Product review (5 stars): Where was this my entire life!
Awesome product! I've been home brewing for about 7 years and have been looking for an updated brewing system for some time. The grain father is perfect for me. It takes up little space and makes brewing all grain super easy. I almost feel like I'm cheating. I would familiarize yourself with this prior to being your first batch. Watch the YouTube videos and run some cleaner and then water through it. There are slot of complaints about this thing not coming to temp or holding temp very well. I live in a colder climate and has no issues. I will be getting the jacket meerly so I don't get burned on the sides and so it will maintain a more accurate temperature. I was super excited to see that on my first batch with this, I got a crazy 90 efficiency! The worry that came out was super clear also. If you are using more than 3 ounces of hops I would recommend using a hop spider, otherwise the pump strainer will plug up. If it does, all you have to do is pop the lid of and just lightly run your mash paddle over the strainer to free it up a bit. This is well worth the price tag seeing how you can spend thousands building a custom brew system.