A colleague and a reader of this blog e-mailed this image to me yesterday. Pretty funny, I think. And it caused me to consider the price of my recent brew. Here is a break down of approximate pricing.
I bought my last bag of brewer's malt (50 lbs.) for $32.50 or $0.65 a pound. Generally, I buy specialty malts at prices ranging from $1.50-$2.00 per pound. Hops are generally $2.00+ per ounce, and my favorite Nottingham yeast strain is approximately $1.50 per satchet (used for two batches, generally).
Some quick addition yields an approximate ingredients cost of $15.00. This does not include water taken from my tap or propane used for boiling the wort. These things aside, my latest brew costs me approximately $3.00 per gallon (a bit under that, actually).
It's true! Gas is definitely more expensive than my homebrew!
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