Re: [mba] Picobrew?

I'm sure many of us are curious about this device. Please let us know some reports once you start using it. thanks, Don Please note: message attached From: J Wynia <j(a)wynia.org> To: jkalchik(a)hushmail.com Cc: "mba(a)thebarn.com" <mba(a)thebarn.com> Subject: Re: [mba] Picobrew? Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 14:18:44 -0500 ____________________________________________________________ One Weird Trick Could add $1,000s to Your Social Security Checks! See if you Qualify&#8230 http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/524dc5909c1d645902b77st03vuc I ordered one for the March production run. It's a long story, but I bought it as part of a software demo for marketing purposes. The basic idea is to showcase my software platform as the pipeline for recipes and scheduling brewing, automatically ordering ingredients, printing brew sheets, etc. around the machine. It will serve as an example of how my software platform can be used to manage the work in a manufacturing facility. That it also let me get one of these machines while writing it off on taxes is just a nice benefit. :) As for the machine itself, they actually don't boil. Instead, they do a 208F recirculation for hop extraction. The water comes from an attached keg and the final wort goes back into the keg for fermentation. It does 2.5 gallon batches and runs on a 15A 110V outlet. Once mine shows up, I'd be happy to demo it for anyone who wants to see it. On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 9:56 AM, Jeff Kalchik <jkalchik(a)hushmail.com> wrote: -- J Wynia Software Consultant, Writer and Geek Minneapolis, MN j(a)wynia.org "The glass isn't half full or half empty. It's just too big" "Jack of all trades, master of none, though ofttimes better than master of one." http://wynia.org