Brewing

As any serious tea-drinker knows, there's only a small window of time in which brewed tea is at its best. The BKON company, however, is aiming to change that. Its BKON Craft Brewer is designed to produce perfectly-brewed cups of tea on demand.

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.

PicoBrew LLC of Seattle wants to automate home beer brewing with the PicoBrew Zygomatic, a countertop brewery that is claimed by the developers to be as as automatic as a breadmaker.

Brewing beer in small batches can be difficult, time consuming, and very daunting for the neophyte. To make things a bit easier, and let homebrewers have a life away from watching the temperature of the malt tun, the smartphone-controllable Brewbot aims to automate much of the brewing process.

Nomad is a portable espresso machine that promises to brew great coffee, wherever you happen to be.

The GSI Commuter Java Press is two mugs and a coffee press in one package.

The Top Brewer is a coffee-making system that dispenses brewed-to-order hot beverages from a tabletop tap.

The WilliamsWarn brewing machine produces beer from supplied ingredients within seven days.

The Beer Bike is a custom-built cargo bicycle that features two beer kegs, a wooden bar with two serving taps, space for pizza boxes, and a solar-powered boom box.

BrewDog has reclaimed the world record for the strongest beer with a 55% ABV beer named “The End of History.” Each bottle will come inside a stuffed animal with a price of GBP700.

The Grow Your Own Beer Garden kit allows users to grow their own wheat, barley and hops, and make them into beer.