Yet another all in one brewing vessel launched

[Leann ull]

Just saw this on Twitter

[oblivious]

Going to be a great secondhand make for these in a few years

[Beerbuddha]

Few month on.......Just saw this on done deal.

[armedcor]

Keg kingdom have a quick vid on their fb page of this recirculating. Also a comment from them saying he did a water test and it almost took 50 litres!

[darren996]

Can be bought on ebay now, arrives in december, good price on it, there is a 10% discount at the moment.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ACE-Micro-Brewery-Mashing-4-Home-Craft-Beer-with-pump-DELIVERY-12th-dec/271687277467?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D38661%26meid%3D7f6ff763c9114880be39a9ddfc891c90%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D232038254498

[BrewDorg]

Just bought one.

[Bubbles]

Slightly OT..

Who is dominating the automated brewing market right now?

Ignoring the less established players, is the Grainfather now seen as a worthy contender to the Braumeister, at a fraction of the price?

The new wifi control unit seems to be a bit of a game-changer. I'd have expected the price of the Braumeisters to have fallen by now in response to all the new entrants to the market, but no..

Thoughts?

[Archsnapper]

I notice there's no chiller.

[BrewDorg]

Definitely needs to be factored into purchasing. Personally, I'd rather pay for the vessel on its own and chose my own method of plate/immersion/counterflow chilling. I'll be sticking with my IC

[Leann ull]

GF have fallen in price no? I thought they were 800 at one point?

[molc]

For the money, the Gf looks to be the better bet. I didn't like the look of it initially but they seem to be able to take the abuse and have quite a bit of support. Also the larger grainbill support in a grainfather means you can use it for pretty much every beer type without dme.

[Bubbles]

For the money, the Gf looks to be the better bet. I didn't like the look of it initially but they seem to be able to take the abuse and have quite a bit of support. Also the larger grainbill support in a grainfather means you can use it for pretty much every beer type without dme.

That's a definite advantage. I like the extra 5 litres of beer with the Gf too. There's a lot of "bits" in the Gf, compared to the Bm which looks so much simpler.

[armedcor]

That ace brewer is looking very appealing. Holds nearly 40 litres of water without the grain basket as well apparently.

[auralabuse]

Just a word of warning. I have the ace water heater. Its essentially a burco with as tap and bazooka filter. I now have the bulldog so use it as a sparge water heater. The build quality isn't great. I had to replace the tap completely and also rescrew the handles onto it. Might be worth bearing in mind

[darren996]

In fairness the ace brewer looks to have a quality build. I wouldn't dismiss until you have a look at the vid on YouTube. Looks like it has quality connections on it I.e camlock on the return arm. Search for brew butler on YouTube. Has a magnetic drive pump as well.

If you look at the comments on keg kingdom facebook page the owner claims he is getting nearly 50 litres in there