It still doesn’t chill?
I don’t think it chills. This blurb is from their FAQ under “What’s the whole process from grain to glass?”
“At the end of the brew cycle, chill the beer or disconnect the keg to cool, and then, pitch (add) yeast, attach an airlock, and place it somewhere cool to ferment. “
Another question, did the AHA endorse the Z or write an article about it? There is a banner on top of PicoBrew’s Z page with a bunch of blog and magazine names. In that list is “American Homebrewer’s Association”. I haven’t seen an article on the AHA site so I am curious why the AHA is mentioned in that group.
PS. I have no beef if AHA did write an article or get paid to endorse. I am just curious and would like to read the article if there is one.
It definitely does.
It does chill.
Maybe because there’s a Zymatic at AHA headquarters?
Not in the marketing material. Crazy that people are dropping big bucks without full spec sheet readily available.
Rather than speculate, I asked. I was told it will chill. Of course, they could change that, but that’s what I was told.
In terms of hobby stuff, it’s fairly cheap. A pair of Yamaha 150 outboards are about $24k, to go salmon fishing at bouy 10 twice a year… now That is money
Haha! That’s a good point. I’m into HiFi and the stuff I want is so expensive I’d have to get a divorce to buy it and then I couldn’t afford it.
The stuff you can do with step mashes with the pico is incredible my only real gripe is the way it handles hops. I much prefer the hops directly in the boil. I guess you can do that if you use a large enough hop sock.
$24K is engines only, assuming everything else is free. Boat $50k, rods n reels $200 each, electronics, licensing, bait, tow charge cuz you forgot fuel, USCG fine for expired fire extinguisher lol.
What is the resulting problem with their method for adding hops? Less flavor, aroma, bitterness per ounce of hops? something else?
I haven’t tried a whole lot of hoppy beers aside from the one I was disappointed with so I’d rather hold my opinion on that for now because it could have been a programming error on my part. I’m going to try it again soon and will report back.
For really hoppy beers I increase hop amounts by 20%. Seems to work for me. I believe that will be dealt with in the new unit.
Oh sure, if you’re gonna use logic and sound reasoning then I think we’re done here.
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Don’t have the handbook in front of me but there is a max they recommend for each bin. Do you just exceed that?
I assume you’re using pellets? You could probably get 3 oz. per bin easily. Plus if you want to you can program a pause, pull out the step filter, and refill a cage. If you use whole hops, the amount would be significantly less.
Well, I just looked it up and it says 1.5 oz per compartment. Still, that’s a lot of hops for a 2.5 gallon batch. I think I have gone 2 oz before. I’ll try 3 for grins. 
I believe picobrew recommends a max of 1.5oz per cage…I assume to allow for expansion once the pellets get wet. You can do as Denny suggest by using a pause step in the advanced editor. If I am looking for a big 10min addition I often just program one for 11min and one for 10min and split the addition between 2 cages if I am not using all 4.
Yeah, I do realize you can pause and add more pellets. The potential for hops stands is also amazing. You could do a 24 hour (or longer) hop stand at 185 if you wanted.