For those of you that switched from a more traditional AG system (for me...cooler, pot for heating sparge water, boil kettle, gas burner) to a brewzilla or similar AIO system, what gear were you able to purge from your set up? It looks like an AIO will certainly simplify and maybe speed up brew day, but for me storage and cleaning are the biggest issues I have...and for me to justify the upgrade just wanted to see if anyone was able to get rid of a bunch of stuff or if most of your older gear still remains in service? I'd imagine I can get rid of the boil kettle/burnder/mash cooler and just keep a 3 gal pot for stove heating my sparge water.
Also, in terms of brew day, was anyone able to cut their time down or spread it out easier with an AIO? The way I see it is I can likely get water and system ready night before, heat the mash water when it works...brew as usual over a few hours and transfer. I was wondering if anyone saw some time savings with a different cleaning regime with the AIO or if that remained about the same? CIP or leaving BZ overnight with PBW or something? Along with the small house I have 2 little kids, so time is also a bit of a premium!
Thanks for any input, buying a BZ gen 4 is likely my target, and the cost doesn't really put me off, its more am I spending money for no real tangible upgrade.
Also, in terms of brew day, was anyone able to cut their time down or spread it out easier with an AIO? The way I see it is I can likely get water and system ready night before, heat the mash water when it works...brew as usual over a few hours and transfer. I was wondering if anyone saw some time savings with a different cleaning regime with the AIO or if that remained about the same? CIP or leaving BZ overnight with PBW or something? Along with the small house I have 2 little kids, so time is also a bit of a premium!
Thanks for any input, buying a BZ gen 4 is likely my target, and the cost doesn't really put me off, its more am I spending money for no real tangible upgrade.