One of the biggest concerns in the world of home-brewing is the time and space required to brew a fantastic beer. All those buckets, and carboys (or perhaps a conical fermenter) can take up quite a bit of space - not to mention the added time and space requirements for all grain. But what if you could have a counter top, all in one brewery, which gave you the option to make smaller batches more often?

PicoBrew could be the answer you've been looking for, and best yet - it's fully automated! Check out what we've got for you this week as we take a look at the newest member of the Strange Brew line: The PicoBrew Zymatic Machine!

Three years ago, brothers Bill and Jim Mitchell's frustrations with homebrewing prompted the duo to look to create an entirely new brewing process.

Jim, a food chemist and physicist, desired to incorporate more control in the process of beer brewing on a small scale. Bill, having been building software, boards, and appliances for decades, knew this was possible. The two joined forces with engineer Avi Geiger in 2010 and formed PicoBrew.

A few years (and many pints of beer) later, the first PicoBrew Zymatic® was born. The Zymatic improves the precision, repeatability, and overall quality of the beer-brewing experience. It allows you to slightly modify each individual batch, to fine tune your beer to your individual taste. Now every home brewer can truly focus on the art of flavor and style with each batch of beer.

Introducing the worlds first all grain, fully automatic beer brewing appliance. Choose to brew from a list of over 100 types of beer, or create your own. Brew your favorite beer consistently, as many times as you want. Share your recipes with others, rate other recipes, try out 23 recipes that are very close to the top 25 beers in Zymurgy magazine. All of this with just a push of a button. There are also several instructional videos to help you along the way.

• Brews all beer BJCP styles in an average of 4 hours
• Produces 2.5G finished beer batches
• Recipe library with over 40 award-winning recipes
• Predictive Recipe Crafter tool for custom recipe creation
• Pre-packaged recipe ingredient kits available
• Connects to PicoBrew.com service via WiFi or Ethernet
• Supports all-grain and mini-mash brewing
• Brews up to 1.090 gravity beers without adjuncts
• Supports 4 different timed hops additions