Gotta love German engineering

[DBear]

The German to English translation is a hoot.

http://www.morebeer4u.com/16.html

[andy77]

"there will be no wish open of the beer type you brew."

That's awesome. Better than "happy excellent wrenches" from Japanese translations.

[Cliff]

The German to English translation is a hoot.

http://www.morebeer4u.com/16.html

I thought about a single vessel brewery like that, using a colander basket in a large pot.
I didn't like the idea of splattering wort about during removal. It was also problematic 'cause I wanted to use electric elements not gas and the colanders sit too low in the fluid column for such elements. Induction was just too damn expensive and I was looking at units that could boil 10 - 15 gallons costing around $2 Grand.

[TheDarkSide]

http://www.morebeer4u.com/16.html

I smell a cease and desist order

[Cliff]

The German to English translation is a hoot.

And their selection of the musical score could not have been more boring and predictable.

I think that gizmo locks the user into brewing in a way that I call overly structured.
You gotta do it their way.
I wanna do it my way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Lp4w8wyy0

[Thirsty Boy]

The German to English translation is a hoot.

I think that gizmo locks the user into brewing in a way that I call overly structured.
You gotta do it their way.
I wanna do it my way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Lp4w8wyy0

I'm not sure what you mean Cliff - I know a few people who brew on these systems and consider them to be extremely flexible. You can use any recipe you want and any mash schedule you want... I'm not seeing the "locked in" thing. Could you elaborate?

[thatguy314]

It says the 20 liter system only holds 4-5kg of grain according to the instructions. Also hopping appears to be limited. I'd call that pretty locked in myself. Plus it's a no sparge system, which kind of suggests to me that 8-10 pounds of grain aren't going to get you very far. Being generous (70% efficiency) that maxes your batches out at 1.052 without addition of extract.

[dags]

but is is all shiny how can you not like it (appart from the price tag). They have one at my local homebrew shop in melbourne. All the guys there have been taking it home for test runs and saying good things about it. I see the limitations but for an apartment brewing rig it could be the go. That said I'll be sticking with my buckets, hoses and burners