It is so eazy-peazey I can’t believe I was paying 7 & 8 bucks a sixpack for so long. Once you amortize the bottles (which you don’t even have to buy since you’ve been stockpiling them), even buying kits and paying shipping you’ll come out ahead. I’ve gotten several from www.williamsbrewing.com. The first one I made was the Weizenbeer. One thing - if you do end up buying more bottles, go right to the 22 oz. Capping 5 gallons in 12 oz bottles takes way too long.
The labels on the bottles I have say 15.2 Fl ozs
So, that’s 2 bottles/quart, 8/gallon, and I have 22 of them.
so that would be about 2.5 gallons worth which is part of the reason I want to start small.
Sixpacks are over $9 where I live, so the dollar-a-bottle back of the envelope rate for homebrewed brewskies is a real steal over the course of a year or so.
Another good move: become an inveterate bottle scrounger. Where I live glass recycling is kind of a chore, so offering to take bottles off the hands of neighbors and friends is appreciated. A win-win.