To Crush or Not to Crush
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Posted 31 March 2009 - 06:17 AM
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Posted 31 March 2009 - 06:23 AM
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Posted 31 March 2009 - 06:38 AM
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Posted 31 March 2009 - 07:06 AM
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Posted 31 March 2009 - 07:38 AM
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Posted 31 March 2009 - 07:53 AM
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Posted 31 March 2009 - 10:35 AM
Running the numbers is the only way to answer this question. For someone in your situation, looking at your brewing history, then it wouldn't be prudent. My LHBS sells basic American Pale 2-row for $1.40/lbs, or I can order a 55lbs sack for $33 (different, sack only, vendor). That's an $0.80/lbs difference, and using your same estimate at 2lbs/gallon beer, that would put my numbers closer to 85 gallons. For the amount I want to brew, that's about a year and a half on the break even point. Of course, I'm tempted to do something like this, and save even more cash....Just to give some numbers, I am paying about a $0.50 per pound premium over what the LHBS would sell in 55 lb sacks. For a rough average, call it 20 lbs per 10 gallon batch. So break even is at 10 batches, given a very rough estimate of 100 for a crusher. I haven't brewed 100 gallons of beer in the last 2 years combined. I may have just answered my own question. Thanks for listening. Anyone want to give me a reason I should buy a crusher?
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Posted 31 March 2009 - 11:21 AM
That is pretty sweet, but I just don't have the needed tools for that.Running the numbers is the only way to answer this question. For someone in your situation, looking at your brewing history, then it wouldn't be prudent. My LHBS sells basic American Pale 2-row for $1.40/lbs, or I can order a 55lbs sack for $33 (different, sack only, vendor). That's an $0.80/lbs difference, and using your same estimate at 2lbs/gallon beer, that would put my numbers closer to 85 gallons. For the amount I want to brew, that's about a year and a half on the break even point. Of course, I'm tempted to do something like this, and save even more cash....
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Posted 31 March 2009 - 02:07 PM
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