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The company is set to debut its HomeBrew system at CES 2019. It's a capsule-based beer-making machine that relies on automation and fermentation algorithms, and is completely self-cleaning, so it's a seriously fuss-free way of brewing your own beer. Depending on the beer type (there are five: American IPA, American Pale Ale, English Stout, Witbier and Czech Pilsner), the system can produce up to five liters of beer in about two weeks -- you can check on its status at any time using the companion app for iOS and Android.
Source: https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/11/lgs-homebrew-craft-beer-system-ces-2019/
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LG's Automated Craft Beer System Could Make Homebrewing Much Easier
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(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 13 2018, @12:12AM (6 children)
Where is the Craft in this system. It's just automated home brewing.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by PartTimeZombie on Thursday December 13 2018, @12:31AM
Sometimes "craft" beer means "Too much hops". Maybe it's that.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by takyon on Thursday December 13 2018, @12:32AM (4 children)
Unless I misunderstand how it works, you could modify the recipes, resulting in plenty of variations. It's not just "these 5 beers and that's it". Your biggest issue might be making modifications that cause the thing to overflow, or maybe failing to follow a sterile procedure when deviating from the recipe, or an inability to add additional ingredients in a cloth bag that can be removed (maybe you can just boil on the stove and transfer it). It all depends on how flexible the device is.
The big boon for this device could be not having to screw around with the bottling/carbonation process. Maybe it could manage/capture CO2 so that you could get a strongly carbonated beer without needing to buy a separate CO2 cartridge, like SodaStream-style devices require.
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(Score: 2) by NewNic on Thursday December 13 2018, @01:35AM
That part of the process isn't difficult if you skip bottles and use a keg instead.
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(Score: 2) by legont on Thursday December 13 2018, @02:24AM
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(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Thursday December 13 2018, @03:01PM (1 child)
I've known quite a few homebrewers. Not one of them had limited themselves to "these 5 beers": They were always trying out different hops, different kinds of fermentation, different malts, etc. Each batch was unique.
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday December 13 2018, @03:23PM
I know how homebrewing works. I've done it. I'm talking about how the device works. It's not going to start blinking red and sounding the alarm when you deviate from the instructions, and it doesn't use "K-cups".
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