I used a little more than 1/8th of a teaspoon
I think you might be surprised at how quickly they send. With tthe Inbev investment, they are looking longterm. I do not believe near term profit is an issue. They want to dominate the market. Growth is more important than profit to them right now.
You seem to know a lot more about this than I do. How big an investment did ABI make?
What's HBL?
My point is, how do you go into a massive fundraiser selling unlimited packs and not resolve any potential supplier issues. Good companies have their act together and account for supplier issues through inventory management. I'm a bit concerned they are not properly distributing their capital to ensure hockey stick growth.
Pico is a pretty large paperweight without picopaks - it is the equivalent of buying a car but not being able to get gas.
Actually, there's a story about how I ended up with London ale.
I received my Pico with only the buffalo sweat, which I promptly placed in my beer fridge on the outdoor patio to brew over the weekend. Well couple days later my gas grill decided to burn down my outdoor patio along with said fridge and Pico pak! I wrote to picobrew explaining my sad story and asked if they could ship me a Pico pak quickly if I purchased from marketplace. I needed a stress relieving brew day bad! Well they overnighted me the London ale for free, which was one of my selections for the thirsty early bird, awesome service. I am still due 7 more kickstarter paks, I am not sure if anyone is receiving these yet? I would prefer to receive them a couple at a time every few weeks ideally, not sure what their plan is though. I have since ordered and received buffalo sweat and the Harlem wit from the brew marketplace. Plan on brewing sweat tomorrow!
So sorry to hear about the patio. Glad no one was hurt.
How did you get 8 kickstarrter picopaks? But two Pico Cs?
I ordered a freestyle pack on 6/30 and it shipped on 7/7, due to be delivered on the East coast 7/14. Not bad considering the weekend and holiday were in there between when I ordered and when it shipped.
What yeast did your freestyle come with.
1) I placed an order on 7/5/17 for the Chin curtain IPA and Morai IPA and expected delivery is 7/11/17.
2) I enquired about Brewunlimited and was emailed the following reply on 7/3/17:
We are expected to launch BrewUnlimited in the next 2 weeks so stay tuned for more information on how to activate, etc. Please note that you can activate any time between the launch and December 31, 2017. Please let us know if you have any further questions in the meantime. Cheers! Saloni
3)I am currently fast fermenting 2 Half-squeezed IPAs. One using 1 tsp Danstar Nottingham Ale Dry Yeast. Second using ½ tsp the supplied US05 yeast. Both were dry pitched directly into the wort without using a starter. Both will be fermented for 12 days at room temperature (about 75 degrees in my Indiana basement), with dry hops being added on the 8th day of fermentation, and then cold crashed for 2 days on day 13, then racked and force carbed for 36 hours at 30 psi in the serving keg.
I will let you know how the IPAs turn out using the 2 different yeasts. I am a bit apprehensive about fast fermentation and fermenting at my room temperature of 75 degrees for IPAs. I will definitely repeat this experiment using a thermoelectric wine cooler as a fermentation chamber set to 64 degrees to see if there is a difference.
What yeast did your freestyle come with.
The only option for yeast in the freestyle packs is US-05. I'll probably pitch with some 1318 though that I have in a starter.
jrb03 I have built an IPA and Stout and I must have missed the choice because it only showed US05. Is it the other styles you are referring to
Does anybody have any experience using whirfloc tabs in the Pico? If so, what do you advise? I am thinking about dropping a quarter tab into the brewing keg at the very end of the cycle.
If anyone is interested in buying a Pico, Amazon has them for $479 with "Prime Day" deals. It's $599 on the site, but will change to $479 at checkout.
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