What’s with all the low mileage secondhand anvil foundry units for sale??

[mkopec1]

I was watching some youtube vodeo about home brewing and it was mentioned that during COVID there was a huge uptick in home brewing that since has gone down. So you might be seeing these COVID brewers just get disinterested and selling off their wares.

 

[LegacyBanker]

Hello all, I’m new around here and new to homebrewing generally.

I started ~5 months ago on extract kits and have done a lot to improve cold side processes by virtue of incremental upgrades with used gear.

I’m looking to move into more sophisticated hot side as I’m currently still using a basic boil pot on the stove top with extract to make 5 gallon batches.

Over the past 2-3 months I’ve been looking at various used anvil foundry 10.5’s. It seems like the sellers of the ~5 units I’ve inquired about have never brewed more than like 6 batches. What’s more, it seems like Blichmann is constantly updating the design, so it’s difficult to compare apples to apples.

I guess my question is, to folks who have used the Foundry, is there a particular pain point you’re aware of that might be the common thread turning these people off from it? I realize this requires complete speculation about my anecdotal observations, but thought it may be worth asking before jumping into the system. Ive also considered that maybe some of these people may just not being honest about how much they’ve used the unit, but it’s odd that everyone has only done “3 batches”

FWIW I’m on the fence between traditional BIAB setup versus a foundry, or some other electric setup. I realize to some extent this is more a question of whether I want a kettle over a propane burner outside or an electric element built-in. So to this end, I suppose I’m also thinking about induction plates.

Anyways happy Friday and Thanks in advance.

I’ve done 45 batches on my Anvil and recently it seems one of the heating elements may have gone out, so it’s very slow to boil. But it was great before that!

 

[Dancy]

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[Zanatrik]

My oversized spaghetti pot still gets great use! It even fits my newish malt pipe to get that last 1.5qt while everything else boils!

I'm shocked how people go straight to all grain gear now. Talk about jumping in at the deep end.

I actually only brewed one extract beer before switching to all grain. I wasn’t happy with the results and part of the joy for me is designing a recipe with greater flexibility. Now about 2 years later, I’m still glad I did it. But I understand that extract is a time and complexity saver for most, and their results using extract are still better than my all grain. I do tend to agree though with Bobby’s comments above. Some people just want the ‘best gear’ starting a new hobby and throw a bunch of money at it, only to then give up and sell not long after.

 

[LegacyBanker]

I didn’t really like the taste of the extract beer. It always had an aftertaste.

 

[simbabrew]

I ditched mine for a Mash & Boil with Pump. More compact when the basket is raised (not a tall tower like the Anvil), includes a recirulation pump, and simple and reliable. I did this primarily because the Anvil was just too tall for my brewing area.

 

[LegacyBanker]

I ditched mine for a Mash & Boil with Pump. More compact when the basket is raised (not a tall tower like the Anvil), includes a recirulation pump, and simple and reliable. I did this primarily because the Anvil was just too tall for my brewing area.

Can you post a picture of your set up?