Brew award-winning beer at home.
Fresh Pico-brewed beer has all the nuanced flavors and aromas of the beers produced by the pro brewmaster.
Pico Model C brings the taproom to your home by letting you brew celebrated, award-winning beers from over 170 brewery partners around the world.
You can also craft your own custom creations.
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A craft brewery on your countertop.
The great craft breweries perfect their beers with a combination of technique and technology; home brewers have always struggled to replicate that on a smaller scale. Pico Model C automates the craft brewing process and fits on your kitchen counter.
Brewing with your Pico Model C.
Introducing the PicoPak
It just makes sense that the freshest ingredients make the best and freshest craft beers. That's why we build-our PicoPaks “on-demand" with the finest pre-measured grains and hops, and deliver these PicoPaks directly to your doorstep. Your Pico ModelC recognizes each specific PicoPak and its associated recipe based on its RFID tag. PicoPaks take the guesswork out of brewing and ensure delicious results, every time. And when you're done brewing, you can simply place your spent PicoPak in your compost bin.
Use your own ingredients
Using locally sourced grains, hops, and other beer ingredients is an important element of being an avid homebrewer. Pico C now allows users to harness the precision and control of the Pico C to create their own fully customized recipes.
Starting off right: it really is the water!
Great beer really does start with the perfect water, so when Pico-brewing we recommend starting with distilled water. Each PicoPak contains unique water amendments – various minerals that build up the water you brew with to exactly match the water profiles used by the breweries that created your PicoPaks.
Precision mashing: extracting sugars and flavor from grains.
PicoPaks contain fresh grains that have been malted, roasted and cracked so they are primed to release the special sugars that waters at precise temperatures can unlock. This first stage of brewing is called mashing, and the exact times and temperatures that grains are soaked determines the content of the beer “wort" produced. Control and precision are the keys here to producing the fluids that when boiled, then cooled and fermented become your beer.
Boil with multiple hop additions.
Brewers for centuries have boiled their beer wort with hops to impart bitterness, flavors and aromas that can make great beer the nuanced sensory experience that leaves you thirsting for more. Adding hops into the boil at different stages lends different characteristics to the resulting beer, from bitterness derived from alpha acids to more flavors and aromas derived from the hop oils. The PicoBrewing process with up to 4 unique hop additions accommodates a very broad range of beer recipe styles.
Fermentation: converting sugars into alcohol
After the beer wort has been fully infused with delicious hop flavors and aromas the solution is cooled, and then the magic begins. Yeast is "pitched" into the beer wort and begins to go to work on the sugars, converting them into alcohol and CO2. Different yeasts also impart their own unique flavors to the beer. Fermentation typically takes 4-7 days, depending on the beer and the yeast.
Built to brew
We've designed every aspect of the Pico Model C for one reason: to brew better beer.
Powerful steam heat brews evenly at a specific temperature and with much more precise control than boiling on a stovetop, preserving your beer's flavors.
Because your Pico Model C is connected to the internet, you can monitor your brew remotely.
Detachable brew kegs means you can use additional kegs to brew multiple batches in the same day. Reconnecting the hoses and starting another batch is quick and easy.
Both rugged and beautiful, built for a lifetime of homebrewing
1500 watts of steam heat
Powerful steam heat brews evenly at a specific temperature and with much more precise control than boiling on a stovetop, preserving your beer's flavors.
Because your Pico Model C is connected to the internet, you can monitor your brew remotely.
Detachable brew kegs means you can use additional kegs to brew multiple batches in the same day. Reconnecting the hoses and starting another batch is quick and easy.
Both rugged and beautiful, built for a lifetime of homebrewing
Specifications
At 12.5" wide x 16.5" high x 15" deep, the Pico Model C is designed to fit on your countertop, under most kitchen cabinets.
Your Pico Model C recognizes each specific PicoPak being brewed, allowing an ideal mashing temperature, duration, and hop additions to be done correctly per the beer style
Shaped to enable even flow and reduce foam during the mash phase, the step filter and hops cradle allow for multi-stage boils to brew any recipe to perfection.
Brew just like the brewmaster intended, but add your own precise specifications to the recipe by adjusting your beer's bitterness (IBU) and alcohol percentage (ABV).
Detailed Specs
Display and Controls
2.2" display, 128 X 32px
Control knob
Connectivity
802.11b/g Wi-Fi
RFID PicoPak detection
Size
Width: 12.5"
Height: 16.5"
Depth: 15"
Weight: 23.75 pounds
Pico C Brew Keg
Diameter: 8.5"
Height: 11.5"
Volume: 1.9 gallons / 7.2 liters
Fermentation seal
Extra umbrella valves (2)
Dip tube
Dip tube filter
Brewing
Batch size
1.3 gallons / 5 liters
Average brew cycle
2 hours 20 minutes
Power
Heating system
1500-watt heating capacity
2 precision temperature sensors
Heating range: 90F – 205F
AC Input
US: 120V
Plug types
US: Type B, 3-pin
Accessories
Keg cozy
Keg brush
Hops Pak cradle
Cleaning tab
Cleaning bucket
Quick-start guide
Coffee Bags
Grain & Hops Bags
Broaden your brewing horizons.
Explore award-winning recipes from over 150 partner breweries around the world, or create your own. Wheat beer from Peru, cream ale from Canada, IPAs from Seattle, even beer you design yourself, all available as PicoPaks from the BrewMarketplace.
Award-winning beers in the BrewMarketplace
Imagine a place where you can get fresh craft beer from around the globe. Not in bottles or cans, mind you -- taproom-fresh beer in your own home. Our BrewMarketplace offers PicoPaks from our partner breweries big and small so that you can experience beer as the brewmaster intended it to taste. You can discover new beers, explore ratings and recommendations, and even communicate directly with the brewer. More PicoPaks are being added all the time so you can brew your way around the world.
You can be the brewmaster
FreeStyle allows you to make your own custom craft beer, easily. Start with one of our base recipes, then personalize the grains, tune the hops for bitterness, flavor, and aroma, and customize yeast and dry hopping to achieve the flavor and style you desire. We'll make your PicoPak and deliver it to your door for you to brew and enjoy.
Make your custom beer with the FreeStyle recipe crafter
Start With A Base Recipe
Hit the ground running with our fully editable base recipes.
Customize Grain and Hops
Explore the possibilities with FreeStyle. Always wanted to see what adding Mosaic hops does to a classic stout? Now's your chance. Dry hopping an amber ale? You can make it happen. This is your chance to be creative.
We'll build it, you brew it.
Your PicoPak will be made in our one-of-a-kind facility, then immediately shipped to you. Our system has no minimum order, so experimenting with different recipes to find the perfect one has never been easier or faster.
"PicoBrew's new Model C offers convenience, delicious results and is ideal for beginners..."
"Home brewing has been popular for thousands of years, but PicoBrew has injected the age old process with an innovative tech aspect that makes it easy to get fresh homebrew with consistency."
"Brewing your own beer is surprisingly easy and cheap."
"The thought of having a home brewery in my own home is so unbearably cool that I barely know what to do myself."
"People really like to brew beer at home…Especially if the brewing process is made practically foolproof."
"The PicoBrew Pico Model C is less expensive than its predecessor, without losing any functionality"
"allows people who are interested in at-home brewing to make their own quality beers in a way that is both experimental and high in quality."
"...kitchen-counter automated homebrew setup that takes a lot of the pain and mess out of homebrewing..."
"Raise another glass to the folks at PicoBrew as they continue to make advances in their quest to bring simplified home brewing machines to the masses."
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What's Included In the Pico Model C Machine Purchase?
The Pico Model C brewing machine
Pico Model C Brew Keg and fermentation temperature decal
Keg cozy for maintaining brewing temperature
5L Serving Keg and dispensing bung plug
Racking tube for transferring wort from brewing keg to dispensing keg
Cleaning tab for deep cleaning
Bucket for measuring and system cleaning
Hops Pak Cradle
Step Filter + Lid
Quick Start Guide
How big is Pico?
Pico's dimensions are 16.5"x12.5"x15" (HxWxD), and it weighs 23.75 lbs, which makes it much smaller than most microwaves on the market. So yes, it should fit nicely right between your toaster and coffee machine!
What is the difference between the Pico Model C and the Pico Pro?
The Pico Model C is ideal for new home brewers and is our most affordable Pico ever! The Pico Model C features a black, powder-coated exterior, a sleek 2-line OLED display, natural carbonation, a serving keg and a simpler-to-use Pico Model C Brew Keg that fits in your dishwasher. The Pico Pro for the more seasoned homebrewer. It features a stainless steel exterior and bigger OLED display. The Pico Pro comes with 2 ball-lock brew kegs, preferred by professional brewers. This stainless-steel keg features rubber grips and industry-standard ball-lock connectors that work directly with accessories like party taps and kegerators. For the ultimate brewing experience, it also includes an accessory kit that comes with a party tap solution and CO2 regulator so you can force-carbonate and go from grain to glass even faster!
How long does it take to brew?
Pico's brew cycle takes a little over 2 hours to complete, depending on the specific PicoPak recipe. After the brew cycle is finished the beer will need to ferment for up to approximately a week before you drink it (fermentation times vary by beer). Keg conditioning (natural carbonation) takes about twice the amount of time it took for fermentation or forced carbonation takes 36 hours. From PicoPak to pint the whole process will take approximately 7-10 days.
General Questions
- The Pico C brewing machine
- Pico C Brew Keg and fermentation temperature decal
- Keg cozy for maintaining brewing temperature
- 5L Serving Keg and dispensing bung plug
- Racking tube for transferring wort from brewing keg to dispensing keg
- Cleaning tab for deep cleaning
- Bucket for measuring and system cleaning
- Hops Pak Cradle
- Step Filter + Lid
- Quick Start Guide
Brewing on the Pico C Questions
After Brewing Questions
PicoPak Questions
- Grains are measured, ground, and mixed in our state-of-the-art facility, and placed in a grain bin that allows even brewing.
- Hops are placed in 4 separate compartments, so we can achieve high bitterness or intense hop flavor in a multi-stage boil.
- Interactive technology inside your Pico recognizes each specific PicoPak, automatically brewing it to perfection.
- Made of a revolutionary food-based pulp, the PicoPak, the spent grain, and hops can all go in your compost bin.
- Create your own custom recipe online using our Recipe Crafter for Manual Brewing, then use your own ingredients with Brew Bags and Manual Brewing on the Pico. You can find Brew Bags in the PicoBrew BrewGear store.
