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The freshest beers are always the best and like fresh coffee they can’t be beat. So when a company develops a countertop micro-brewery that’s been described as a “Keurig-coffeemaker for beer,” you’ve got our attention.
PicoBrew was formed five years ago by two homebrewing brothers, Bill and Jim Mitchell, who were in search of a better and more convenient way for relative non-brewers to craft serious beer at home.
Jim was a food chemist and physicist, and his dream was to incorporate more control in to the beer brewing process yet keep things small. His brother Bill, who had been building software and appliances for decades, knew this was possible. They joined forces with engineer Avi Geiger and PicoBrew was born.
PicoBrew makes brewing beer at home so easy that anyone—even those who have never brewed before—can create and enjoy authentic and brilliantly crafted beer at home.
The comparison to the Keurig coffee making system is valid, even if the process remains a bit more complex. There are actually a number of steps that you need to do before pushing the ‘beer’ button, but the process is completely intuitive and manageable.
PicoBrew offers several levels of products…and as you might expect from appliances that meld function, technology, and design at such a high level, none of them would be considered inexpensive. But like the Tesla, their excellence more than validates their costs.
And as with Keurig’s coffee pods, PicoBrew’s designer ‘PicoPacks,’ (pre-made ingredients for recipes licensed from over 100 leading craft breweries), you’re also paying for quality and the convenience that comes with not having to angst over the process.
But if your if your goal is the FRESHEST beer that someone who knows almost nothing about brewing can craft on a countertop, then these micro-systems are for you!
Pico Pro’s uber-compact brewing appliance, can craft 5 liters of serious beers in your own kitchen in just around 2 hours (the beer will of course need about a week to ferment…PicoBrew can’t change the laws of science).
Their newly introduced and even sleeker Pico C model offers the user that same convenience at an even more affordable price.
And no, PicoBrew didn’t send us one of their precision homebrewing appliances so we would hype them and the cool things they’re doing.
But who wouldn’t want a homebrewing system as elegant as these? Just sayin.’
