'Pinter' new system from the UK

[Nate R]

Had anyone else seen this? I did a title search here, did not see it. Forgive me if this is a duplicate.

I am curious as to the process. Looks like end user adds water and yeast. Some sort of dehyrated wort?? They refer to some 'trade secrets'- clever marketing OR did they patent some new method to dry out hop aroma? Maybe it is just hop powder?

I am also curious about the c02 venting system. Seems like some sort of spunding valve built-in?

No real point to this post. Just curiosty.

Edit: guess i should have read a little more. I found this:
"We intensify the Presses by taking water out at no more than 65°C in a vacuum chamber, this helps us ensure that when you get your Presses they have all the flavour and power they have ever had."


https://thegreatergood.co.uk/pages/the-pinter

 

[day_trippr]

I suspect it uses pre-hopped LME given the kit packaging...

Cheers!

 

[stronk]

This is being fairly heavily advertised in newspaper articles now. It's actually not as expensive (£75, with two bottles of extract, yeast, sanitizer) as the gadget all-in-one brewing systems usually are. It's because it doesn't make any attempt to actually brew. It's just a fermenter and serving vessel.

It's similar to plastic barrel novelty homebrew kits that have been around for decades, but upgraded with more competent (so they tell us, at least) pre-hopped LME and a nicer package. But yeah, it seems to be just a plastic keg with a spunding valve and tap.

I never get who they expect to buy this stuff. Are there really people who want to make beer at home, want it to take near-zero effort and yet would be happy to wait over a week for what's going to be mediocre beer compared to what they can buy at the shops? I suppose if your market is novelty gift buyers and the margin on the device is high (which I hope it is, being just moulded plastic), then you could make money. If they are hoping for a thriving after sales market for the LME bottles (£12), I expect they will be disappointed. You might expect to sell 1 or 2 further LME bottles on average after each machine sale, is my guess.

 

[andrewmaixner]

Looks like it's just a modern, and hopefully higher quality, reboot of Mr. Beer?

 

[stronk]

Looks like it, yes. Though 2-3x the price and seemingly with some higher quality components. Hoping to hit the market for people with a bit more to spend on novelty Christmas presents? With COVID, they picked a great time to launch.

 

[emmawilson]

Had anyone else seen this? I did a title search here, did not see it. Forgive me if this is a duplicate.

I am curious as to the process. Looks like the end-user adds water and yeast. Some sort of dehydrated wort?? They refer to some 'trade secrets'- clever marketing OR did they patent some new method to dry out hop aroma? Maybe it just hops powder?

I am also curious about the c02 venting system. Seems like some sort of spending valve built-in?

No real point to this post. Just curiosity.

Edit: guess I should have read a little more. I found this:
"We intensify the Presses by taking water out at no more than 65°C in a vacuum chamber, this helps us ensure that when you get your Presses they have all the flavor and power they have ever had." read more this article

seems like yes.

 

[mbauer013]

The Craft Beer Channel on You Tube I believe did a review of this one, it could have been a different channel, but it is essentially a "Mr. Beer" type kit without the bottling component.

 

[Trevor Mack]

Definitely a fancier version of a Mr Beer like product category. Not sure who... Oh wait an earlier version of myself would be excited

 

[emmawilson]

The Craft Beer Channel on YouTube I believe did a review of this one, it could have been a different channel, but it is essentially a "Handbag made of Dragon skin Mr. Beer" type kit without the bottling component.

thank you for the suggestion.

 

[emmawilson]

Definitely a fancier version of a Mr Beer-like product category. Not sure who... Oh wait an earlier version of myself would be colorado land for sale excited

yeah you are right