Congratulations on your Cheesetradamus win Lylo 
. Nice to see you are celebrating 
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The Braumeister didn't start the BIAB movement although it was definitely in production at the time. As to whether it would be a good investment or not would require some investigation. Some questions to consider might include...
1. How easy are they to clean? Can the taps, pump etc be pulled apart?
2. What are the cost of replacement parts? Can you do the repairs if required?
3. What is the actual capacity of the kettle? I believe that to get the advertised yield requires topping up the kettle during the boil and/or sparging.
4. Is it really set and forget or do you have to keep an eye on the boil?
I would not be concerned about the maintaining of mash temperatures as this is not very hard to do with a normal BIAB set up. There is also no evidence to say that maintaining a perfectly even mash temp is a good or bad thing.
If you would like to brew less often but make more beer, another option would be to use a larger kettle and double batch, cubing half and fermenting the other half straight away. For a far lower price, you could even have two large kettles and brew two double batches at the same time.
I believe purchasing a Braumeister could be a great decision or a very poor one depending entirely on your circumstances. The main thing is to make sure your expectations match the reality.
And, of course you wouldn't be shunned if you bought one .
BIABrewer.info is more about helping people make educated decisions in their brewing practices. We think full-volume mashing, which the Braumeister can be used for, is a very sensible way to go however there are situations where individual circumstances or limitations might require two or three-vessel techniques to be employed. Members here often help other members in these areas.
The process of creating sweet liquor that occurs between mash in and the beginning of the boil is only one part of the brewing process. I think a lot of three vessel brewers would actually enjoy and be valuable participants in many of the subjects that the current members explore here. They are certainly most welcome here.
with your investigation Lylo,
Pat
Statistics: Posted by Pat — Tue Feb 05, 2013 4:21 pm