Brewing

For most of us, the home-brewing of beer is something that we leave to other people, because it just looks too complicated. Seattle-based company iGulu is out to change that, with its iGulu S1 automated beer-brewing machine.

​Countertop craft beer systems are not new, Seattle's PicoBrew has been offering devices of all shapes and sizes for a number of years. Now LG has decided to join the party with an automated machine called the HomeBrew, which will make its debut at CES 2019 in Las Vegas next month.​

​​The product lineup from Seattle’s PicroBrew has recently come to included a venture into drinks of the harder variety. It is now bringing even more beverages into the fold with the Pico U, a universal brewing appliance that can produce what could be described as healthier options.​

Home craft beer brewing appliances have made an expensive hobby a whole lot more accessible and PicoBrew is taking aim at all corners of the market. Billed as a first-of-its-kind, PicoStill promises a safe and easy way to distill other kinds of alcohol in the home.

​Home-brewing has seen large growth in the US over the last decade or so, and one startup to find success with this new legion of enthusiasts is PicoBrew. Today it has introduced a new home-brewing device that comes in cheaper than its predecessor, while still maintaining a focus on ease-of-use.​

Guinness, the Irish stout, is famously dark with a creamy head. It is also increasingly green. A newly-opened Guinness brewhouse has been awarded LEED Platinum certification. Brewhouse No. 4 at St. James’s Gate in Ireland was also awarded BREEAM Outstanding certification last year.

BodyBrew has redesigned its Hourglass cold brew coffee maker to relaunch it as the Bod. Aimed at coffee aficionados who don’t mind the slow process it involves to get the perfect coffee extract, the revamped unit features a Bean Kanteen, is 15 percent more efficient and has a shorter body.

Craftea is a high-tech tea maker designed to accelerate the flavor extraction process. It features the company's proprietary Vortex technology that consists of a stirrer designed to intensify fusion and avoid boil-overs. Users can also save brew settings to repeat the perfect cuppa.

If not ourselves, we all know someone that claims to be useless until they've had that first mouthful of coffee in the morning. The Barisiuer is an elegantly designed alarm clock that starts your day with a freshly-brewed cup of joe before you even get out of bed.

Invergo is a new pour-over automatic coffeemaker. It features a patent-pending technology that ensures coffee grounds are evenly saturated and extracted. A computerized system ensures temperature remains even during the brewing process and the system allows a range of servings.

Some people sure like their Keurig coffee brewers, although for every cup of java that's made, another coffee mix-containing "K-Cup" is used and disposed of. Ekobrew's Stainless Steel Elite K-Cup, however, can be refilled with ground coffee and used over and over.

Inventor Chic Kelty has created a new coffee-making device that improves on the French press and pouring-over methods. Immerset uses an insulated chamber, an adjustable control valve, and a brew chamber made of impact-resistant plastic and stainless steel.