The Beer Machine

Terrible product with terrible quality, breaks easily, leaks all the time and has useless C02 dispenser. Beer is supposed to sit in a yeast cake when you drink it!!! If you want a good craft beer do it the right way not with stupid product like this.

My first brew was a complete flop, though was my error not testing pressure.

Researching and following the book to a tee the second brew was a lovely and beer clear colour, the taste was great - however trying to get a lively and bubbly beer still eludes me!

(As with the first it is flat as a tac)

Under refrigeration it does NOT maintain pressure as they said it would.

Be prepared to use a lot of Co2 cartridges!

Sadly this makes it time intensive with need of monitoring and continually recharging same.

The company/website is useless if you want help there be prepared to be disappointed as they do not answer your online queries (despite bragging of their support)

My guess is they know the kit does not quite deliver and are they're happy to take the money - imagining soon they will take the run as well!

Great idea but

It leaks from the pressure release valve when it is fermenting and had to use CO2 to make it seal

The tap leaks when in the fridge and you have to keep using CO2 daily to pour a glass

Tastes terrible but had it worked I would have used a Coopers beer mix

8x CO2 bulbs later I took it back for a refund

Let us begin with the plus side.

The assembly was very easy, and no leaks occured while pressure testing the unit. Well written manual with a lot of pictures needed for people unintelligent enough to purchase this kit, including myself.

Ok, moving on to the bad stuff.

I am actually quite sure that this machine could produce semi-decent beer if the beer mixes (along with yeast) were any good. Unfortunately, none of the mixes provided by this company are even close to good. In fact, they are completely horrible.

I tried several different batches, all of which were closely monitored with regards to pressure and temperature, and all of it went down the drain upon completion. And yes, I did clean and sterilize the unit before each start. I followed the instructions to the letter, and for one batch, I even used boiled water to positively ensure a completely microbe free setting. No difference at all.

The device itself is probably ok, but the company has no clue what so ever on how to make/pick decent beer mixes. They really should send my taste buds an "I'm sorry"-card, as they are deeply insulted by this disgusting junk. This is not beer, this is much closer to another four letter word.

If you do go ahead and buy this product, make absolutely sure that you do not use their own beer mixes, though I strongly advice you to seek other means of brewing your beloved beer. Buy proper equipment and do it the old fashioned way instead.

Final verdict:

It's a good thing I had the money to spare and went into this knowing full well that this was probably not going to work very well, otherwise I would have been really, really angry. As a matter of fact, I work at a place that carry this particular machine, and I will now do everything in my power to make sure that we discontinue this product immediately.

PS:

I saw a live test (after the purchase) on their Youtube channel, in which test subjects got to pick the best beer out of a line-up of brand names. The beer from The Beer Machine won 8 out of 10 times I think. Hilarious.

DS.

I wanted so much to love my beer machine it looks great and it was simple to start producing what turned out to be a disgusting pond coloured brown water with an odd beer like taste.

The beer just wont clear

I would suggest 4 can bought from the Tesco own brand range would taste better and be cheaper per pint

The positive reviews on this site are obviously from the company masquerading as customers. It's a complete waste of money. 4 brews, 4 lots of beer down the drain. i'm ebaying mine. what a waste. The beer is cloudy despite meticulous sterilisation. You ae much cheaper getting proper homebrew gear. I feel sorry for my wife who genuinly thought she was buying a quality product.

I'd give this product no stars. it's hard to assemble, it tends to leak, the pressure is always nil, the gas cylinders (bulbs) are impossible to change and the service you get if you complain is non-existent

Do not waste your money on it!!

No, this is a waste of your hard-earned cash. The beer doesn't taste all that great and it's just some kind of mixture that you pour in instead of real hops and malt. It's embarrassing to meet people who know what real beer tastes like and offer them a glass of this junk. They laugh and think you have been had. Which you have!!!! Don't buy it!!!!! Please don't buy this piece of garbage!!!!!

Have used the beer machine for 3 years now. Beer is OK not as good as Real Pub beer or bottles but better than cans. Need to tighten things up when brought and make sure it does not leak before you put 1st brew in. I am able to do 5 / 6 brews a year (in 2 brew machines) before storing over winter. Do not need to clean out between brews. Had no problem with cloudy beer but tend to get through gas cylinders fast - buy extra in Wilkinsons.

They say that they offer an unconditional money back guarantee until you actually want to return the product. Don't buy it! They are a dishonest company!