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[bpgreen]

AHA has a big discount on Pinters, and although I will likely not stay subscribed to their "kits", I wanted to try one of those little things out, since they are little automatic spunding "kegs" with a tap. So, I grabbed one for fun.

Do you have a link? I searched for aha kits and mostly found things for the American heart association. Added beer to these search, which helped, but i didn't find anything like you're describing.

Looks like pinter was the term i needed to include,

[bpgreen]

There's currently a black Friday deal going on at pinter.com where you can pick up the fermenter, a couple of kits, and a tasting glass for $49. I think you have yo sign up for repeated deliveries to get the deal, but you can cancel any time.

I think it makes about a gallon and a half per batch, which is pretty small, bir that might be a good size for me in my current condition. The kits are pricey compared with all grain. Maybe in line with Mr beer (which is a more fair comparison), but I don't see any reason I'd have to use their kits. It's basically a ferment- and- carbonate in one vessel approach and I'm pretty sure I've seen other systems that tried that (beer machine? ). I'm a little more attracted to this right now because of my limitations.

[mashani]

American Hombrewers Association has the link on their partners site as well.

I will brew my 2 "free" batches, but then probably not use their kits and just make my own wort. No reason to not be able to ferment anything in the thing. And probably I won't even do that and just use it as a self primed keg, IE like a little British beer engine. It's small enough that the pours will keep coming out carbed. Just put in some priming solution and fill it from one of my fermenters, and then walk away. Save some bottling time.

[bpgreen]

Sounds like a plan. I think I'm going to doi something similar. I can handle a gallon and a half a lot better than 5 gallons right now

[bpgreen]

I ordered a pinter and two recipes. I agree with mashani. I can't see spending that kind of money (tube less expensive ones were $25) for a 1.5 gallon batch. But I'm also thinking that the time involved makes mashing impractical for such a small batch. So I'll probably either find a way to get to slc, or bite ths bullet and order some lme from the beer nut. They sell bulk lme for something like $22 for 6 lbs. They used to give a discount if you brought your own containers and bought more than a certain amount. I don't know if they still do, but I can't get there, anyway. I have a *lot* of hops, so maybe I'll do some small extract batches.

[berryman]

Don't count me out on not brewing, it's in the works, now a little snow storm has set me back again.....

[mashani]

Pinter - Isn't it cute... when used just as a self priming "keg" like I am here (toss in sugar, add beer, let the spunding valve do its thing) it holds about 7-8 of the 750ml bottles sitting next to it depending on how much you want to push the limits. 8 is likely fine (IE 13 pints), as messing around with levels, I think the 12 pint capacity internal line is mainly set there so that if you are actually fermenting in it then normal amounts of krausen won't be trying to clog up stuff like said spunding valve, which would be bad. I have 8 in here. There is an emergency valve in the thing as well as the adjustable spunding valve just in case. It actually seems like a quite well-designed little system. Cleaning the tap is likely going to be the only thing that will be tricky.

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[bpgreen]

I bought one of those pinters, also. But i got a deal that included a couple of kits. I don't think I'll buy any more because they're pretty pricey, but using a prehopped extract might be a good way ti ease into it. My lhbs sells bulk lme, and I've got a lot of hops and yeast, so maybe I'll make a few 1.5 gallon beers before "graduating" to the lbk. I may be able to do a mash after a few extract batches, but for now, i think I'll be happy doing small extract batches.

[bpgreen]

I haven't started a batch yet. I want to set the fermenter in a disposable aluminum roasting pan just in case. I should be able to get one in the next couple of days.

[mashani]

I ended up getting an extra one for $59, and have 2 of the brews as well, so I'll do it the "normal" pinter way a couple of times here shortly. I'm sure I can ferment pretty much any wort in these if I wanted to do a full pressure fermentation / serve for a small batch. I think with all grain you just want to make sure you're pouring pretty clean wort into it without grain bits of lots of hop matter that might plug up the valves. Extract will always be totally safe.

If your kits came with little bottles of hop oil to add through the port, save those bottles once you use them. My understanding is that the port itself is sealed, and the little bottles open an internal valve when you tighten them down, they are like both a bottle and a magic key. When you unscrew the bottle the valve seals back up. So, if you wanted to make a custom batch and then "dry hop" it, you could buy any kind of hop oil/extract and put it into those little bottles and cover the top with a bit of foil then stick them in the port and crank it down to add that oil/extract.