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Old 05-21-2008, 03:18 PM   #154 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by modenacart View Post
Unless you use a hefeweizen yeast, its suppose to make banana and clove easters and phenals flavors. How much is your choice by controling the temperature.
True, that.

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I just finished a California Common and I have a hefeweizen carbonating right now. Next I think I will make a pale ale. Price of grain has gone through the roof though and hops are expensive now too.
I just started growing my own hops as the price went up to $4.75 for 2 oz. of pelletized. I'm paying about $1 a pound for liquid malt extract. I don't have the time for all grain, and it'd cost about the same per pound, but I'd have to use more per batch, so it'd cost me more $$ to go all grain.

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$0.35 per 160z glass is a great price. You must have a great homebrew store near you. I live in a pretty small town so I have to take what I can get. No way can I make it for that cheap and I get my bags of base malt in 55 lb sacks. Price of grain went from $55/55lbs to $75/55lb bag. I am not doing it for the cost though, its a hobbie. It runs me about $0.60/bottle not counting propane and water, but I am sure they are not the bulk of the cost. I just started growing Kent Goldings and Hallertauer so I hope to get my hop cost down. Maybe I will start reusing yeast. I don't really have a place to store it right now. If I can get those costs down I am down to about $.30/bottle.

Ouch! That's a hefty jump in grain costs. I harvest my yeast for about 5 generations or so. Best is to top crop, but not always feasible with a carboy, in which case I pull it outta the secondary after kegging. I picked up a 15 gallon conical and the lid is big enough now for top cropping... I get partial bottles of propane for free from my work, so there's no cost there, and my water bill is the same if I use 5 gallons of 500 gallons of water. The only way for me to drop my cost more than it is already is to find extract for less than $1 a pound, and reuse my yeast more than 5 times.

I have a summer ale in the kegerator that I used a Nugget hop for bittering, and Hallertauer for the flavor and aroma. I'm about to brew a Red Rye, and I need to make more Oatmeal Stout!

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