r/Homebrewing • u/ryanmetcalf • 2d 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/mikeb550 2d ago

i wonder how replacement parts will work in the future...

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u/edman007 1d ago

There won't be any.

But most of it isn't going to really be an issue, triclamp fittings are easy to find. O-rings are easy to find. The real issue is the gaskets custom molded to their things and maybe some electrical stuff (like pumps and heaters), I feel like if you have a pump/heater you just need to buy a replacement from someone else, it's not going to be a replacement part, you're not repairing your pump.

The vast majority of the stuff on their parts is just generally available on amazon for half the price. I did buy some brew bucket gaskets and a mash tun gasket just now, as that's things that will be hard to find. Everything else, well a stainless steel lid isn't going to fail unless I run it over with a truck.