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If you have the wiring/thermal switch fix in your machine (assuming b20, not +), I don't see why it won't keep on rocking for quite some time. I have had no 'real' problems and don't anticipate any more at those point. The other upside is that they don't require phoning home to brew so they...

Well damn, you beat me to the draw and changed maybe a dozen words, but I was just posting the same response. I hope they are still a thing but I will certainly plan for the worst. I am waiting on a response from the ebay seller but I am likely buying at least one of their units to have some...

My guess is that these are from the NJ repair facility. I think this all but confirms that Brewie is done. They are probably trying to recoup the money that brewie may or may not owe them. Mine got sent there a few months after i got it and brewie ended up sending me different new one months...

This is amazing. Thanks for sharing! I'm afraid to ask how you got all of this, but great work. I did send an email to every @brewie.org address i had asking for source code if indeed things have gone south, but i doubt i'll hear anything back. I'm curious if anyone got the updated 'beta'...

I decided to put a 130C thermal switch in mine. The data sheets for the thermal switches say to choose a higher temp rating if running near the max current (they didn't say exactly how much, but to contact an application engineer). The burners draw quite a bit of current and being in the...

Are you using automatic water inlet? Check your calibration (look in the developer settings) and see how much water the it thinks is there. The water inlet doesnt require the pump, just the solenoid on the inlet valve (you can also verify this solenoid from developer mode). I may also try...

I haven't posted in a long time. We had a baby girl back in march which has kept my hobbying at a minimum. I am now getting back in the game and figured i'd give an update of what i've seen recently. I had the boil pump stop working back in may. After 2 months brewie finally got me a new...

Its been a bit since i've last posted. It sounds like people are starting to have more success and repeatability. I had settled in to being content with ~50% efficiency and had just been making up the difference with more grain (or DME in to the boil). This was kind of a losing proposition...

After waiting 3+ months for my B20 to be fixed, they finally reached out and offered to send a new B20. I'm not sure why it took 3 months for them to figure out that mine was not salvageable, but whatever. I asked to wait a bit longer for a B+ but they said some ******** about 'fairness.' I...

I figured i'd chime in again as its been almost 2 months since the NJ service center received my machine. I emailed the support mailbox and finally got a response saying they'd let me know 'tomorrow.' about 12 tomorrows later and a couple more emails, i finally just bombarded every email...

I have been waiting for a few weeks on a courier pickup. I tried using their web form to get a pickup and it just kept error-ing out. Balint tried to schedule one for a couple of weeks with no success. I guess they gave up on the whole courier stuff because i got my UPS label yesterday as...

That really sucks. Hopefully it won't have to go back (or maybe it will and you'll get a new one, and if you're really lucky, a B+). About a week ago i received my recall notice. I had sent in a handful of tickets about weird behaviors (not boiling, not hopping properly, not cooling) and i...

Just got the same email. Clearly its a been "individually processed" as i was quoted the same ridiculous amount (edit: $1199). I worked out in my head a couple of days ago that i'd probably pay up to around $300-400 max for the upgrade (figure cover shipping). Its a pretty big screw job to...

I'm really curious to see what the new machine looks like. I will be more than a bit angry if its just a rehashed B20 with the fixes that should have been implemented in the original system. I have a feeling it will be a smaller system - something to compete more directly with the Picobrew...

Sadly, it sounds like my experiences are thus far are the exception rather than the rule. I really feel for everyone - this was a lot of coin to plunk down on something that is supposed to just work. Rather than Brewie doing the beta testing (i wouldve thought they could squeeze that into the...

I finally received my brewie on 12/19 (East Coast US). Fortunately (depending on how you look at it), mine was held at the manufacturing facility until just about a month ago to sort out an issue with the SSRs controlling the heaters (at least officially, who knows if there were other lingering...