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Fun process from start to finish and the Beers are fantastic!
By Max C. on Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2018
I am now on my third batch of beer with the PicoBrew C and loving every part of the process (ok, maybe I’m enjoying the drinking part more than the other parts, but its all fun). The manual is very clear but the videos they have online worked even better for getting me up and running. Setup was very simple and once you explore the different parts that come in the box it all starts to make sense how it works and what the different parts are for. My first session was the Stargazer IPA from Rooftop brewing in Seattle. If anything the process was too simple; I followed the instructions for loading the Pikopak and water and then hit the button to start. The PicoBrew started making noises and humming and told me it would be done in less than 3 hours. I was a little disappointed that it wasn’t really telling me what it was doing. So I wandered off to login online and see what information showed there. What a pleasant surprise! There is a graph of temperatures and a better description of what part of the process the Pico is running through at the time. The process concludes with the beer pumped into a cute little keg ready for fermentation. You let it sit until room temp (24 hours) and then add the yeast. The keg then sits in a warm room for a week or two depending on the recipe to magically generate alcohol. At this point you use the PicoBrew to pump the beer into this cute little 5L dispensing keg and then add sugar. Once the keg has sat for a couple weeks it becomes carbonated and is ready to drink. At this point I ran into my only real challenge… I came home on a Friday and was excited to crack into my first beer. Just before I opened it I though “wait a second; wont it start to go flat once I open it?”. I wasn’t sure I was ready to commit to roughly 13 bottles worth of 7.0 ABV in one weekend. I was able to solve this problem by calling a couple of friends and we were able to power through most of it while I showed them how to brew my next batch. Like I said; lots of fun through the whole process.
Top critical review
36 people found this helpful
Buy something else.
By Jose L Alvarez on Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2018
First, be aware that the product does NOT come with a brewing pack, so you will have to buy one and wait several days for it to arrive, so plan accordingly. Also, you only get a "get started" instructions, for the manual, you must register on their web site and download it. The product works as advertised, but support is not that good. For a product that is worthless without the company that makes it, that's pretty important. I tried to contact them several times for very minor things, including the replacement of the plastic bucket that came cracked, and it was a struggle. To date I still have not received a response. The online chat is worthless, so save your time. Overall, nice product, but remember that you cannot use it unless the company is in business, so customer service should be paramount, and it is not. I guess I should right an update. After getting the first pack, the brewing process was easy, but while fermenting, I figured I would get a regulator from pico and a five pack of CO2. Tg he first regulator did not work, it would leak CO2. After several days and a back and forth with support, they shipped me another regulator and another five pack. Today I went to rack my second pack, guess what, regulator gauge not working. I have no idea whether it works, leaks, or how much pressure it is putting in the beer. Very frustrating experience, my advice, look at something else.
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