I am a fan of really good beer, and I’ve been an occasional homebrewer over the years. I remember seeing the original Kickstarter campaign from PicoBrew for their amazing Zymatic automated brewing device, but at that time and at a price over a thousand dollars, it was just something I couldn’t afford to back. But PicoBrew is back (again), and this time what they’ve got, I want.
It’s the PicoBrew C – actually the next generation of another successful campaign they ran – basically a kitchen-counter automated homebrew setup that takes a lot of the pain and mess out of homebrewing, and offers the chance to brew great beers from well-respected mircobreweries around the country right at home. It uses PicoPaks which include all of the ingredients in a custom package that slots into the machine, and dispenses, mixes, and cooks everything based on a specific recipe. You can also customize your own PicoPaks with a wide variety of grains and hops available on the PicoBrew website.
I’m a backer, and at this point I’m posting about this as much for selfish reasons as because I think it’s awesome. The Pico C is in the last 10 days of it’s campaign. They’ve already busted way past their original $350,000 goal, and are currently sitting at $1,515,000, and they’ve already added some awesome freebie stretch goals. But if they can hit $1,812,000 by the end of the campaign, anyone who has pledged $250 or more will get a cool additional gadget that lets you track your fermentation process via phone app. And I want that!
Check out the campaign here, and get in on it now!
Ken Denmead
Ken is a husband and father from the San Francisco Bay Area, where he works as civil engineer. He became the Publisher of GeekDad in 2007, and the owner in 2010. He also wrote the NYT bestselling GeekDad series of project books for parents and kids to share.
