With the new firmware, the iStill Fermenters can now be used as mashers as well as fermenters! You now get twice the functionality ... and pay only once. Here's an update on what the Masher/Fermenter offers, how you can use it, and how much it costs. Features:

• Net mashing and fermenting capacity sizes of 500, 1.000, 1.500, 2.000 or 3.000 liters;
• Water jacket for cooling and heating;
• Automated temperature control for mashing and fermenting: from 10 to 75 degrees C;
• Computer Aided Mashing (CAM) and Computer Aided Fermenting (CAF);
• Automatic cooling via automated water intake to the water jacket (up to 10 degrees C);
• Automatic heating via heaters submerged in the water jacket (new: up to 75 degrees C);
• Automated distribution of water within jacket for the most effective and energy efficient coolling and heating water;
• Automated pressure control of water jacket for safety and efficient heat dispersion;
• Auto refill of water jacket;
• Three 2 inch drains for above the grain mash/wash take-off;
• One 2 inch drain at the bottom for non-grain take-off or grain discharge;
• Fully integrated to work with the iStill One and the iStill Pump;
• Wheels for easy transport;
• Bottom dweller stirrer design;
• Touch screen computer.

How to use it? In various ways:

• Step-down mashing;
• Fermenting;
• Molasses cleaning.

For step-down or single infusion mashing:

• Add hot water (from the iStill Water Cooker) and grains to the iStill Masher/Fermenter;
• Put the agitator on;
• Let the starch extract from the grain;
• Dial the iStill Masher/Fermenter in to cool to 60 - 62 degrees C;
• Add malt or enzymes for starch-to-sugar conversion, while the iStill Masher/Fermenter keeps the strike temperature stable until full conversion is achieved;
• Let the iStill Masher/Fermenter cool the mash to fermentation temperature.

Fermenting:

• Add the yeast;
• Dial in the temperature at which you want the fermentation to take place;
• When the fermentation is done, transfer the wash into your still.

Molasses cleaning;

• Add molasses and boiling water (from the iStill Water Cooker) to the iStill Masher/Fermenter;
• Put the agitator on;
• Cool to fermentation temperatures;
• The hot water will make most of the nasties (ashes, fibres) settle at the bottom of the iStill Masher/Fermenter;
• Drain the cleared molasses and ferment them;
• Clean out the iStill Masher/Fermenter, in order to get rid of the ash and fibre material, so she's ready for another run.

Pricing the iStill Masher/Fermenter:

• iStill Masher/Fermenter 500: € 6.995,-;
• iStill Masher/Fermenter 1000: € 8.995,-;
• iStill Masher/Fermenter 2000: € 12.995,-;
• iStill Masher/Fermenter 3000: € 14.995,-.

The iStill Masher/Fermenter 2000 ...

The iStill Masher/Fermenter's manhole ...

Easy Discharge System ...

20 bhp stirrer motor, top manhole, CO2 releases ...

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