{"id":36,"date":"2017-12-15T00:22:32","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T17:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kegriverbrewer.com\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2021-03-18T23:16:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T16:16:46","slug":"three-vessels-vs-keg-river-brewer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kegriverbrewer.com\/index.php\/three-vessels-vs-keg-river-brewer","title":{"rendered":"Three vessels vs Keg River Brewer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most brewers when starting to think about all grain brewing, review a three vessel system. Others look at BIAB. Some decide that\u00a0they \u00a0want something smaller and simpler in the hopes that\u00a0they would\u00a0brew more often and more variety. Here are the\u00a0reasons to justify the downsize from three vessels to a single brewing vessel.<\/p>\n

1. Preparation
\nIf you don\u2019t have the benefit of your own dedicated brewing space, then brew day with a three vessels setup starts with a lot of organisation to get everything into place and ready to go before you can even start brewing.\u00a0 This always added an hour or two to the brew day \u2014 others generally get started the day before so it was ready to go first thing in the morning .\u00a0 With the Keg River Brewer, it\u2019s as simple as putting the unit into place, filling with water and switching on.<\/p>\n

2. Brew day stress
\nWith three vessels my brew days were all about playing catch-up. Those hours waiting between steps were generally spent getting ready for the next step. Most do not have much automation of\u00a0the three vessels brewery so everything was manual and\u00a0so brew days are a lot of running around, and juggling a lot of different thoughts.\u00a0It\u00a0can be\u00a0having a brew day that is mentally and physically exhausting. The Keg River Brewer leaves you with just one thing to think about. The time between steps can actually be used productively for other endeavours.\u00a0\u00a0One checks in periodically but by and large leave it to do its thing until\u00a0the timer tells\u00a0you it\u2019s time for the next step.<\/p>\n

3. Cleaning
\nCleaning\u00a0a three vessels system involved cleaning not just the equipment but the surrounds. One never manages to brew without springing a leak somewhere, spilling sticky wort that would later need hosing down.\u00a0 Cleaning the Keg River Brewer can be as simple as filling the vessel with your preferred cleaning solution. \u00a0PBW is\u00a0the normal\u00a0pick\u00a0 and leaving it to soak until it\u2019s sparkling again.\u00a0\u00a0Be\u00a0stingy with\u00a0the PBW so rarely do\u00a0you need to\u00a0fill it beyond about 25%, and simply scrub the sides with a PBW soaked rag. There\u2019s no great system to disassemble, no pumps to run to recirculate cleaning solution throughout the system and a whole lot less water used.<\/p>\n

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This system is NOT built for small places!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

4. Cost
\nMaintaining a single piece of equipment makes things cost effective.\u00a0Most three vessels setup\u00a0are pieced together with\u00a0Kiji and eBay acquisitions (translation: junk) and yet still added up to a pretty penny when factoring in some of the costly components required to assemble a dedicated hot liquor tun, mash tun and brew kettle.<\/p>\n

5. Portability
\nBrewers love the fact that they can take the Keg River Brewer over to a\u00a0friends \u00a0place for an afternoon of brewing and drinking. Some have even joked\u00a0on taking the brewer\u00a0on\u00a0holidays\u00a0for a communal brew.<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0Great for\u00a0Small Residents
\nMake Big Beers even if you live in small places, like an apartment or a\u00a0smaller home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Most brewers when starting to think about all grain brewing, review a three vessel system. Others look at BIAB. Some decide that\u00a0they \u00a0want something smaller and simpler in the hopes that\u00a0they would\u00a0brew more often and more variety. Here are the\u00a0reasons to justify the downsize from three vessels to a single brewing vessel. 1. Preparation If … Continue reading “Three vessels vs Keg River Brewer”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kegriverbrewer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kegriverbrewer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kegriverbrewer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kegriverbrewer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kegriverbrewer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.kegriverbrewer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":510,"href":"https:\/\/www.kegriverbrewer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions\/510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kegriverbrewer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}