Home made beer anyone?🤔

[Breadhead]

Set it and forget for you beer lovers.😎

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/igulu-smart-automated-craft-beer-home-brewery--4#/

[Beefchop]

These fully automated beer machines are getting popular.

https://www.picobrew.com/Store/products/zymatic.cshtml

[bbqoaf]

Has anyone tried one of these out? If they actually make a good product that would be pretty sweet.

[MBMorgan]

Looks like the countertop bread machine of beer brewing. I think I'll stick to my big stainless steel pots, carboys, and bottles... which is not to say that the automated gizmo won't work. I'd worry a lot about cleanup and sterilization, though.

[Fine Swine]

I used to make beer in my college days. It was fun to do and turned out some pretty good ones. Mostly 12oz bottles and champagne bottles. This beer making thing can easily become addictive just like BBQ and bread/pizza making!

[Thunder77]

I have never used one of those. I have brewed my own beer before. Looks interesting, but with that kind of cash laying around, my MCS would kick in first!

[Craigar]

Looks like the countertop bread machine of beer brewing. I think I'll stick to my big stainless steel pots, carboys, and bottles... which is not to say that the automated gizmo won't work. I'd worry a lot about cleanup and sterilization, though.

I couldn't agree more. I would rather use that money for a kegging system.

[Beefchop]

MBMorgan The Pico brew system is really easy to clean and sterilize (at least from the demo videos I've viewed and reviews I've read). The problem with these systems is that they are really expensive, and for those who like the hands on aspect of brewing this is like buying a PBC or KBC cooker - you get awesome results right out of the box that you can replicate time and time again with minimal fuss. Except that it's priced like a really expensive offset. But what's cost to a homebrewer? lol. if I added up all the crap I bought it may equal the cost of one of these systems!

I know that a lot of home brewers like the hands on aspect of brewing so this wouldn't appeal to them, obviously. The PICO system does 2.5 gallon batches and uses a corny keg to cool and ferment the wort.