I've recently started home-brewing beer using a low-tech, traditional approach, does anyone have resources or tips for automating home-brewing? I'm particularly interested in strongly hopped lagers.
The easiest and cheapest way to automate some of the process without adversely affecting quality, though perhaps is using malt extract instead of going through the entire mashing process. Malt extracts come in many varieties already (different grains, caramel, roasted etc.). So, unless the recipe requires something truly special you should be good to go.
Other than that, there isn't much you can do to streamline the brewing process itself (boiling - cooling - fermentation - bottling).
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[ 5.1 ms ] story [ 26.0 ms ] threadThe easiest and cheapest way to automate some of the process without adversely affecting quality, though perhaps is using malt extract instead of going through the entire mashing process. Malt extracts come in many varieties already (different grains, caramel, roasted etc.). So, unless the recipe requires something truly special you should be good to go.
Other than that, there isn't much you can do to streamline the brewing process itself (boiling - cooling - fermentation - bottling).
Someone posted that not long ago and it seems related to brewing.