Results from The 2024 HomeBrewers Survey
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- Results from The 2024 HomeBrewers Survey
This survey asked homebrewers around the world 5 key questions for interest and to track trends.
The results are now in and there are certainly some expected results and surprising results to be shared.
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Introduction music:- Drink Beer (Till The Day That I Die) by Dazie Mae
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www.teespring.com/stores/davi...
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I commend you David, you did a lot of work here for transparency and this survey was very interesting for sure. I hope you keep this going for the years to come!
Many thanks Alan, much appreciated
Thanks David!
Enjoyed this video and many other's of yours.
If you run the survey again and want help programmatically processing the responses in the comments - please reach out.
Hi, much appreciated, thank you. Im not sure how I will do this yet but its a year away so plenty of time yet 🍻🍻🍻
Thanks David. It's really helpful and insightful to get this data as it's something that is publicly available.
Great to hear. I intend to make this a yearly survey, any suggestions on future question additions?
@@DavidHeathHomebrew , I wonder if it's worth reaching out to Thomas Gangsøy for some sort of collaboration? In theory, the data in your survey could all be extracted from Brewfather’s database (which would also have a bigger sample size) from the actual batches people have brewed. You could then see trend data over time split into different categories. For example:
Brewing frequency:
- Do people brew more during certain times of year (e.g. lead up to Christmas)?
- Are some countries more avid brewers than others?
Brew styles:
- Are different brew styles trending one way or the other? E.g. Is the popularity of IPAs declining, or is it fairly constant
- For hoppy beers: What hops and hop combinations are most popular? How has this changed over time?
- For malt-forward beers: What malts and malt combinations are most popular?
Brewing equipment:
- Most popular systems
- System usage trends over time - e.g. is there a spike in a given system’s usage around a new product release?
This sort of data could be helpful for local home brew stores (e.g. helping them decide what to stock), as well as home brewers (e.g. referencing popular hop or malt combinations as a starting point for a recipe). Also super interesting for the community in general :)
Kicking arse and taking data!!
I would like to thank you also, David. Interesting results, I had not anticipated the results. Questions that I would like to add would be: 1. How long have you been brewing? 2. Has your method of brewing changed over time? 3 What country or continent are you from?
Many thanks Mike. All very much appreciated 🍻🍻🍻
I would also think that most people would be happy to help you with your next survey by completing an online survey to save you all the work of collating the information. Perhaps a useful question for the next survey would be to ask brewers ability. Keep up the great channel :)
Great, many thanks Paul, much appreciated 🍻🍻🍻
Here are some thoughts to your end questions, I think it would be interesting to find out which brewing software people most use. I guess it will be either Brewfather or Beersmith but an interesting thing to track. Cheers!
Great, may thanks Alan, good suggeston!
Appreciate the effort on this David!! Was fun to take part.
Great to hear, many thanks for taking part 🍻🍻🍻
Indeed, interesting.👍
Good video as always, and thank you for your time and effort.♥
Many thanks, much appreciated. I look forward to doing this next year too!
My fermentation answer changed during this process.
I took advantage of the sale and bought the 14 gallon Brew built X2 jacketed just before the X3 came out.
My first beer was David's Czech Pilsner. Nailed all the numbers and drinking it right now, outstanding! I'm using Anvil 10.5, right now. I live very rural in Colorado. Being rural, I don't want the Internet to screw up my brewing, that's why I brought the Anvil foundry. Looking to upgrade to the 18 gallon Anvil soon.
Congratulations, its a great tank. It will be interesting to see how it does in next years results 🍻🍻🍻
This was a really interesting watch, it would have been interesting to see the numbers of votes too but I am a data analyst so maybe that's just me haha. It would be interesting to see the split between people bottling and kegging,built vs bought kegerators and maybe how long people have been brewing for?
Great to hear. I found it very interesting myself 🍻🍻🍻
Thanks David, very interesting results, appreciate the effort on your part (which was probably significant extracting the results from the comments - would suggest Survey Monkey or something similar to help you ;-) - otherwise staying with the comments route is not a problem). Also would suggest "what are your top three styles", "what new style (for you) do you intend to brew in the ear future", and "what is your next big (money wise) brew equipment investment in the next year (brand, model)"
Many thanks Nick, some great thoughts and ideas for sure 🍻🍻🍻
Thank you. I would add for next year the dry vs liquid yeast question- I’d be very interested knowing the percentages!
Thanks, yes this certainly has potential, many thanks 🍻🍻🍻
great idea - so interesting to see how other people brew
Agreed, I found this super interesting.
Great video as always David! I liked the transparency but maybe other survey forms would be less consuming from your end?
As for suggestions/feedback, maybe show the data in various graphs? How many voted, of which how many voted IPA and so on..
Additional questions I could think of: what kind of thermal regulation used for fermentation? Also, how home brewers use (digital) gravity readings during and after fermentation? Such as the Rapt Pill or Tilt, or a refractometer.
Just my 2 cents, keep up the great work!
Great, many thanks for the feedback and suggestions, much appreciated 🍻🍻🍻
As a G30 owner of 7 years I suspect I'll uprade to a larger system in future once I'm done, probably a Kegland unit.
Most of the brewing systems, including the G30, have a suspected lifecycle of 10 years on average. So on average you have some time yet 🍻🍻🍻
Hey David, thanks for taking the time to collate all the info and turn into succinct results! One idea for future results could be to show trends/changes from previous results. One additional question I would be interested in is how people control fermentation temps, if at all? Maybe another if people alternatively use pressure fermentation and or specific yeast variety with no temp control with success.
Thank you, much appreciated. Yes that would be interesting. Most I would hope!
Thanks David. Very interesting
Great to hear, many thanks Andrew 🍻🍻🍻
@@DavidHeathHomebrew I missed doing the survey but good well thought out questions. Hope I see it next year to put some more answers to the questions
Great, thanks Andrew.
Please consider adding choice of yeast by style. Maybe limit it to ipa, pale, lager, etc.
Nice idea Dan, thank you
Great survey mate, very interesting. Cheers. 🤙🍻🇦🇺
Great to hear Mark, cheers :)
Nice to see the result of this survey
Great to hear :)
Yay for data!
Glad you found it interesting :)
Thanks for this. Very interesting. Are most of the unbranded brewers BIAB?
Yes. A simple pot and bag set up. Naturally this does very well on price.
Interesting!
Every month, 25 liters, pale ale/IPA, Grainfather G30, unbranded.
A suggestion for the next survey: brewing alone or with friends? I brew with 2 friends.
Great, thank you, good suggestion for sure 🍻🍻🍻
Really enjoyed participating in this. I see no issues with the presentation of the results on the current format. I would love to see the difference in preference amongst homebrewers between pressure v's non pressure fermentation and preferences between ale v larger yeast
Many thanks for your feedback and suggestions Alan, much appreciated.
I would be interested to know how many use kegerators, keezers, engines, bottles, other methods… to store and serve.
Good idea, thanks for sharing 🍻🍻🍻
I liked the openness of the survey but it would be allot of work for you. Possibly an automated survey would be easier for you. I could have answered a couple more questions.
Great, many thanks for your feedback, much appreciated 🍻🍻🤣
I find the beer style result interesting. I got into home brewing because it’s almost impossible for me to buy a European style lager or English style-in fact anything with a malt forward profile. It would be interesting to know why people homebrew (or maybe why they started). For me it was a lack of variety in my local market, but for many it would seem that’s probably not the case?
Interesting stuff for sure.
It would certainly be interesting to find out why people started homebrewing and also why they continue. The two answers could well be different. Many thanks for your feedback 🍻🍻🍻
Agree. For content creators and/or retailers I think it would be invaluable to know the underlying motivations/drivers for people and their hobby. I suspect there’d be a few common “brewer profiles” that would have different needs to one another. Maybe one for next year’s survey. Great work as usual, David. I’ve finally got hold of some Lyle’s golden syrup, so will be brewing your ESB this weekend.
@simonturk9071 Thanks Simon. In my experience so far the core motivators and drivers are:- Financial, Group activity and creative freedom.
Awsome survey!
A good question would be how many do LODO brewing.
Thank you! Good suggestion, much appreciated 🍻🍻🍻
Hi David,
Do you use a 5 gallon keg for all your small batches?
Hi! 😎 No, I use either Oxebar 8L or 4L kegs.
low
abv for me, reduced alcohol and less sugar.
Yes, I am working on low abv recipes. So far I have IPA and lager recipes on the channel. Stout is next. 🍻🍻🍻
I am sure that brewing lager is a lot higher then results. Reason.. Well many years ago brewing lager was NONONO.. 😉 still many brew lager, but say otherwise 👍 due this.
I presented the results that this survey found.
@@DavidHeathHomebrew I know David ♥️Just saying something you prolly already knew 👍 Saying lager, im thinking they brew something that taste close to lager. Might be kolsh etc. Not many yeast at lager temp etc. They use pressure etc 👍
How many responses did you receive David ?
Ok 🍻🍻 I see what you mean. Yes could well be 🍻🍻
@bulldog9708 I simply counted the votes, not the amount of responses. However these can all be found in the comments of the first video.
Self selecting I know but no sign of Brewtools? Did Bradley vote?
Haha, Brewtools brewing systems and Fermenters did get some votes but not much compared to other brands. Maybe they will do better next year!
Not so surprised myself. Home brewing and much of davids following (which im assuming is the sample group) is geared towards the budget friendly options. Now if there was a QUALITY Equipment survey kegland would most certainly be at the bottom of that list. Grainfather would likely be somewhere in the middle and Brewtools, Spike and Ss at the top end. All the mass produced plastic stuff is at the top of these lists cause its the most accessible. (Probably) There is only one homebrew equipment manufacturer that offers a FIVE year warranty. That speaks volumes for me.
@@MasteringHomebrew You pay for what you get.
@GodfreyTempleton to an exent. A Bentley isn't dollar for dollar better than a Lexus. At some point perceived luxury enters the equation. There's a percentage of people who feel like if it's not the most expensive option they're somehow missing out.
@@richardcagle5475 I don't think we're talking about perceived luxury- more like perceived quality. I've watched and listened to the objective reviews from David Heath and Bradley and if I was to move onwards with my home grog it would be with Brewtools.
IPA/Pale Ale, Anvil 10.5, Corny Keg, 16ish litre batches
Thanks but the survey is over for 2024 :)
@@DavidHeathHomebrew never saw the survey. Just putting in my 2cents
@viper29ca ok, thank you 🍻🍻🍻
Ipa, g40, fermzilla, 5.5-6gal batches, but plan to do more 10 gal batches when i get more practice
Thanks but the survey is over for 2024 :)
Thx David Brewzilla was no surprise - price! Same as Fermzilla. Cheep and disposable cheers
Cheers Ken 🍻🍻🍻
@@DavidHeathHomebrew my new system is another Cheekypeak electric BIAB system but it’s total volume is only 22 litres so it makes 5 - 11 litre batches.
They don’t make them anymore so I got it on special! Can use it on the kitchen bench. I wish I had one years ago!
Anyway cheers mate!
@kenfowler1980 Yes systems like this certainly sound good but the problem is the cost to make them is little different to a 30 or 35L. The customer however expects a price saving.
@@DavidHeathHomebrew well I gave away my last two systems - because previous experience was that any potential buyers want everything for nothing and when the manufacturer is selling them new for below cost (because they are moving away from the home brew market), then what’s the point of trying to sell them?
@kenfowler1980 yes, I can see that