Top 10 Home Breweries

Handcrafted chilled beer is one of the most enjoyable low-alcohol drinks. Home brewing devices allow the master to fully control the brewing process, invent their own recipes and experiment with strength.

With such a device, the owner is completely confident in the naturalness of the final product. By adding high-quality brewer's yeast, malt and hops to a vessel of the correct shape, it will receive a unique taste of a hop drink in terms of richness and fullness. It remains to choose the model of the brewery that is optimal in terms of characteristics and price.

TOP 10 best home breweries

10 Beervingem Plast

In this plastic mini device at a pleasant cost, you will prepare 8 liters of homemade beer product. The manufacturer has supplemented the kit with almost everything necessary for the first experiments; you will only have to buy a long spoon for stirring and a bottle for pouring. Everything is provided for washing and disinfection, wort preparation, fermentation and carbonation. After reading the instructions in the kit and a couple of videos, even a beginner can handle the process.

The miniature fermenter model is very practical and compatible with all extract producers. You can experiment with recipes for more than 20 kinds of foamy drink. Due to its low cost, the domestic unit is considered the most popular among analogues. But be careful - secondary fermentation in one container is not expected, and this point is not always indicated in the product description.

9 BREWDEMON BASIC PLUS

It is good when manufacturers of mini devices for brewing repeat the shape of professional containers, as in a factory. As a result, the cylindrical-conical tank (or CCT) concentrates the yeast sediment at the bottom of the fermenter, and this has the best effect on the taste of the finished beer. The proprietary odor trap with a seal that comes with the kit allows the master to observe the fermentation: it is especially important to control the end of the process.

Based on the comments, people like the self-adhesive thermometer, the stand with legs, and the compactness of the tank. In combination with a pleasant price, this model can be called the best gift for a novice brewer. For a working cycle, 8 liters of a drink are obtained. On the negative side: there are complaints about the fragility of the case, which burst when dropped from a height of about a meter. From which we conclude that even strong and flexible plastic must be handled carefully.

8 Bavaria 50L with WiFi block

With this device, beer wort can be prepared not only at home, but also in pubs, bars, restaurants. The high-tech control unit connects to Wi-Fi, and you can give a command to the mini-brewery through an online cabinet or a mobile application. Engineers have provided multi-layered failure protection to keep the device running like clockwork. Thanks to access to the server, brewers were able to store recipes.

Judging by the reviews, the automatic model is in good standing with buyers. For home production, you will need to buy hops, malt and yeast in order to brew the wort. Fermentation and bottling tanks will also have to be purchased separately. In short, to summarize the opinion of consumers, this is one of the best grain breweries with a modern technological "filling".

7 FastFerment Fermenter 30 L

The most important feature of this mini-brewery is its thoughtful approach to brewing technology. The fermenter is made in a cylindro-conical shape especially for fermentation. A reservoir for yeast is provided, thanks to which a complete collection and recultivation of yeast cells is carried out. There is a 3-section odor trap, a faucet and a wall mounting system. The container is used for primary and secondary fermentation. The amazing taste of beer is guaranteed by the system of convenient removal of yeast sediment.

Separately, you can purchase a belt for carrying the device, a thermal cover, a collapsible rack.Users note that despite its sophisticated shape, the brewery is easy to clean and disinfect. It is a little inconvenient, according to some of the owners, to fill in the wort from the boiler with a tap: you have to put the boiler above the fermenter (and the height on the rack is 86 cm) or buy a pump + hose.

6 EasyBrew 40L with chiller

The microbrewery basket holds 10 kg of malt. An excellent indicator for those who are moving into a new stage in home brewing. The steel model is equipped with a programmable control unit, a timer, a powerful pump, and the ability to adjust the power. When working with this device, take into account an important technological point: finely ground malt ("into flour") must not be used! Pre-use a special grinder-grinder and filter from fines.

Feedback on the work of automatic equipment is mostly positive. The device is praised for its high power, accurate temperature control and high-quality pump operation that does not clog. Consumers like that the set includes a chiller, a transparent lid, a pair of chintz, a drain pipe for wort circulation, a collapsible overflow pipe and a bazooka filter with a clamp.

5 Ss Brewtech Bucket (set) 26 L

This mini fermenter is made by the well-known American company SS Brewtech, which experts rank among the market leaders in home brewing and nano-brewing. The creators see their mission not just in an innovative approach to equipment, but in the invention of new elements that no one had thought of before - a steel container with a conical bottom, a weldless thermowell, and an integrated temperature control system.

Homebrew fans know and love the design of the iconic Ss Brewtech Bucket. 304 steel was chosen as a material due to its greater hygiene and safety (when compared with plastic and glass). The conical base concentrates the inactive yeast and fermentation by-products at the bottom. It is a simple solution to minimize beer-sediment contact and thus obtain the perfect beer flavor and aroma.

4 Beer Zavodik Standart

The manufacturer is very attentive to quality, protects buyers from fakes: creates branded containers, packs in branded boxes, develops original color instructions. A complete list of the equipment can be checked on the website, the following set is declared there: a 33 liter container with a lid, a silicone seal, a water seal, a yeast trap, an LCD thermometer, a disinfector, two packages of dextrose with spoons, a stirring paddle, a tube for bottling, a hydrometer, a plastic cylinder, siphon, English extract of Muntons Pilsner.

According to the owners, this is one of the simplest and most convenient devices for home brewing. Harvesting, adding water, malt extract and yeast, fermenting for a week, pouring and aging for 14 days - that's it! You can cool and drink. During the cycle, 23 liters of extract or grain beer is obtained.

3 Pivovarnya.ru Light

Less than 3,000 rubles. you are offered a beer mix to make 23 liters of a drink. Also included is a plastic barrel with a volume of 30 liters. Depending on the type of beer, brewing takes from six to sixteen days. A brief instruction is placed on the container itself, along with a table of density, color and bitterness. Inside malt extract, brewer's yeast, water seal, detailed instructions for action. Separately, it is recommended to purchase corn sugar for the carbonation process.

The forums point out that home brewing requires a significant amount of experimentation in the dosage of additives. The perfect taste of a product is developed with experience, trial and error, so it is an inexpensive kit that will perfectly fit into the budget and is suitable for a start. Some customer dissatisfaction is caused by the need to purchase individual accessories, but the price corresponds to the configuration.

2 Automatic brewery "Prague" 35 l

Automatic devices are more expensive, but they save a lot of time and effort for the master brewer.The user sets one of 10 standard modes or programs up to 40 individual ones. At the heart of the body is AISI 304 stainless steel - chemically neutral, eliminating the risk of malt burning. Steel surfaces are easy to clean, all elements of the brewery are in safe contact with food and comply with GOST requirements.

All the important details are provided for compliance with the technology of malt production: an extended heating element of 2.5 kW, a thermometer for controlling wort heating, an immersion chiller for quick cooling, a controlled pump, a mash tank with a false bottom mesh, a saucepan with a displacement scale. Experienced consumers especially praise the heat-resistant handles, legs and lid, the bottom with a temperature compensator and the convenient location of the drain valve.

1 InPinto Premium

The Czech set is considered one of the best options for a budding brewer. In two weeks, as a result of correct manipulation, you will receive 9 liters of beer. It is best to pour the drink into branded liter PET bottles that are supplied with the brewery. The premium version of InPinto Premium is distinguished by an expanded configuration: bottles, an LCD thermometer and a wort spoon are added to the basic fermenter barrel, malt extract and yeast. Keeping clean during cooking is well thought out; the manufacturer has supplemented the kit with Neodisher Cl cleaning agent.

True lovers of the Czech drink note in the comments that the homemade product is no worse than in the homeland of the brewery. The beer turns out to be of the required shade, with a snow-white strong foam and a velvety rich taste. Users estimate the cost of a liter at 150 rubles. average.