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I like your visions, H.W.! A home beer canning system would be a very cool product, if indeed a lot of home brewers would like to put the beer into cans! If would have to be a very quick and easy-to-use system. Tabletop size, powered by a small electric motor with the dies operated either by...

Hello moreb33rplz, How would you see this? An automated system that you can put the basic ingredients in (yeast, wort extract, water, yeast nutrients) and that mixes and controls the temperature, aeration etc?

Wouldn't you need to separate the grains from the wort beforehand?

Hello schematix: 1: check! 2: It depends on the particle size of your trub I suppose. If it's really fine particles you're trying to sift out, then our filter won't work either... Perhaps a multi-stage filter or a cyclone-style filter that uses centrifugal force to separate the wort from the...

With those plastic conical fermentors you mean? Those seem pretty nice for the price!

Hello cddunham, That's actually the way that we do it, a very short piece of silicone tubing that slides right over the spigot and bottling pipe. Perhaps we have a set that is matched quite well, we haven't had any problems. I'll look into that!

I've seen a thread on this very forum with all kinds of nasty wounds coming from exploded carboys... ...Which actually should be an incentive to design something that is a lot better ;)

Probably started out as a hobby projects - these kinds of projects are very difficult to monetize. In the Netherlands we have Brouwhulp (Brewhelp), a very nice bit of software that somebody built and is actually free of charge. We use it all the time.

Hello November, Canning system as in aluminium (aluminum, I'm European ;)) cans? That's going to be tricky, but a nice challenge!

Pretty neat idea, I didn't know this was a problem! Then again, we've only just got a 50 liter keg, so we're bound to find out ;)

Hello schematix! 1: Are you talking about a fermenter that is basically horizontal to fit in a freezer like this? http://ep.yimg.com/ay/yhst-39276693957820/frigidaire-mfc25v7gw-chest-freezer-for-220-volts-2.gif Good suggestion. Isn't anybody already making horizontal fermenters? All the big...

As schematix posted, this is something that you can already buy. I don't really want to go into electronics ;) Thanks for the suggestion!

The basis for our filter is indeed a Lauterhexe! The problem with our brewing setup is that we didn't want to permanently install it in our mashing pot. We stir by hand (it's only a 5 gallon electric pot) so we weren't sure that it would remain lying on the bottom. Dunking it in after the last...

Plus it's easy to fabricate. Definitely going to look into this!

Hello Jwin, Very good idea! We actually had the same problem. I'm going to look into this!

Hello ZebulonBrewer, It is a filter using when sparging, but to get the wort out, not sparging water in. Sorry - I'm just getting used to the English terminology, I'm from the Netherlands so for me it's all about maischen en spoelen (mashing and sparging). It's not that messy; the coils of...

Hello bkboiler, Good suggestion also. Setting up an entire production line for such a small batch of plastic containers is actually pretty cost prohibitive, but what about a basic stainless version? What would you be willing to pay for such an item?

Hello Kenny, First of all, cool that you're also into model trains. We used to have a largish collection, but due to unfortunate family circumstances it isn't in our possession anymore. About the software, that is actually a very good idea! I'm very proficient with SolidWorks, one of the...

Hello Bowtiebrewery and aangel, Thanks for the comments! If by Mash Arms you mean the mash filter, then yes, this is something that I'm thinking of. We're doing the sparging by hand now with a plastic food container lid and a piece of silicone tubing (the water spreads out over the lid and...

Hello barnaclebob, It looks that way, but isn't really. We cut the small pieces of stainless wire each time and reassemble it afterwards. The two spiral springs screw out of the end caps and T-piece in the centre, then we rinse the spring and reassemble. Not that much work, and it functions...