Holy thread resurrection!
"Simple" brewing systems like the iGulu and Pinter have gotten attention lately along with the Flash Brewing kits from MoreBeer. I stumbled across the BrewArt system on Amazon thinking it was also a newly released product, but I see that variations of this system have been around for 5 years or so. This thread is one of the few mentions of the system.
Website is at:
https://brewart.com/us/
They have a few videos on YouTube, like this one:
They have a full system listed on Amazon for the whopping price of $1,138.10!!!
https://a.co/d/665MYKV
The price makes it a non-starter, but it does have some interesting ideas. I like that it separates out the fermenting vessel from the serving vessel. You ferment 10L batches and then keg one batch into a pair of 5L kegs for dispensing.
I am not sure how I feel about the serving side. It looks like you fill a bladder with the beer, and add priming sugar for carbonation. The beer is served with air pumped around the outside of the bladder. I am not sure if reusing the bladder is easy, or if you just have to trash it after every keg.
Overall, I think the "expensive kits using extract and hop oils" approach is fatally flawed. It feels as much like brewing as microwaving an expensive frozen dinner feel like cooking. I don't see either approaches making a great beer or dinner.
I am not sure what price points would be possible, but I could see some appeal in a 10L temperature controlled fermenter in the $200 range. It could support making the packaged no-boil kits, or standard extract or all-grain brewing. You could then bottle or keg the beer. I see some mini kegerator models on Amazon for under $200 that dispense the 5L minikegs. You might not be able to sell a quality product at that price, but maybe.
