I’m not a fan of most email forwards but this one was good enough to share. It also has a ring of truth to it so while you were wringing your hands over failed investments there might have been other better things you could have been doing drinking.

If you had purchased $1000 of shares in Delta Airlines one year ago, you will have $49.00 today.

If you had purchased $1000 of shares in AIG one year ago, you will have $33.00 today.

If you had purchased $1000 of shares in Lehman Brothers one year ago, you will have $0.00 today.

But—- if you had purchased $1000 worth of beer one year ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the aluminum cans for recycling refund…
you will have received $214.00.

Based on the above, the best current investment plan is to drink heavily & recycle. It’s called the 401-Keg.

Too bad I don’t drink that many cans and end up saving most my bottles. However, this makes me ponder the true cost effectiveness of brewing at home. I know it has been covered before, but since each persons brewing and drinking habits vary, I wonder what the numbers could tell me?

If you brew at home and have crunched the numbers, let us know what you found out in the comments.