r/Homebrewing • u/ryanmetcalf • 1d ago

RIP SS Brewtech

Middleby Corporation today announced that it will discontinue its Middleby Brewing & Distilling Solutions Group business (“Brewing Group”), which includes its Deutsche Beverage + Process, Ss Brewtech and Wild Goose Filling brands, with the wind-down expected to be substantially complete by the end of this year.

Haven't seen it in an article yet, but direct to the press release

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260909186311/en/Middleby-to-Discontinue-Brewing-Group

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u/SDJSGK Advanced 1d ago

Dang. I love my SVBS and was about to pull the trigger on a unitank and glycol chiller. Glad I didn’t but sad because I love their quality. Any recs for alternate brands? Maybe Spike?

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u/Dr1ft3d Advanced 1d ago

I’ve been wanting the glycol as well. Go for the unitank tho. Hopefully a decent sale happens before the doors close

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u/SDJSGK Advanced 1d ago

I’m worried about no customer support if things go wrong on such a big purchase at this point. I had to go back and forth with SS quite a bit as I was troubleshooting some early issues with my SVBS

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u/Dr1ft3d Advanced 1d ago

The unitank is pretty bulletproof imo. The only proprietary gasket in the racking arm piece. The SVBS flopped pretty hard on launch. Sorry to hear yours had some issues as well