--- description: Find out why The Greater Good Fresh Brewing Co Pinter is one of the best inventions of 2020. title: The Greater Good Fresh Brewing Co Pinter: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd856196b63829a9/698a144a4ee262510a3181df/best-inventions-of-2020-The-Pinter-8.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 19, 2020 # A Mini Home Brewery The Greater Good Fresh Brewing Co Pinter by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Courtesy Brewing your own beer seems like a great idea—at first. Then comes the ingredient measuring, the mess and, weeks later, the slightly off-tasting results. Here’s a simpler solution: the Pinter, a home-brewing kit designed and built by London’s [Greater Good Fresh Brewing Co](https://thegreatergood.co.uk/ "undefined"). The brightly colored, naturally carbonating unit (about $100) uses mail-order “Pinter Pack” kits that can include bottled lager, pilsner, IPA and cider mixes, among others—and some yeast to brew 10 pints of your liking in about a week. Animated videos help make the process nearly foolproof—even if you’re under the influence of your last batch. _—Jesse Will_ **Buy now:** [The Greater Good Fresh Brewing Pinter](https://thegreatergood.co.uk/pages/bundle "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911375/the-pinter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911375/the-pinter/"},"headline":"A Mini Home Brewery","datePublished":"2020-11-19T13:54:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:46:22.604Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911375/the-pinter/","keywords":["list","franchise","best inventions","Best Inventions 2020"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd856196b63829a9/698a144a4ee262510a3181df/best-inventions-of-2020-The-Pinter-8.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd856196b63829a9/698a144a4ee262510a3181df/best-inventions-of-2020-The-Pinter-8.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911375/the-pinter/","name":"A Mini Home Brewery"}}]}] ```