JohnnyMarko 1 #1 March 30, 2011 Since all the beer threads are for specialty beers out of range for college students, here's a thread for us cheapos that don't mind saving money just to drink to get drunk... My current favorite, Bud Ice ($12.57 for a 30 pack). Nothing beats getting a 30 pack of 5.5% beer for the price of an expensive 6 pack Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites missbrz 0 #2 March 30, 2011 Hey now I just graduated from college I can drink piss beer too if necessary. I just prefer good beer when I can afford it. (or somebody else is buying) If its cheap beer I'm going Bud Light. It doesn't have the same weird aftertaste IMO as some of the other piss beers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites billvon 2,991 #3 March 30, 2011 >here's a thread for us cheapos that don't mind saving money just to drink to >get drunk... 20 lbs of milled grain $25 WLP001 yeast $6 2 oz Magnum hop pellets $3 10 gallons of 6% beer for ~$34 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JohnnyMarko 1 #4 March 30, 2011 Quote>here's a thread for us cheapos that don't mind saving money just to drink to >get drunk... 20 lbs of milled grain $25 WLP001 yeast $6 2 oz Magnum hop pellets $3 10 gallons of 6% beer for ~$34 Made some ghetto crap in the dorms before I turned 21...In a gallon jug of water, add juice concentrate, sugar, yeast, let sit for 6 weeks or so, tasted like crap even after it was filtered, but did the trick...Besides the ingredients you mentioned, what other equipment would I need and would fit in a tiny apartment? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites theonlyski 8 #5 March 30, 2011 Quote Hey now I just graduated from college I can drink piss beer too if necessary. I just prefer good beer when I can afford it. (or somebody else is buying) If its cheap beer I'm going Bud Light. It doesn't have the same weird aftertaste IMO as some of the other piss beers. You just graduated college and you make HOW MUCH??"I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites missbrz 0 #6 March 30, 2011 Quote Quote Hey now I just graduated from college I can drink piss beer too if necessary. I just prefer good beer when I can afford it. (or somebody else is buying) If its cheap beer I'm going Bud Light. It doesn't have the same weird aftertaste IMO as some of the other piss beers. You just graduated college and you make HOW MUCH?? ok so I'm still poor. I just think the good beer is worth it. o and shut it ski! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites theonlyski 8 #7 March 30, 2011 Quote Quote Quote Hey now I just graduated from college I can drink piss beer too if necessary. I just prefer good beer when I can afford it. (or somebody else is buying) If its cheap beer I'm going Bud Light. It doesn't have the same weird aftertaste IMO as some of the other piss beers. You just graduated college and you make HOW MUCH?? ok so I'm still poor. I just think the good beer is worth it. o and shut it ski! Judging by your rig, I believe you. I think I improved the value in a few stitches."I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites billvon 2,991 #8 March 30, 2011 >what other equipment would I need and would fit in a tiny apartment? If you are in an apartment, go with extract instead of grain. That way you skip the mash tun step which requires some specialized gear. In that case you would use: 18 lbs light LME instead of the grain (LME is liquid malt extract) - about $35 You will need a big pot (10gal or so) a fermenter (plastic water bottle works OK) lots of empty beer bottles and a few odds and ends (hoses etc.) If the apartment is tiny, 5 gallon batches are easier than 10 gallons. You can assemble everything yourself, or get a basic starter kit with everything you need for about $80. If you go that route you can also get a recipe kit for about $20 which contains extract, yeast, hops etc. (that's for a 5 gallon batch.) It is very easy to make decent homebrew beer, very hard to make great homebrew. But it can be made very cheaply. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kevin442 0 #9 March 30, 2011 Your best bet would be to get a starter kit and a extract kit from here. http://www.northernbrewer.com/ I still order a extract kit every once and a while when I don’t have time to do all grain and wana brew a batch (I actually have one of their stouts going right now). Sofar I haven’t had a bad tasting batch yet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Herky 0 #10 March 31, 2011 Natty Light ftw! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites hokierower 0 #11 March 31, 2011 QuoteNatty Ice ftw! Fixed that for you. You gotta ice before the big game. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skybill 22 #12 March 31, 2011 Quote Since all the beer threads are for specialty beers out of range for college students, here's a thread for us cheapos that don't mind saving money just to drink to get drunk... My current favorite, Bud Ice ($12.57 for a 30 pack). Nothing beats getting a 30 pack of 5.5% beer for the price of an expensive 6 pack Hi Johnny, Bud Ice eh? Good for the price but the 5.5% etches some of the aluminum off the inside of the can and makes it taste funny!! For cheap beer I usually go for Bush Light currently $6.99 / 12 pak or there abouts. Wasn't that long ago Beer prices around here were about $2.00 cheaper but the guvmint keeps uping their rip off!! Schlitz is only a few cents cheaper/12pak!! 'Sure hope the "DIXIE" Brewery gets back on line down in ole' New Orleans!!! I remember back in my college daze '63-'66, DIXIE/6pak was $0.99!!!! I might also add that GAS was 29.9cents/gal.!!SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites billvon 2,991 #13 March 31, 2011 >Good for the price but the 5.5% etches some of the aluminum off the >inside of the can and makes it taste funny! Oskar Blues and Maui Brewing both use aluminum cans and brew beer with way higher ABV's than 5.5%. They don't have that problem. For the most part, cans work a lot better than bottles when it comes to protecting beer; cans don't let light through, and they don't react with beer. (They have a coating that keeps the beer from contacting the aluminum.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skybill 22 #14 March 31, 2011 Quote>Good for the price but the 5.5% etches some of the aluminum off the >inside of the can and makes it taste funny! Oskar Blues and Maui Brewing both use aluminum cans and brew beer with way higher ABV's than 5.5%. They don't have that problem. For the most part, cans work a lot better than bottles when it comes to protecting beer; cans don't let light through, and they don't react with beer. (They have a coating that keeps the beer from contacting the aluminum.) Hi BV, Thx for the info...I Know!! I was just kidding about the 5.5% "etching" the inside of the can!! All this talk about BEER is gettin' me thirsty!! Gotta' go check the fridge for a cold brewski!! Do your part to help save the Earth, it's the only planet in the universe with BEER!!!!!!SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Stewie 0 #15 March 31, 2011 Sweet, sweet nectar!"Fuck that. I'll take a good ass-pounding over a bj any day." -- pyrotech Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mutumbo 0 #16 March 31, 2011 as far as cheap beer goes. . . PABST BLUE RIBBON. the end.Thanatos340(on landing rounds)-- Landing procedure: Hand all the way up, Feet and Knees Together and PLF soon as you get bitch slapped by a planet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Stewie 0 #17 March 31, 2011 Man I'm bored. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snhiofL2Rh4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnR1P022qUk"Fuck that. I'll take a good ass-pounding over a bj any day." -- pyrotech Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JohnnyMarko 1 #18 March 31, 2011 Quoteas far as cheap beer goes. . . PABST BLUE RIBBON. the end. Not currently....$16.47 for a 24 pack Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mutumbo 0 #19 March 31, 2011 haha, yikes. its like 12 a case hereThanatos340(on landing rounds)-- Landing procedure: Hand all the way up, Feet and Knees Together and PLF soon as you get bitch slapped by a planet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jrmrangers 0 #20 March 31, 2011 My two favorite kinds of beer are COLD and FREE ! in no particular order! Wait , I pull what first? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mutumbo 0 #21 March 31, 2011 my favorite beer is an open one. Thanatos340(on landing rounds)-- Landing procedure: Hand all the way up, Feet and Knees Together and PLF soon as you get bitch slapped by a planet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites david3 0 #22 March 31, 2011 Quote my favorite beer is an open one. My favorite beer is my next one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites theonlyski 8 #23 March 31, 2011 Quote Quote my favorite beer is an open one. My favorite beer is my next one. My least favorite is an empty one."I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites LyraM45 0 #24 March 31, 2011 Quote Since all the beer threads are for specialty beers out of range for college students, here's a thread for us cheapos that don't mind saving money just to drink to get drunk... My current favorite, Bud Ice ($12.57 for a 30 pack). Nothing beats getting a 30 pack of 5.5% beer for the price of an expensive 6 pack Bud ice?? No way! If you're going to drink cheap beer, at least drink good cheap beer! If anybody is fortunate enough to have a Trader Joes in their area: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/435/45308 Simpler times! Yum! $2.99 for a 6 pack. And it's 6.2% Apologies for the spelling (and grammar).... I got a B.S, not a B.A. :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skydiverbob 0 #25 April 1, 2011 Hey now, no dis'ing the PBR. I fondly remember drinking a warm one after being extracted from way deep in indian country, thought it wass the best beer I'd ever tasted.Who Dares Wins Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
missbrz 0 #2 March 30, 2011 Hey now I just graduated from college I can drink piss beer too if necessary. I just prefer good beer when I can afford it. (or somebody else is buying) If its cheap beer I'm going Bud Light. It doesn't have the same weird aftertaste IMO as some of the other piss beers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,991 #3 March 30, 2011 >here's a thread for us cheapos that don't mind saving money just to drink to >get drunk... 20 lbs of milled grain $25 WLP001 yeast $6 2 oz Magnum hop pellets $3 10 gallons of 6% beer for ~$34 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnnyMarko 1 #4 March 30, 2011 Quote>here's a thread for us cheapos that don't mind saving money just to drink to >get drunk... 20 lbs of milled grain $25 WLP001 yeast $6 2 oz Magnum hop pellets $3 10 gallons of 6% beer for ~$34 Made some ghetto crap in the dorms before I turned 21...In a gallon jug of water, add juice concentrate, sugar, yeast, let sit for 6 weeks or so, tasted like crap even after it was filtered, but did the trick...Besides the ingredients you mentioned, what other equipment would I need and would fit in a tiny apartment? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theonlyski 8 #5 March 30, 2011 Quote Hey now I just graduated from college I can drink piss beer too if necessary. I just prefer good beer when I can afford it. (or somebody else is buying) If its cheap beer I'm going Bud Light. It doesn't have the same weird aftertaste IMO as some of the other piss beers. You just graduated college and you make HOW MUCH??"I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
missbrz 0 #6 March 30, 2011 Quote Quote Hey now I just graduated from college I can drink piss beer too if necessary. I just prefer good beer when I can afford it. (or somebody else is buying) If its cheap beer I'm going Bud Light. It doesn't have the same weird aftertaste IMO as some of the other piss beers. You just graduated college and you make HOW MUCH?? ok so I'm still poor. I just think the good beer is worth it. o and shut it ski! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theonlyski 8 #7 March 30, 2011 Quote Quote Quote Hey now I just graduated from college I can drink piss beer too if necessary. I just prefer good beer when I can afford it. (or somebody else is buying) If its cheap beer I'm going Bud Light. It doesn't have the same weird aftertaste IMO as some of the other piss beers. You just graduated college and you make HOW MUCH?? ok so I'm still poor. I just think the good beer is worth it. o and shut it ski! Judging by your rig, I believe you. I think I improved the value in a few stitches."I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,991 #8 March 30, 2011 >what other equipment would I need and would fit in a tiny apartment? If you are in an apartment, go with extract instead of grain. That way you skip the mash tun step which requires some specialized gear. In that case you would use: 18 lbs light LME instead of the grain (LME is liquid malt extract) - about $35 You will need a big pot (10gal or so) a fermenter (plastic water bottle works OK) lots of empty beer bottles and a few odds and ends (hoses etc.) If the apartment is tiny, 5 gallon batches are easier than 10 gallons. You can assemble everything yourself, or get a basic starter kit with everything you need for about $80. If you go that route you can also get a recipe kit for about $20 which contains extract, yeast, hops etc. (that's for a 5 gallon batch.) It is very easy to make decent homebrew beer, very hard to make great homebrew. But it can be made very cheaply. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kevin442 0 #9 March 30, 2011 Your best bet would be to get a starter kit and a extract kit from here. http://www.northernbrewer.com/ I still order a extract kit every once and a while when I don’t have time to do all grain and wana brew a batch (I actually have one of their stouts going right now). Sofar I haven’t had a bad tasting batch yet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hokierower 0 #11 March 31, 2011 QuoteNatty Ice ftw! Fixed that for you. You gotta ice before the big game. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybill 22 #12 March 31, 2011 Quote Since all the beer threads are for specialty beers out of range for college students, here's a thread for us cheapos that don't mind saving money just to drink to get drunk... My current favorite, Bud Ice ($12.57 for a 30 pack). Nothing beats getting a 30 pack of 5.5% beer for the price of an expensive 6 pack Hi Johnny, Bud Ice eh? Good for the price but the 5.5% etches some of the aluminum off the inside of the can and makes it taste funny!! For cheap beer I usually go for Bush Light currently $6.99 / 12 pak or there abouts. Wasn't that long ago Beer prices around here were about $2.00 cheaper but the guvmint keeps uping their rip off!! Schlitz is only a few cents cheaper/12pak!! 'Sure hope the "DIXIE" Brewery gets back on line down in ole' New Orleans!!! I remember back in my college daze '63-'66, DIXIE/6pak was $0.99!!!! I might also add that GAS was 29.9cents/gal.!!SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,991 #13 March 31, 2011 >Good for the price but the 5.5% etches some of the aluminum off the >inside of the can and makes it taste funny! Oskar Blues and Maui Brewing both use aluminum cans and brew beer with way higher ABV's than 5.5%. They don't have that problem. For the most part, cans work a lot better than bottles when it comes to protecting beer; cans don't let light through, and they don't react with beer. (They have a coating that keeps the beer from contacting the aluminum.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybill 22 #14 March 31, 2011 Quote>Good for the price but the 5.5% etches some of the aluminum off the >inside of the can and makes it taste funny! Oskar Blues and Maui Brewing both use aluminum cans and brew beer with way higher ABV's than 5.5%. They don't have that problem. For the most part, cans work a lot better than bottles when it comes to protecting beer; cans don't let light through, and they don't react with beer. (They have a coating that keeps the beer from contacting the aluminum.) Hi BV, Thx for the info...I Know!! I was just kidding about the 5.5% "etching" the inside of the can!! All this talk about BEER is gettin' me thirsty!! Gotta' go check the fridge for a cold brewski!! Do your part to help save the Earth, it's the only planet in the universe with BEER!!!!!!SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stewie 0 #15 March 31, 2011 Sweet, sweet nectar!"Fuck that. I'll take a good ass-pounding over a bj any day." -- pyrotech Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mutumbo 0 #16 March 31, 2011 as far as cheap beer goes. . . PABST BLUE RIBBON. the end.Thanatos340(on landing rounds)-- Landing procedure: Hand all the way up, Feet and Knees Together and PLF soon as you get bitch slapped by a planet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stewie 0 #17 March 31, 2011 Man I'm bored. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snhiofL2Rh4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnR1P022qUk"Fuck that. I'll take a good ass-pounding over a bj any day." -- pyrotech Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnnyMarko 1 #18 March 31, 2011 Quoteas far as cheap beer goes. . . PABST BLUE RIBBON. the end. Not currently....$16.47 for a 24 pack Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mutumbo 0 #19 March 31, 2011 haha, yikes. its like 12 a case hereThanatos340(on landing rounds)-- Landing procedure: Hand all the way up, Feet and Knees Together and PLF soon as you get bitch slapped by a planet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jrmrangers 0 #20 March 31, 2011 My two favorite kinds of beer are COLD and FREE ! in no particular order! Wait , I pull what first? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mutumbo 0 #21 March 31, 2011 my favorite beer is an open one. Thanatos340(on landing rounds)-- Landing procedure: Hand all the way up, Feet and Knees Together and PLF soon as you get bitch slapped by a planet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
david3 0 #22 March 31, 2011 Quote my favorite beer is an open one. My favorite beer is my next one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theonlyski 8 #23 March 31, 2011 Quote Quote my favorite beer is an open one. My favorite beer is my next one. My least favorite is an empty one."I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LyraM45 0 #24 March 31, 2011 Quote Since all the beer threads are for specialty beers out of range for college students, here's a thread for us cheapos that don't mind saving money just to drink to get drunk... My current favorite, Bud Ice ($12.57 for a 30 pack). Nothing beats getting a 30 pack of 5.5% beer for the price of an expensive 6 pack Bud ice?? No way! If you're going to drink cheap beer, at least drink good cheap beer! If anybody is fortunate enough to have a Trader Joes in their area: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/435/45308 Simpler times! Yum! $2.99 for a 6 pack. And it's 6.2% Apologies for the spelling (and grammar).... I got a B.S, not a B.A. :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiverbob 0 #25 April 1, 2011 Hey now, no dis'ing the PBR. I fondly remember drinking a warm one after being extracted from way deep in indian country, thought it wass the best beer I'd ever tasted.Who Dares Wins Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
