PINTER REVEW - Homebrewing made easy but how is the beer?

[@robb.sutton]

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[@darylwilliams448]

I think I will be trying this.

[@Brims39]

I think you've convinced me to try this. I do home brew, but I agree this would be a nice compliment to what I already do. Thanks for the review!

[@robb.sutton]

It's a fun and easy accessory to a home brew kit for sure.

[@ProspectorAl]

I don't have time for the full homebrewing process, but I think this would be a good, easy, and fast way to get some good beer. I have been watching a lot of reviews and I think now I am going to do it.

[@mdedina]

Even though I’ve brewed with a more traditional all-grain setup, I’ve always been intrigued by the idea of a quick and easy method that can still produce quality beer. This looks very similar to the classic Mr Beer product, but with the added capability of conditioning and serving right from the device. It does seem easier because you don’t have to bottle your beer, or carbonate it in a keg. I expect it has the same limitations on beer quality as Mr Beer though, which mainly is due to using hopped liquid malt extract. By the time the extract is shipping to the consumer, the flavor and aroma of the malt and hops (especially the hops) has degraded. With Mr Beer I was never able to get the same quality as I could with dry extract and hop pellets, boiling in a kettle. Also, no matter what device you use, you get inconsistent quality if you don’t control the fermentation temperature. I’m intrigued by this Pinter device though. This is what I am thinking of trying: - Make my own wort from dry extract, or even do an all-grain mash (I’ve found the brew in a bag technique pretty easy). - Seal the kettle and wait for it to cool to fermentation temperature (this “no chill” method is easy and has worked well for me in the past). - Pour the wort into the Pinter, add yeast, and continue as in your video. - While fermenting I would put the Pinter into a space where I can control the temperature pretty well. I believe this would be an easy method of making beer with no compromise in quality at all over traditional methods. Would this work or am I missing something?

[@CrazyAboutVinylRecords]

I think the idea with The Pinter is they are shipping their beer kits very, very fresh. I was a former Mr. Beer customer and it was not uncommon to receive liquid malt that was well past its expiry date. I grew very tired of having to report problems to Mr. Beer and wait for replacements. There was one case where the replacement they sent was also past the expiry date. I have since moved on to BrewArt (like Mr. Beer it is also owned by Coopers). BrewArt uses only dry malt extract and is much better than Mr. Beer. For the last several months I have been doing all-grain brewing and made some sizable investments into building a home brewery. I would not want to use The Pinter to ferment wort that I make in my all-grain system. For one, the Pinter capacity is only 1.5 gallons. I usually do all-grain batches in 5 or sometimes 10 gallons. And for the cost of one Pinter you can buy two Speidel 5-gallon plastic fermenters and enough PET 540ml bottles to accommodate it. I have two stainless steel fermenters that can support 5 gallon batches and a kegging system with four 5 gallon Corny Kegs. I also just recently bought a Pinter. Why? Well, I received a promotional offer from them for a free Pinter when I purchased 8 fresh press packs. Secondly, I think it is pretty cool little piece of kit and was intrigued. I have my first batch fermenting right now and it should be ready to hop and then go into the fridge in a few days. Do I expect the quality to be similar to what I can get out of my all-grain system? Of course not. But there was enough positive buzz about it to give it a try. I probably would not have bought into the Pinter system if I had to pay $199 for the fermenting/serving vessel.

[@Suran107]

Review* Other than that, great video!! It convinced me to buy it. I appreciate the time you took to make this review!

[@degosaurus9798]

Can’t blame the guy for trying his own product can you?

[@antonyfefelov8554]

How precise is the alcohol % ? Like does it feel like 7%

[@vernonstanley6206]

Im curious about flavor custimizarion. With tradition brewing you can experiment. Add a flavor here or there. Touch of citrus etc. Is that possible with the Pinter?

[@eyogonso6935]

How many 12oz glasses do you get out of it?

[@thebuzzah]

It says it has 12 pints, so 16 12-oz servings.

[@kylem6316]

How did that not explode with the amount of pressure that builds up from fermentation?

[@robb.sutton]

It is designed to hold it.

[@ziggarillo]

It has a pressure release valve

[@ralphb.3802]

I'm an all grain brewer. Do you think this will work with an all grain extract? I'd like to use my own recipes all grain or extract.

[@robb.sutton]

Not sure on that one. My gut wants to say yes but I would double check with them. I have heard of people using other extract kits with it to get more flavors but you have to be careful about measuring (obviously).

[@rorym1967]

Yeah I do stòve top batches in the pinter 1

[@bresoccercards6461]

How do you get it cold

[@robb.sutton]

I keep it in the fridge and then bring it out when in use.

[@spud1252]

My experience was 50 % failure rate awful beer they leaking inside so you have to take them apart to clean I even got maggots If you want quick beer got to a shop This works out expensive for poor quality beer

[@borisroca5843]

Too much work for a beer. Just grab a 12 pack and done.

[@michaeljanes4484]

Simpleton

[@mr.rooster619]

2 weeks to make a 12 pack what a waste of time!

[@KillingTheMost]

great