CompaBrew - new homebrewing system inspired by industrial equipment.

[MidAtlanticBrew]

Your expensive given the alternatives. Compact BIAB turnkeys are 1 to 2K.. Even the high end Blichmann Easy Brew is $2400. I wish you the best of luck but it seems like a tough road ahead of you ... home brewers are cheap bastards.... they'll kill with sister to save dollar.

 

[The_Bishop]

How do you replace the heaters if/when they fail? If they're in a sealed space you'd be stuck with a dead system.

 

[AStogniy]

Hello!

Sorry for late reply.
Again, thanks for your feedback.
Your concerns are clear and well described. If you are a satisfied user of eHERMs system, it will be difficult for us to convince you otherwise, especially when our price is higher.
I will only comment on two points.
1. Efficiency - there are of course many ways to calculate the percentage. When looking to Kunze, you`ll be surprised finding that the mos efficient industrial brewhouses are far below 90%...). We do not give percentage. We say, what we can do same wort with less malt. We occasionally figured that out, while brewing the recipe of one of the recirc system user.
2. Time for mashing: It is of course depends on the mashing profile. If you have only one pause at 62C or 65C, than you can probably do it quick. You can also do it with our system. On top of this our system offers an opportunity to have multiple steps (52C, 62C, 75C, 78C, for example).

 

[AStogniy]

That is true)) Does blichmann come insulated and with integrated heaters?

 

[AStogniy]

The heaters are foreseen for min 2000 brews according to supplier. So if you brew every week, they`ll last for 40 years.

 

[skraeling]

Hello,

Final selling price is 3000usd. The system consists of 3 insulated and cladded vessels with integrated heating elements, agitator and control system.

Guessing most of the cost is coming from the insulated vessels (which do look cool) and other electronics?

Couldnt throw in nicer fittings for this price? Those valves are what I got on a starter kit on my buckets 6 years ago.

I also have an issue with having to use that weird hook thing to pull the plug on the mash tun. Seems.... odd.

 

[passedpawn]

[duplicate threads merged]

 

[mors]

It's a pretty interesting concept and design. I feel you've priced yourself out of the market though.

 

[The_Bishop]

The heaters are foreseen for min 2000 brews according to supplier. So if you brew every week, they`ll last for 40 years.

That may be true, but in the real world mechanical failures happen. If the heaters conk out on a couple-thousand-dollar hunk of equipment and there's no way to replace them, you have a couple-thousand-dollar paperweight.