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dotti34 · 10-02-2013, 03:31

Shared memories apparently, DtheP47, made him thirsty thinking about it. Now this next bit has nothing to do with Accrington but definitely to do with the amber liquid. With the cost of beer going up and up, a few years ago himself decided to go down the home brew track. Assured me that the initial outlay would soon pay for itself, home brews being but a fraction of the retail price of beer.
Working on the premise that the more you drink the more you save, he was very enthusiastic and by the time he’d done the last brew he had filled some 4,200 stubbies (Aussie bottles of 375 mls). He gave a lot away to friends as he needed the bottles and even he couldn’t drink the stuff fast enough to keep up the supply of empties. It was so successful that it became like an addiction but he eventually gave the game away a while ago – still have a few bottles of Stout left which are about 7 years old. Not game to try them….
…and I might add that I’m still waiting for the savings.

10-02-2013, 03:31	#503
dotti34 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,189 Blog Entries: 80 Liked: 1480 times Rep Power: 833512	Re: 1st pint, 1st local. Shared memories apparently, DtheP47, made him thirsty thinking about it. Now this next bit has nothing to do with Accrington but definitely to do with the amber liquid. With the cost of beer going up and up, a few years ago himself decided to go down the home brew track. Assured me that the initial outlay would soon pay for itself, home brews being but a fraction of the retail price of beer. Working on the premise that the more you drink the more you save, he was very enthusiastic and by the time he’d done the last brew he had filled some 4,200 stubbies (Aussie bottles of 375 mls). He gave a lot away to friends as he needed the bottles and even he couldn’t drink the stuff fast enough to keep up the supply of empties. It was so successful that it became like an addiction but he eventually gave the game away a while ago – still have a few bottles of Stout left which are about 7 years old. Not game to try them…. …and I might add that I’m still waiting for the savings.