Matheus Soares da Silva Ferreira
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2024
It is very practical and intuitive to use, but you really need to get familiar with it to have an "optimal" efficiency, that because it has a space between the bottom of the kettle and the lower parte where the pump is, so that you can't use the same proportion water / malt you are used to.
SaltyPelt
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2022
I moved to electric from propane to get out of the heat and into my garage at least. The only downside to this system can be the heat times. I purchased an immersion water heater on amazon to assist with heating times and now faster than propane on 120v. Just need to plug each into their own circuits to not trip the breaker. The built-in pump and automation steps are awesome. Shipped on time and packaged great. No issues. I did make one adjustment to the malt pipe handle. I filed the ends some to make it 'grip' in the holes better.
P. Hess
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2022
I've been all grain brewing for years now and have a robobrew without the pump. I really like the pump for vorlauf and during chilling. I also use it to help circulate while I run the chiller. Wish I had the pump before. I also think the Version 3.1 heats faster and the internal stainless parts are higher quality than my old Robo Brew 3.0 . Very good system for the price !
Jordan Oliveira
Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2021
I bought this almost a year ago and I have completed 12 brews with this brew system so far and have not had any major issues except for maybe design "flaws".The lids doesn't fully secure/fit onto the system. The latches help but it feels like I'm really having to force it down and I'm afraid of breaking the glass lid...though I'm sure it's strong. Having the lid on can make the wort foam up very quickly during the boiling stage from the lid retaining the heat. (turning off one of the heaters might help with this).I wish the controls were easier to use since they are at the bottom of the unit. You have to crouch down and get on the floor to see and use the display unless you elevate the unit onto something....I used a milk crate.I would definitely buy a mesh strainer for throwing in hops during the boiling process otherwise when you go to transfer, the hops from the unit, it can clog the pump or release a ton of hop from the spigot into your fermentation container when transferring making for a much more murky beer.When doing the cooling process. You really gotta make sure that the hoses connecting to the cooling coil are on really tight so they don't leak water into your beer.I do wonder about less expensive units but this is still way cheaper than the Grainfathers and I feel like I have got my money worth out of it especially with it having a built in pump and it comes with the cooling coil.
periquito
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2021
This is a equipment worth the investment if you like to make beer at home regularly. Is not that completely easy to use. They are some problems associated with them like lack of information or tricks in order to used the equipment flawlessly. You will get to know with experience. I highly recommend to acquire the hop strainer to use in this equipment, but in general, nice equipment and I have made 8 batchs with them.
Rob
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2020
I genuinely enjoyed brewing on this system. BUT i was not thrilled that there are no instructions for the assembly of some pieces. Awkward lid handles. One handle was broken on the inside where the screw secures at. Had to jerryrig it with gorilla glue. Still not a great set up. Will have to figure out an alternative. Also the top hole for the sparge arm is too large and lets out a lot of heat/steam. The system never got to 212⁰F but had a constant underboil at 204⁰ .. planning to buy jacket to see if this helps at all.Worth the buy. Instructions are on kegland's website. Get brewing!
Robert Hulbert
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2018
I've only used it once so far, but I really like it. We are remodeling our kitchen and getting a new stove. My wife asked me not to brew beer on it anymore. I bought this and it truly is an "all in one". It does everything! They seem to be very responsive to customer suggestions. I've watched videos where people reported problems with earlier models and the company has been very responsive in making changes to improve their product. There are two items I would like them to consider for future models. 1. Include hose hook-ups for the wort chiller. 2. Offer an option to monitor it from my cell phone. Other than that, I have no complaints and I highly recommend this product. I would give it more than 5 stars if I could.