you paying for your supermarket beer ... and what sort is it? (Canned Kestrel and Tesco Value Beer don't count, Shirley?)

And I think the answer to your question is: it's a hobby.

http://www.ocado.com/webshop/product...ner=SEARCHbeer

Yes, I would be doing it for the interest/hobby sake and not because it is significantly cheaper so yes that answers the question.

Ta

[Zippy]

Tad on the expensive side for that.

Ok. Polish the silver with it then.

[RichardCranium]

I am keen to try the Nelson's Revenge home kit but why is it more expensive than beer I can order from a supermarket? Is it the taste? The satisfaction of making your own? What's the attraction?

Erm, £20 for 36 pints strikes me as reasonably cheap.

How much are you paying for your supermarket beer ... and what sort is it? (Canned Kestrel and Tesco Value Beer don't count, Shirley?)

And I think the answer to your question is: it's a hobby.

[oracleslave]

I wanted to provide a link to a particular product but the way the web site has been done, I cannot work out how to do that.

The nearest I can get it this.

I am keen to try the Nelson's Revenge home kit but why is it more expensive than beer I can order from a supermarket? Is it the taste? The satisfaction of making your own? What's the attraction?

[RichardCranium]

until I get my next contract I won't be making the weekly drinks

I wanted to provide a link to a particular product but the way the web site has been done, I cannot work out how to do that.

The nearest I can get it this.

[norrahe]

Stick to the tanglefoot

I've run out of that as well and until I get my next contract I won't be making the weekly drinks

Though I've still got some wine.

[oracleslave]

Tad on the expensive side for that.

Stick to the tanglefoot

[norrahe]

Use them to top up the screen wash bottle or to defrost the windscreen.

Tad on the expensive side for that.