Making the Cheapest Beer Possible

Homebrewing is about 50 to 75 percent less expensive than buying beer at the store. However, did you know that it's possible to save even more? In this video we aim to show you how to brew the cheapest beer possible by explaining some quick tips that will save even more money.
We focus on the three main categories of beer - hops, grain, and yeast - and tell you how to stretch your dollar in each of these categories. This video is perfect for people who are on a budget but still like to drink craft beer. Homebrewing is the first and best solution to saving money on beer, but then there are many ways to save money within homebrewing. A lot of these tips are simple and revolve around buying in bulk, but some are more complicated. In order to save money on yeast, you’ll want to check out some of the videos on our channel.
To learn more about home brewing check out our brewing videos and our website which is filled with home brewing equipment and recipes. Check out the resources below for brewing equipment, ways to save money, and an article from the BeerSmith home brewing blog about how to save money home brewing.

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[JAIMSTRADA]

Awesome tips. One thing I've done recently is to save my WLP tubes, sanitize them, and refill them with the yeast and starter solution right before I pitch it onto what I'm about to brew.

[BEERNBBQBYLARRY]

All good stuff. My issue is that I change beer styles like I change my underwear, so saving yeast isn't much help to me nor is having a freezer full of 10+ different types of bulk hops. I do, however, have sealed buckets full of grains that I use most often.

[Sir_Loin_Of_Beef]

1. Try ebay for hops, you can always find some hop cheaper than the rest usually in bulk
2. Malt your own pale ale malt on a lazy weekend, it's not hard, search youtube for instructions
3. Optimize your brewing and/or chilling process, you're going to save on chilling water if you recirculate it with your chilling coil from an ice filled sink
4. For hop heavy beers that you're experimenting with, try lower quality malts, they're going to give you a good idea of what you're working it and will help you refine your recipe before switching to the good stuff.
5. If you can afford it, buy your malt in bulk, damn that thing's cheaper per kg in 50kg bags (base malts are a good investment in that respect)
6. Dry yeast is cheaper than liquid, but harder to inifinately cultivate, so chose wisely depending on what your aims are
7. Sing up to every newsletter from every homebrew online vendor that delivers to your area for a reasonable price, they have clearance sales and they're usually amazing

And I think that's all I got in addition, it's not much of a save but it might help. Keep brewing !

[codebowl]

Great suggestions, I need to get a few supplies so I can start to wash my yeast going forward but that is in the plans already! Yeast has by far been the most expensive part of brewing for me.

[donnyd]

You should do a video on yeast washing!

[BigEdsGuns]

Also: Join a homebrew club. Get in on group buys.

[brianthenichols]

When did Dennis from It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia start brewing beer??

[CanadianBrewingChannel]

Any way to save on hops I agree will save you money. Especially if you like NEIPA's!

[hkdupcivic]

question....when you do buy kegs do you recommend buying new or is used ok? also ball lock vs pin lock and lastly do you have favorite place online to buy said kegs for low cost?

[modernbrewlife]

Somesolid options there. I have been saving yeast and buying hops in bulk for a couple months now and it pays off.

[westwardsmile]

Yeast harvesting and buying hops in bulk make the biggest difference

[diegomarlarstonelizardhops]

Buying local hops of season can be cheaper at times if over loaded my company stone lizard hops ended up w 35lbs of a mix of glacier, nugget, and cenn for 10 to 7 bucks a lb. Hops oxidize and get unstable above 32degrees after they have setfrom cure. If you have local farmers ask them what they have thats in bulk odds are they are going to throw you alot cheap especally local

[chetgreenwood]

What up Kyle!!! Love the vids but I have one question... I watched a video that Emett did on making a yeast starter more than a year ago and haven’t seen y’all make a starter since... what’s up with that?? Y’all could be saving money there too

[thisquietplace]

If you dry hop, save the hop gunk and use it as bittering hops for your next beer.

[markbarber]

I brew monthly and used 1pkt of S23 for 5yrs. A friend uses 2pkts ea brew that $500 vs my $4

[jeremysmith]

You can start saving money by having a basic equipment setup if your just a home brewer, I have used a simple pot for many years. Why spend thousands on all the equipment from companies like clawhammer. My friend spent 10's of thousands on equipment and my beer is better than his!

[jep]

I really like these tips, but I wish you would go into more detail about the storage and expected lifespan of perishables. For example I already store my hops in the freezer, but I just use foil and plastic resealable sandwich bags to keep the hops from getting freezer burn - is there a "best" method for wrapping frozen hops? And how long do you think they will last in the freezer? I know that their flavour and aroma reduces over time but how significantly over what kind of time frame? Same goes for grain - it would be interesting to hear your thoughts on best storage conditions (temperature, humidity, etc) and timespan.
I know you probably wanted to keep this video short and sweet for impact, but there is so much conflicting information around it would just be interesting to hear your point of view

[xflyyer]

How Do you harvest yeast from the fermenter?

[powers]

How long will hops last in the freezer in a resealable bag once opened?