A fermenter is provided that heats and ferments a beverage feed material, such as grain and water, and a mashing device having a porous and permeable bottom to be positioned in the fermenter during heating to form an intermediate beverage feed material, such as a wort.
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1. A system for brewing, comprising: a vessel having an opening, the vessel defining a first reservoir that contains a volume of water, wherein the vessel has a conical lower region that tapers from a cylindrical upper region to distal end of the vessel;a mash device at least partially disposed in t
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A system for brewing, comprising: a vessel having an opening, the vessel defining a first reservoir that contains a volume of water, wherein the vessel has a conical lower region that tapers from a cylindrical upper region to distal end of the vessel;a mash device at least partially disposed in the first reservoir and selectively removable from the first reservoir, the mash device having a porous bottom surface and a sidewall that extends from the porous bottom surface, wherein the porous bottom surface and the sidewall define a second reservoir with a top opening, and wherein the mash device is configured to receive a feed material in a volume of the second reservoir, and the porous bottom surface is configured to allow the volume of water to pass through;a cover positioned over the opening of the vessel;a heating port in the vessel;a heating element positioned in the heating port to heat the water and boil wort, wherein the heating element at least partially extends into the first reservoir of the vessel below the second reservoir and extends below the porous bottom surface of the mash device;a chilling media that cools the boiled wort by entering the first reservoir of the vessel through an entry port and at a first temperature, passing by means of a cavity in a wall of the vessel, through at least a portion of the first reservoir of the vessel, and exiting the first reservoir of the vessel at an exit port and at a second temperature, wherein, as a result of the chilling media removing heat from the boiled wort, the second temperature is higher than the first temperature, wherein the entry and exit ports are in fluid communication with the cavity. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the conical lower region comprises a discharge port to remove particulates and a side port, positioned above the discharge port, to remove beer, wherein, in a first operating mode, the volume of water is heated by the heating element while being circulated through the feed material to form wort; in a second operating mode, the mash device is removed from the vessel and the wort is boiled by the heating element, and the boiled wort is cooled by the chilling media; and in a third operating mode, the cooled wort is fermented while in contact with veast to form beer, and further comprising: a pumping device configured to cycle the volume of water from a bottom end of the vessel to a top end of the vessel. 3. The system of claim 1, further comprising: a clamping system that selectively interconnects the cover to a top edge of the vessel to close the opening in the vessel. 4. The system of claim 1, wherein the conical lower region comprises a discharge port to remove particulates and a side port, positioned above the discharge port, to remove beer and further comprising: a sensing port in the vessel; anda sensing device positioned in the sensing port and at least partially extending into the first reservoir of the vessel to measure the temperature of the contents of the vessel. 5. The system of claim 1, wherein the heated volume of water is a liquor configured to cycle through the first reservoir, the feed material, and the porous bottom surface of the mash device to produce the wort. 6. The system of claim 1, wherein the vessel has inner and outer wall portions that define the cavity to receive the chilling media. 7. The system of claim 6, wherein the entry port for the chilling media passes through the outer wall but not through the inner wall. 8. The system of claim 1, wherein the feed material has a larger granularity than the porous bottom surface of the mash device so that the feed material does not pass through the porous bottom surface. 9. The system of claim 1, wherein an upper portion of the vessel has a cylindrical sidewall having an inner diameter and a shoulder having an inner diameter, and wherein the mash device has a cylindrical sidewall having an outer diameter that is less than the inner diameter of the sidewall of the vessel and greater than the inner diameter of the shoulder of the vessel so that the mash device rests on the shoulder of the vessel. 10. A system for brewing, comprising: a vessel having an opening, the vessel defining a first reservoir having a cylindrical upper region and a conical lower region that tapers from the cylindrical upper region to a distal end of the vessel, the first reservoir cantaining a volume of water, wherein the conical lower region comprises a discharge port to remove particulates and a side port, positioned above the discharge port, to remove beer;a mash device removably disposed in the cylindrical upper region of the first reservoir and selectively removable from the first reservoir, the mash device having a porous bottom surface and a sidewall that extends from the porous bottom surface, wherein the porous bottom surface and the sidewall define a second reservoir with a top opening, the porous bottom surface is configured to allow the volume of water to pass through;a feed material positioned in a volume of the second reservoir of the mash devices;a cover positioned over the opening of the vessel;a heating port in the vessel;a heating element positioned in the heating port for heating the volume of water and wort, wherein the heating element at least partially extends into the first reservoir of the vessel below the second reservoir and extends below the porous bottom surface of the mash device;a sensing port in the vessel;a sensing device positioned in the sensing port and at least partially extending into the first reservoir of the vessel to measure the temperature of the contents of the vessel;a chilling media that enters the first reservoir of the vessel at a first temperature, passes through at least a portion of the first reservoir of the vessel, and exits the first reservoir of the vessel at a second temperature, wherein the second temperature is higher than the first temperature, the chilling media configured to cool the boiled wort. 11. The system of claim 10, wherein the heating element heats the volume of water in conact with feed material to produce the wort, and the mash device is configured to be removed from the vessel so that the heating element boils the wort and further comprising: a pumping device configured to cycle the volume of water from a bottom end of the vessel to a top end of the vessel. 12. The system of claim 10, wherein the discharge port is positioned at the distal end of the vessel, wherein the cooled wort is fermented in the vessel while in contact with yeast to form the beer, and the discharge port is configured to selectivey release particulates formed during fermentation and further comprising: a clamping system that selectively interconnects the cover to a top edge of the vessel to close the opening in the vessel. 13. The system of claim 10, wherein the heated volume of water is a liquor configured to cycle through the first reservoir, the feed material, and the porous bottom surface of the mash device to produce the wort. 14. The system of claim 10, wherein the chilling media enters the first reservoir of the vessel through an entry port, passes, by means of a cavity in a wall of the vessel, through the at least a portion of the first reservoir of the vessel, and exits the first reservoir of the vessel at an exit port, wherein the entry and exit ports are in fluid communication with the cavity, and wherein the wall of the vessel comprises inner and outer wall portions that define the cavity to receive the chilling media. 15. The system of claim 14, wherein the entry port for the chilling media passes through the outer wall but not through the inner wall. 16. The system of claim 10, wherein the feed material has a larger granularity than the porous bottom surface of the mash device so that the feed material does not pass through the porous bottom surface. 17. The system of claim 10, wherein the vessel has a cylindrical sidewall positioned above the conical lower section and having an inner diameter and a shoulder having an inner diameter, and wherein the mash device has a cylindrical sidewall having an outer diameter that is less than the inner diameter of the sidewall of the vessel and greater than the inner diameter of the shoulder of the vessel so that the mash device rests on the shoulder of the vessel. 18. A system for brewing, comprising: a vessel having an opening, the vessel defining a first reservoir that contains a volume of water, wherein the vessel has a conical lower region that tapers from a cylindrical upper region to a distal end of the vessel, wherein the conical lower region comprises a discharge port to remove particulates and a side port, positioned above the discharge port, to remove beer;a mash device at least partially disposed in the first reservoir and selectively removable from the first reservoir, the mash device having a porous bottom surface and a sidewall thatextends from the porous bottom surface, wherein the porous bottom surface and the sidewall define a second reservoir with a top opening, and wherein the mash device is configured to receive a feed material in a volume of the second reservoir, and the porous bottom surface is configured to allow the volume of water to pass through; a cover positioned over the opening of the vessel; a heating port in the vessel;a heating element positioned in the heating port to heat the water and boil wort; a sensing port in the vessel, wherein the heating element at least partially extends into the first reservoir of the vessel below the second reservoir and extends below the porous bottom surface of the mash device;a sensing device positioned in the sensing port and at least partially extending into the first reservoir of the vessel to measure the temperature of the contents of the vessel;entry and exit ports through the vessel, wherein the entry and exit ports enable a chilling media to cool the boiled wort. 19. The system of claim 18, further comprising: a cavity of the vessel at least partially defined by an inner wall and an outer wall, wherein the entry and exit ports are in fluid communication with the cavity, and wherein the chilling media passes through the entry port and into the cavity at a first temperature and passes through the exit port and out of the cavity at a second temperature, wherein, as a result of the boiled wort heating the chilling media through the inner wall, the second temperature is higher than the first temperature.
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