I’ve been following the multiple “easy” brewing systems available online for a while now and have never found one that truly spoke to me. Devices like the Minibrew seem great but price and shipping problems have always kept them out of my boozy little hands. So, rather than wait for the perfect automatic system, I decided to look at the Catalyst Fermentation System, a $199… Read More A month with the Catalyst Fermentation SystemThis entry was posted in beer brewing Food and Drink Gadgets TC on June 23, 2017 by John Biggs
The Minibrew is a little keg with a big brain. When we first met the company in 2015 they offered a whiff of high tech to the brewing process, adding a monitored brew vessel and mobile app to the age-old technique of slopping a bunch of wheat, ye... Minibrew raises $2.8 million to help you make your own ...This entry was posted in beer brewing Europe Food and Drink Fundings & Exits Gadgets homebrewing Startups TC on May 23, 2017 by John Biggs
The the movie in which Robert DeNiro plays an intern venerated appliance brand Whirlpool is spreading its wings, dusting out the cobwebs, and crowdfunding a freaking beer maker. The product, called Vessi, ferments and dispenses suds and even has a system for reducing and managing sediment. The system comes from W Labs, Whirlpool’s skunkworks, and is part of Indiegogo’s… Read More Whirlpool crowdfunds a beer makerThis entry was posted in beer brewing Column Crowdfunding Gadgets TC on June 1, 2016 by John Biggs
The the movie in which Robert DeNiro plays an intern venerated appliance brand Whirlpool is spreading its wings, dusting out the cobwebs, and crowdfunding a freaking beer maker. The product, called Vessi, ferments and dispenses suds and even has a system for reducing and managing sediment. The system comes from W Labs, Whirlpool’s skunkworks, and is part of Indiegogo’s… Read More Whirlpool crowdfunds a beer makerThis entry was posted in beer brewing Column Crowdfunding Gadgets TC on June 1, 2016 by John Biggs
Bummer, dude! That’s what you say when you find out your whole keg of Heiney is totally skunked but it doesn’t matter because you’ll totally still drink it after you finish the pony keg of Sammo’s Irish Red. But what if I told you that folks in Spain have figured out a way to use an app to tell if your beer is a mess? Whoa, right? Whoa, indeed. Chemists at the… Read More Chemists create an app that can tell if your beer ...This entry was posted in Apps beer brewing Column Europe Gadgets Startups TC on May 19, 2016 by John Biggs
When we last met Minibrew, the team had been stopped at the US border with their mini beer brewing system and had to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt with a tri-fold poster board and not much else. Now the bad boys of the Amsterdam home-brew scene are back and they’re ready to perform integral calculus and take pre-orders. And they just ran out of calculus problems. The Minibrew is… Read More The Minibrew Is Back And Ready To Make You Some ...This entry was posted in beer brewing Gadgets homebrewing indiegogo TC on October 23, 2015 by John Biggs