shanek17
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Like many of us home brewers the cost of wine can be of interest.
I was interested to know how much it costs to buy storebought wine compared to homemade, and if there is a big difference in price.
So for examples I took a hypothetical 23 liter carboy and imagined it was filled to the top with homemade wine, and then thought, how much would it cost to fill this carboy with your average storebought wine.
So let's pretend the store wine costs 20$ per 750ml bottle. And I know that there are 23000 ml in a 23 liter carboy. And that roughly 30 bottles can fit in this carboy.
23000ml divided by 750ml bottles = 30.6667 x 20$ = 613.333$
So according to my calculation it would cost 613$ to fill that carboy with storebought wine! And my first wine kit cost 35$ plus some supplies. So maybe around 100-150$
I was interested to know how much it costs to buy storebought wine compared to homemade, and if there is a big difference in price.
So for examples I took a hypothetical 23 liter carboy and imagined it was filled to the top with homemade wine, and then thought, how much would it cost to fill this carboy with your average storebought wine.
So let's pretend the store wine costs 20$ per 750ml bottle. And I know that there are 23000 ml in a 23 liter carboy. And that roughly 30 bottles can fit in this carboy.
23000ml divided by 750ml bottles = 30.6667 x 20$ = 613.333$
So according to my calculation it would cost 613$ to fill that carboy with storebought wine! And my first wine kit cost 35$ plus some supplies. So maybe around 100-150$