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The serving kegs are Those kegs are a pain. Remember that the inside is sprayed with a lacker to protect corrosion from the beer. So be careful. Clean early, right after the keg kicked. I used and would recommend soaking with hot water and a solution. PBW works well, but will also thin the...

I have asked that that question in person at CES as well as by email, and Brew Unlimited does not appear to me as something they plan on doing it again. Some pre canned PR answer is provided each time. We never know, but with the Z launch, I doubt. Maybe if there's a future consumer product, who...

Yeah, I'll look it up for when I get a chance to read. I just started pushing it with Co2, and have been because it was simple and had easy access to CO2 now that I got some tanks.But never noticed any off flavors either way. Right now oxygen is not my issue, it's the wife who does not want to...

If you have plenty of CO2 handy, you can use that to move it instead of the slightly compressed air the Pico will send. I also like to purge my keg with CO2 before filling it with beer. Maybe that's just me.

Oxygen, carbonation and racking. Is it that bad to expose your fermented beer to oxygen? if so, what is the best solution to ferment and rack 6 gal of beer? I had been using all those years a siphon to go from one vessel to another and an enolmatic to fill my bottles. I didn't see any issues...

Got you. Ok thank guys. I have yet not seen any gunk at all, nor blown paks so far. And I typically rinse immediately after the brews and deep clean after 3. But now that I am planning on quad batches, I did not think it would bad but in case there was something I missed. The last thing I want...

Any issue in deep cleaning the pico after 4 batches instead of 3? I'm wondering if I could do so when brewing 4 identical paks back to back to save a bit of time. I would still do the after brew rinse.

Yep, thx. I always use it now to control krausen.

I am planning on using a complete pouch of dry yeast on a quad batch of brewing, in a 7 gal fermenter, this should be sufficient yeast? Headspace in the fermenter is enough? I guesstimate using 6gal out of the 7 gal capacity.

Do you believe the DME had a positive impact on the taste vs the .... euh, is this sucrose in those packs?!?...dextrose or whatever they provide?

Have tilts ever been on sale? Anyone here ever tried either of the following: naturally carbonating the beer in keg, or age their batches in oak casks (or any other wood essence)?

If only the darn things were not so much a pain in the neck. That's what I was thinking when I originally backed the campaign. The ones I saw were a different brand, but pretty much the same. I changed tune once I started using them. :-/ Plus, the cooling is via a peltier heatseak. I don't...

Thanks for this. When looking at SS and Anvil, I find their 7 or so Gal conicals can fit in my beer fridge. This should work well for 4 batches. I prefer 4 as I buy my paks in packs of 4 to optimize shipping and 6 gals means I fill 2 of my 3gal kegs. A brew week-end would mean 2 different beers...

Anyone knows if 3 batches could fit in a 5 gal corny for fermenting? Or the headspace is too low for all the krausen it will generate? I’d like to triple batch while avoiding to buy a conical fermenter.

Cool, thx. Yes, I would be curious to know.

I hear you. Do you find that the Z does not extract as much flavor out of the hops as you would like? Are you using a RIMS or HERMS system if I may ask?

Curious.... would you have not built the eBIAB would you have known this Z series was coming up? Are you trading in the Zymatic for the Z1 or adding the Z1 to the mix?

Is it me, or the $99 5Gal kegs are not selectable anymore. Was it tue only promo?

Welcome Pete ! You're joining quite a few of us. I believe the Pico has attracted quite a few of us who let go of the hobby, but the simplicity of the pico got us to brew again. Especially the size. Please share more of your stories as they happen. That's what is great with this...

I hear you, and I come from the place. Space is my issue now. As for the recipes, I love tweaking, so I won't mind entering the stuff in it, and for the ingredients, I would bag all the stuff in advance from the store with the right amounts. So they would not take that much more space and would...