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#21 TonyBrown

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Posted 14 November 2019 - 08:20 PM

did a bit more digging, sounds like the Grainfather 70L is gonna come to the US market at about $1800.  pretty stiff price point when the brewzilla 65L is about $700.  The brewtools 80 is about the same price and seems to be a bit more robust.  but I'm no authority



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Posted 15 November 2019 - 04:28 AM

did a bit more digging, sounds like the Grainfather 70L is gonna come to the US market at about $1800. pretty stiff price point when the brewzilla 65L is about $700. The brewtools 80 is about the same price and seems to be a bit more robust. but I'm no authority


Check out Short Circuit Brewer and Hop Rod Garage on YouTube. Pretty sure they reviewed all of those and talk about the pros and cons.

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Posted 15 November 2019 - 05:22 AM

usually you get what you pay for.



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Posted 15 November 2019 - 05:45 AM

usually you get what you pay for.

Or you end up paying for a bunch of features you will never use.

 

The BrewTools does look sweet but I bet that Brewzilla will be good.  I like the price too and it can hold up to 35# of grain so yo are looking at an 11g batch of 8% beer.

 

If I did not have the system I have I would be looking at one of these.  



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Posted 15 November 2019 - 06:01 AM

true enough - I was thinking these were similar feature wise but I guess they are not.



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Posted 15 November 2019 - 06:52 AM

I'm glad this came up...have been thinking about investing in an all in one electric system. There's a ton out there. Hoping to figure it out by Black Friday & score a deal (gotta be under $1000.) Or Armaugh's Grainfather...



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Posted 15 November 2019 - 06:53 AM

Check out Short Circuit Brewer and Hop Rod Garage on YouTube. Pretty sure they reviewed all of those and talk about the pros and cons.

ya, i've been watching a couple of the short circuit vids, pretty good reviews.



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Posted 15 November 2019 - 07:06 AM

Or you end up paying for a bunch of features you will never use.

 

The BrewTools does look sweet but I bet that Brewzilla will be good.  I like the price too and it can hold up to 35# of grain so yo are looking at an 11g batch of 8% beer.

 

If I did not have the system I have I would be looking at one of these.  

I admit that the brewtools rig looks really damn cool.  short circuit reviewed it, he had several self-induced problems with that, said it took a bit of time to get up the learning curve on that.  he admitted it was his own fault and not a problem with the rig.

 

part of me would like to just get a traditional horizontal from someone like Spike Brewing or such, but that is substantially more $$, probably 5k+, and a substantially bigger footprint in the brewhouse.  



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Posted 15 November 2019 - 10:50 AM

Don’t forget to leave some budget for the still. Don’t want to skimp there

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Posted 15 November 2019 - 10:54 AM

Don’t forget to leave some budget for the still. Don’t want to skimp there

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Posted 15 November 2019 - 11:21 AM

I looked quickly because I knew they had a large one, is that 240v?

Yep

shit has improved a lot in recent years from my coleman cooler batch sparging days

Nothing wrong with that setup. I have maybe 5 high tech systems and I still use my cooler more than any of them.

Keggles and cooler mash tuns still can't be beat!


Well, I don't know about can't be net, but they're still a very viable system.

usually you get what you pay for.


This has been very much my experience

Edited by denny, 15 November 2019 - 11:19 AM.


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Posted 15 November 2019 - 11:24 AM

I admit that the brewtools rig looks really damn cool.  short circuit reviewed it, he had several self-induced problems with that, said it took a bit of time to get up the learning curve on that.  he admitted it was his own fault and not a problem with the rig.

 

part of me would like to just get a traditional horizontal from someone like Spike Brewing or such, but that is substantially more $$, probably 5k+, and a substantially bigger footprint in the brewhouse.  

 

I upgraded to 15g Spike kettles this year and man they are nice!  But they were a lot less than the full turnkey system



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Posted 15 November 2019 - 11:38 AM

I upgraded to 15g Spike kettles this year and man they are nice!  But they were a lot less than the full turnkey system

it's kinda nice that Spike is pretty local to me, so I could go check their stuff out first hand.



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Posted 19 November 2019 - 05:33 AM

I have maybe 5 high tech systems and I still use my cooler more than any of them.

 

 

What hi tech systems do you have Denny? Any of them you think stand out?



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Posted 19 November 2019 - 07:03 AM

What hi tech systems do you have Denny? Any of them you think stand out?

Also, looking to off load any of them? haha, just kidding.

 

not kidding




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