iGulu F1 good beer maker evaluation – It’s like a bread machine, however for beer!

REVIEW – We’ve dabbled somewhat in dwelling brewing however our outcomes weren’t constant. And what’s worse than spending money and time after which ready months for a beer that’s simply meh? Once we noticed this, it appeared like an nearly assured approach to get (quick!) outcomes. Like a bread machine for beer! We needed to try it out.

What’s it?

The iGulu F1 good beer maker is an all-in-one, automated dwelling craft beer brewer. You simply add your beer package and filtered water into the fermentation keg, begin the brewing course of with the push of a button, wait somewhat greater than per week (watching the progress on a show), after which pour. 

What’s included?

• brewing maching
• keg
• dishing out coupler (2) and tube
• faucet deal with 
• spout
• drip tray
• instruction handbook

Tech specs

Design and options

Meeting, Set up, Setup

We have now brewed beer utilizing kits previously. Actually, three years in the past we reviewed the Brewferm homebrewing starter package. The method with this “good” machine was considerably easier and far, a lot sooner utilizing than any earlier homebrew kits we’ve tried. 

First, you unpackage, clear and sanitize the elements, and discover a great spot for the beer machine. We discovered that it matches very properly on prime of our small drink fridge.

The keg has a light-weight that’s fairly shiny, so concentrate on that whenever you decide your location. The sunshine tells you what the machine is doing; the sunshine is orange when fermenting, inexperienced when cooling and white on standby.

The package deal comes with three brewing kits: an amber lager, bavarian wheat and pale ale. Refills are $60 (3 kits) or  $80 (5 kits) on the iGulu web site, with an choice for a reduction when you subscribe. In addition they have recipes for onerous cider, kombucha, and wine. We began with the pale ale (we’ve now began brewing the amber, nevertheless it gained’t end for an additional week, so this evaluation will undergo our expertise with the pale ale).

The one factor we would have liked to buy to brew the beer, which wasn’t included within the package deal, was a gallon of purified water. (We later bought a sanitizer to scrub out the keg between brews.)

There’s additionally an choice so as to add a CO2 cartridge, which you’ll want to buy individually, however we haven’t examined that but. In case you do buy one, be certain that it makes use of a threaded connection (not fast join).

The instructions on the pale ale had been very clear and straightforward, with one small exception: after including the whole lot, we nonetheless had three packs of priming sugar left over. After studying feedback on the web site, we noticed that others had commented on the identical factor, and mentioned so as to add the sugar. We additionally watched a YouTube video, which verified that we should always add the sugar, so we did.

Then you definately safe the lid in place.

You set the keg within the machine and fasten each the strain line and dishing out line.

The RFID sticker contained in the ingredient package will mechanically configure the machine, you simply must slick it on the designated spot on the positioning of the machine.

As soon as the keg and sticker are in place, you faucet the show display screen to begin the brewing cycle.

Then you definately watch and wait. It’s very quiet, however the gentle and show let’s you realize it’s working.

The show tells you precisely the place it’s within the course of, the present temp, the PSI studying, and most significantly, what number of days till your beer is prepared.

App

There’s additionally an iGulu app.

It’s straightforward to arrange and join together with your brewing machine.

The app offers you some extra choices for personalisation. As a result of we had been doing the usual beer package that got here with the machine, we had no want to make use of these settings.

Nonetheless, I can see that having the app may turn out to be useful when you had been away out of your beer machine and wished to test the standing. We each earn a living from home a number of days per week, so we are able to test our machine anytime we wish, however when you journey or spend lengthy hours away from dwelling, this could possibly be useful. 

Efficiency

We waited 9 days, as instructed, after which tasted our beer as quickly as the sunshine switched to inexperienced.

It was very foamy! However the style was glorious. Following the recommendation of others on-line who skilled the identical, we waited two days.

And that labored! The beer was scrumptious! What a luxurious to have your personal chilly beer on faucet? That is definitely our new favourite gadget.

After ending our first spherical, we had been in a position to clear and sanitize the keg inside quarter-hour. It was very straightforward to disassemble, wash and put again collectively.

We’ve now began our subsequent spherical, and in addition ordered a CO2 cartridge to play with. We’re tentatively anticipating to attend a further two days earlier than our subsequent beer (the amber) reaches our goal, nevertheless it’s nonetheless amazingly quick to have such good beer, brewed so simply, at dwelling in lower than two weeks.

What I like in regards to the iGulu good beer maker

• It’s quick.
• It’s straightforward to make use of.
• It makes actually good beer!

What must be improved

• It’s only a small hiccup, however we’d suggest clearer directions (particularly on including sugar to the pale ale), and we’d counsel making the 2 further day ready interval an ordinary apply (until you actually love foam).

Remaining ideas

This can be a actually enjoyable, modern gadget — and your mates will definitely volunteer to assist check it.

Value: $699.99
The place to purchase: Amazon
Supply: The pattern of this product was supplied totally free by iGulu. iGulu didn’t have a ultimate say on the evaluation and didn’t preview the evaluation earlier than it was printed.