Anyone heard of CraftBrew.Me?

Sounds questionable to me. They can't even proofread their own website. If you want craft beer, buy some at the store. If you want to homebrew than man up and homebrew, why must everybody try to make it as easy as possible, to the point where it can hardly be considered homebrewing? Probably targeting the "entitlement" generation, I suppose. They want to homebrew but it sounds too hard, and they might have to learn something to be successful at it.

 

I once saw an ad for a homebrewing variant that used a coffeemaker instead of a mash and boil and then you bottled in mason jars. Maybe this is that.

 

I'm calling BS on the whole thing

It sounds like a hopped extract kind of thing and they are ignoring any actual fermentation times, so heat water, add extract, ... profit?

 

No question beer can be made in seven days.
No question it will taste like shit.

 

Hopped extract w/ alcohol, just add yeast to carb maybe?

 

Or give you the shits...once made a hefe in a week just to see if I could...it was drinkable, but put milk of magnesia to shame : )

 

Hahahahaha!

 

I love the sites that say, "You're gonna` make fuckin` beer, brah! Throw it in the microwave, throw it in the fridge, and you're done, dude!"

 

Not to argue that what the intentionally vague product is attempting to push isn't swill, but it is legitimately possible to turn beer around that tastes great, doesn't give the ability to prodigiously worship the throne, etc in 5-7 days. I do just that very thing a fair number of times a year.

 

if you like anything from the Pugsley system, or have an interest in Ringwood yeast than yeah it's possible to get beer in a few days. Pugsley says something like "3 days grain to glass". it's not shitty beer, but it isn't world class either. Diacetyl bombs. there is a place in the world for fast turn around.

as for this BS concept, ready to drink in 7 days is besides the point. and bottle carbing anything that fast is just nonsense. that won't happen. 10 minutes to brew? come on, no brewer needs to see the system to know it is bull shit..

more power to them... junk like this is sold at bed bath and beyond. it's not homebrewing any more than using an easy bake oven makes you a pastry chef.

Cheers.

 

"Fun Fact: This amazing beverage will go amazing when paired with fresh oysters on ice. "

Sign me amazing up!

 

Drew, which yeast strain(s) do you use for your quick turn around beers?

Do you do anything different from a brewing process perspective for these beers?

Do you think there is a benefit beer quality wise to produce a beer that is ready to drink in 5-7 days?

Cheers!

 

Sounds pretty shitty to me

 

Doesn't quite sound like an endorsement : )

I thought that expression referred to barfing : ) (or... praying to the porcelain god)

Cheers

 

This is sad.

I guess it was only a matter time before a company did something like this to take advantage of the market. I assume it will fizzle out quickly enough, though.

 

They don't even explain how it is that their beer is made other than, "buy it and find out" and whenever you don't like it or find out that it tastes like shit, try and get a refund from us and go through that hassle...oh hello, here's another keg on your doorstep....

just go out and buy a kit and make it yourself...will taste a hell of a lot better and you'll learn a new hobby that you will enjoy for a long while.

 

the last hipster pos brewery in a box took a half hour to make freakin' awesome beer. so this is progress.

ok, I was stupid and wasted 10 precious minutes of my life that i'll never get back.
looks like you ferment in the fridge, and the primary lasts 7 days. it must carb in the can.

not sure how much fermentation will get done in 7 days in my fridge. wouldn't surprise me if they are using distillers yeast, aka Turbo or DADY.

we will never find out though because I'd sooner get run over by a train.

Lord help me.

 

The domain has a .me suffix . . . that's Montenegro. Everyone knows Monetenegro: it used to be part of Serbia which used to be part of Yugoslavia which used to be something or other. So when you think of craft beer does anyone automatically conjure up an image of a Montenegrin sipping a cool one? Probably Not.

Oddly, this Monetenegrin(s) has US ties, because the domain is registered to an El Segundo address. Here's domain headquarters for this groundbreaking new beer brewing technique (I'm not making this up):


So when you yearn for a delicious beer is it standard procedure to head to your nearest Dog Daycare Center? Probably Not.

Looking at their website; I see if you pay a monthly fee of 40 bucks you are allowed to buy one Brew Kit for the reduced price of $55. That seems like a rip-off 'til I read the find print: It will make 5 liters and you get 3 free coasters!

In a way I like start-ups like this . . . makes my dumbest ideas seem brilliant in comparison. So for the OP, here's a "like".

 

I'd honestly feel like I was cheating if a process were this damn simple: "Pour in our ingredients, add water, refrigerate, and BOOM! You've got beer"

building a recipe, going out and getting the shit yourself, dedicating some time and sweat into the process, waiting at least a month, and then reaping the rewards with a great beer that you know you spent a lot of effort on is the reason WHY I brew...

You cannot be comfortable calling yourself a "backyard legend" by making this liquid. It just wouldn't be right.

 

Interestingly, that place is located really close to my office. Maybe I should swing by and say "hi!"

Jack - all your questions and more answered here - Express Brewing - Speed Brewing from Grain to Glass in Less Than 10 Days (C'mon you knew I was going to have something written up) But the real upshot is lower gravities - cleaner, very floc happy yeasts in tremendous health and judicious use of crashing and fining. Do you gain anything by doing it faster besides more beer throughput - good question, I don't think there's a quality improvement, but when done right I don't think you get the degradation many folks seem to expect. Truthfully, in this day and age of yeast health and people doing things correctly - there's really no reason to be sitting on your beer for 3-4 weeks if you're not doing something outsized.

Oh, I endorse the final product. I've dropped 5 day milds and 7 day IPAs and Saisons on people with rave reviews

I'm rather catholic with my application of thrones.

 

Two weeks grain to glass is my fastest 7% beer. 4 day ferment. 3 day rest. 7 day keg carb. It tasted fine at 2 weeks, but it tasted better at 3 and 4 weeks. Then it was gone!

 

In Serbian that would be "ћао" . . . check out 909 E. El Segundo Blvd and ask for Brent. Their sign says "no cage" Dog Care . . . so watch where you step.

 

Their site reads like an infomercial.

 

@drewbage ... I am curious what Catholic thronage is...

 

These types of things have been around for decades. I remember in '99 working at a biochem lab and the PI came in one day with a bag whose instructions were: 1) open valve and fill bag with 1.5 gallons water 2) pour yeast into the valve 3) shake and hang in closet 4) come back 7 days later and pour your finished beer through the valve

I think you can guess how the beer tasted...I wasn't even 21 yet and wouldn't drink that shit. PI seemed proud of the ingenuity of the bag makers though...

 

Give me a beer

 

You see these things from time to time. But 10 minutes???

What would happen if you took a beer, and took it down to a concentrate? Then this thing basically dilutes that concentrate down, and the 7 days is just champagne yeast carbonating it up? Or something like that?

I don't see the void it is filling though. If homebrewing is too much work just go to the beer store and buy beer that takes 0 minutes and 0 days for you to brew. Because, really, extract brewing is pretty damn easy, and you're still (kinda) brewing.

 

Catholic throneage would be the pope's special chair. catholic thronage is a little more universal.

 

What kind of yeast ferments at 36 degrees in 7 days?

 

so, looking at this picture



It seems like all you do is add your extract, add hop extract (liquid) and add boiling hot water, stir?, cool and add yeast (if I had to guess). Then you put it in the fridge and ferment (not sure how that works). Seems like a nicely packaged product that will dupe some rubes, but it isn't going to be great beer. or even good beer.

 

ya this got me thinking too. also what about carbing?

 

I kinda want that.

 

Yes, however "worship the throne" connotes being prostrate before the throne...not sitting on it : )

 

This product might actually be useful in prison. Could make a great companion fermenting next to the prison wine in the toilet tank.

 

Pugsley standard is 7 days grain to glass. 3-4 fermenting, 2-3 days crash cooling, 1 day "conditioning" (read: fining), filter and package. Works great if you don't mind a ton of diacetyl.