andrewmaixner,
Certainly a fair point regarding the speed and ease of brewing on the BrewBoss - surely his controller can run long mashes. I took a look at that system today (very quickly). It's hard not to take points off for presentation and looking like it is cobbled together is someone's garage. But the thing that really gets me is how the pin holes in the side of the center copper tube move enough water through the entire grain bed in order to get good efficiency. The picture that shows the tiny streams of water coming out of the center tube look impressive with no grain, but when the basket is packed with malt, I doubt their penetration is nearly that effective. There's no way the outer grains get much "COFI technology" action....... /shrug
It may work fine, not sure. I'm not an engineer.... But I like the BrauMeister method of forcing the water through the entire grain bed bottom to top. I know water is being circ'd by every single grain.
Regarding cleaning - there are no external pumps or hoses and only one vessel. However long it takes you to wash an everyday kitchen 5 gallon stew pot is how long it takes to clean the BrauMeister after a brew day. Soak some PDW for 30 minutes, take a pass with a sponge or greenie, rinse - 5 minutes max.
Brewing is half a Saturday morning - not an all day endeavor.
One guy's opinion.
Certainly a fair point regarding the speed and ease of brewing on the BrewBoss - surely his controller can run long mashes. I took a look at that system today (very quickly). It's hard not to take points off for presentation and looking like it is cobbled together is someone's garage. But the thing that really gets me is how the pin holes in the side of the center copper tube move enough water through the entire grain bed in order to get good efficiency. The picture that shows the tiny streams of water coming out of the center tube look impressive with no grain, but when the basket is packed with malt, I doubt their penetration is nearly that effective. There's no way the outer grains get much "COFI technology" action....... /shrug
It may work fine, not sure. I'm not an engineer.... But I like the BrauMeister method of forcing the water through the entire grain bed bottom to top. I know water is being circ'd by every single grain.
Regarding cleaning - there are no external pumps or hoses and only one vessel. However long it takes you to wash an everyday kitchen 5 gallon stew pot is how long it takes to clean the BrauMeister after a brew day. Soak some PDW for 30 minutes, take a pass with a sponge or greenie, rinse - 5 minutes max.
Brewing is half a Saturday morning - not an all day endeavor.
One guy's opinion.
