Most beer drinkers don’t have the time (or inclination) to muddle through the painstaking home-brewing process, but the WilliamsWarn Personal Brewery simplifies just about everything. The brewing system produces pro-grade beers in seven days, instead of four weeks. For now, WilliamsWarn brewers are limited to light ales, but eventually, says inventor and master brewer Ian Williams, they’ll be able to make, store, and pour 50-pint batches of beers, from lagers to stouts.
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The machine saves time by combining home brewing’s longest steps—fermentation, which usually takes a week, and carbonation, which can take at least two. The fermentation tank is also a pressure vessel, which traps carbon dioxide released by yeast, force-carbonating the beer. The system also does away with two common foes of freshness: the sealed vessel keeps out oxygen, a culprit behind flat-tasting pints; and a valve at the bottom of the tank isolates the yeast from the beer as soon as fermenting is done, which prevents meaty, off flavors.
Definitely a cool way to brew. A guy we know has stuff rigged up in his basement to brew beer. Going to tell him about this.
ReplyDeleteMy beer needs and taste are very simple: domestic and cold
ReplyDeleteI hate meaty, off flavors- but I LOVE kitchen gadgets! I wonder what that thing costs?
ReplyDeleteI will keep Carlos from looking at this post as he would be looking for this thing right away!
ReplyDeleteInteresting. They claim to make ales, but they say the yeast is at the bottom. Ale yeast floats. Something doesn't quite add up here.
ReplyDeleteTwould be interesting for the beer/ale drinker. I think I took a vow of poverty, I cannot spend on spirits anymore. LOL One of the house rules.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the lesson though.
cool. this is a home improvement purchase i could really get behind!
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Most people think in order to get going making home brewing kit, you need to spend at couple hundred bucks.
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