Things you should already have:
- Pot and Spoon
- Rubber Bands
- Funnel
- Measuring Cup
- Plastic Wrap
- Water (as long as its clean)
- Bottles and Caps (keep your plastic pop bottles)
Startup Cost (approx price):
- Water Cooler Bottle (without water) $10.00
- Bucket (Food Grade) $10.00 to $20.00
- Tubing $5.00
Brew Ingredients (approx price):
- Brew Mix (this can range from a simple malt extract kit to micro-brewery kits) $6.00 to $35.00
- 8 Frozen Juice cans $10.00 to $15.00
- Sugar 1 to 2 kg (will depend on type of sugar) $3.00 to $6.00
- Yeast (pack of three, beer kits usually have this included) $3.00
So to start brewing Beer can be as cheap as $7.00 per Dozen, and after the initial cost, its less than a Tooney per Dozen.
As for Wine, a bottle would cost $4.00 initially and after that only a Looney.