Been looking at the electric all in ones myself (grainfather picobrew...etc). I've also been thinking about moving off my single stage press but both haven't happened.

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I have a picobrew zymatic (it's broken but I have it) and I'm waiting for their new Z to get shipped so I can start using one again. I like their product a lot, it works great and makes good beer in a small self contained package. I'm a big fan of the 2.5 gallon size because it lets me play with new recipes and not get stuck with 5 gallons of meh beer. Right now all I have is my 10 gallon system which limits my ability to play around with new recipes, but it does make a lot of beer. Just made 10 gallons of porter yesterday while loading some 577/450.ncbluedot wrote: ↑Sun Feb 10, 2019 10:37 am Been brewing for 7 years. Mostly extract with specialty grains. Been growing Cascade hops in the backyard for 5 years. I also make cider, meads and cysers (cider and honey together). In fact I racked a cider and cyser to secondary fermenters last night. Another 6 months of aging and the will be ready to bottle or keg.
Been looking at the electric all in ones myself (grainfather picobrew...etc). I've also been thinking about moving off my single stage press but both haven't happened.![]()
I'm a big fan of always having a lower alcohol beer around for lawnmower and woodshop purposes.
Yeah, I stopped with the plastic a long time ago (except the rare wine I make, I'll just buy a new bucket to do those). Stainless is all I have left. I think I remember seeing the Anvil fermenters at a homebrewcon a few years ago. They seem nice, still prefer my SSBrewtech stuff though.I finally ordered an Anvil SS fermenter as I have been threatening to do since my last Cyser caught a bug in a plastic bucket back in January.Funny thing when pay pal processed the order the payment was sent to Blichmann Engineering. Soooo, I guess Anvil is Blichmanns home brew market label. Good to know!
I went in on a SS Brewtech fermenter as a retirement gift (my suggestion) and it was awesome but it reminded me of the Mercedes Benz and BMWs you see in Europe, yes they are awesome small 4 cylinder hatchbacks, but they are still small 4 cylinder hatchbacks. For a 5 gallon SS fermenter, the Anvil was at a very good price point but definitely not a Brewtech.offensivename wrote: ↑Mon Apr 20, 2020 12:37 pm
Yeah, I stopped with the plastic a long time ago (except the rare wine I make, I'll just buy a new bucket to do those). Stainless is all I have left. I think I remember seeing the Anvil fermenters at a homebrewcon a few years ago. They seem nice, still prefer my SSBrewtech stuff though.
Would love to hear how it turns out. I've heard of the "kit and kilo" (of sugar) they use to sell back in the day. Mr Beer sounds similar. During prohibition they use to sell bricks of raisins and a pack of dry yeast with instructions "do not mix yeast and raisins with two gallons of water or it will make alcohol".
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