

The product reviewed for this article was provided by the manufacturer in exchange for an honest review no other compensation was provided. During our chat, I was informed the unit I’d be reviewing happened to be the demo they had on display at their booth. Soon after agreeing to the review, I had the pleasure of meeting some of the members of the Grainfather crew at GABF 2017, all of whom were obviously passionate about both their product and homebrewing. I wasn’t prepared to part ways with my cumbersome 3-tier system, for reasons of both financial investment and pride, so when the folks at Grainfather asked if I would be willing to give their new Grainfather Connect a fair shake, I was quick to take them up on the offer.
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However, I realized over time that the trade-off of such a cool looking system is that it comes with a bunch of moving parts that can hinder a relaxing brew day, plus constantly refilling propane tanks is a hassle and got to be expensive quick.Įventually, I started looking into all-in-one electric brewing systems and, perhaps due to its existing international and growing US popularity, naturally spent a lot of time researching The Grainfather, a plug-and-play setup that offers users the ability to brew standard 5 gallon/21 liter batches of beer in a way that still feels like brewing.
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I was immediately in love with my miniature version of a professional brewery and ended up making some really good beer with it. Over a year ago, I undertook the task of redoing my brewing setup and opted for a 3 vessel propane system with 2 pumps and a gas controller for better temperature management.

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