Simple, efficient automated all-grain beer brewing system

A brewing system, comprising:

• a. a vessel, constructed to retain water and beer wort;
• b. a filter basket designed to drain into said retaining vessel comprising a bottom wall defining a set of apertures permitting fluid flow into said vessel, an exterior wall set, adapted to retain fluid within the filter basket at levels below a top fluid level, and a set of interior walls, configured to define a single largest open compartment, taking up at least one quarter of the area of said filter basket and, and a set of additional open compartments;
• c. a tube connected to and in fluid communication to said retaining vessel
• d. a fluid distribution manifold connected to said tube and adapted to controllably direct fluid from said tube into a selected open compartment;
• e. a heat source positioned to be in thermal communication to fluids in said system;
• f. a pump adapted to pump fluid through said tube;
• g. a control unit in communication with and controlling said pump, said heater and said fluid distribution manifold;
• and
• h. whereby malted barley can be placed in said single largest open compartment, water placed in said retaining vessel, and hops placed in one of said additional open compartments, said water then pumped through said tube by said pump, heated by said heat source, and directed by said fluid distribution manifold to cause hot water to flow through said malted barley, and into said vessel, and later to flow through said compartment containing said hops and into said vessel, thereby creating hot hops-infused beer wort.