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^^ re that kickstarter thing. I like their dedication to bring technology to brewing and open it to a new audience, but that thing is going to cost two thosand dollars! My three-vessel setup, also a 5-gallon process, cost around £100 (and you could do it for less if you didn't a stainless boiler).
What are you paying for? Some automation. Some gadgetry that is, admittedly, cool. But what this idea actually trades on is people's fear of having to learn something. The wizardry masks the fundamentals so that they may get beer but never really understand why.
It will probably sell, like other 'smart' modern systems which take the 'mess' out of thins like beekeeping and domestic chicken keeping, because of society's current unfocused desire to be green, eat seasonally and locally, enjoy artisan products and so on ad nauseum.
But ulimately anybody who takes more than a passing interest inthese simple arts - which have been practiced by man for eons, on a shoestring - will want to learn more about the process and soon outgrow the limitations of the technology.