Brew a batch,
bank the six-pack money.
Homebrew lands around a dollar a bottle โ craft beer is closer to three. See how many batches it takes for a kit to pay for itself.
What you buy out now โ the spending we compare against.
1 Your beer habit
How many bottles a week? Toggle per day or per week; tap Edit prices to match your store.
The gear and ingredients you'd use to make it yourself.
2 Grain, hops & yeast
One ingredient kit brews a full batch โ about 50 bottles. Pick a style or enter your kit price and how many bottles it yields.
3 Bottling & COโ
Reusable bottles cost almost nothing per fill; kegging adds a little COโ per pour.
4 Pick your homebrew kit
From a starter fermenter to an all-in-one electric all-grain system โ this sets the upfront cost.
Fine-tune
5 Fine-tune (optional)
Sanitizer, cleaning and the odd replacement part โ estimated from how much you brew.
Your savings
Add your usual drinks above to see what you'd save.
Savings after 1, 2 & 3 years
Cost of one bottle
Your money over time
Break-even progress
Which homebrew kit pays off fastest?
Based on your habit โ every homebrew kit eventually pays for itself.
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Complete your brewery
The gear that makes batch day faster and your beer more consistent.