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Customizable beer at point of dispense
This is a BAD idea.
I'll ignore the issues that other's brought up and skip straight to the machine:
The upkeep would be damn near impossible. Having a singular line for wheat beers, IPA's, stouts, and perhaps the most terrifying, sours would be a disaster for flavor. Craft beer drinkers, hell even all beer drinkers, want consistency. The chance you could develop a machine that consistently puts out a beer that is good and the same taste as the time before is damn near 0.
Have you ever seen the cleaning that goes into breaking down brewery taps? Imagine that for a singular machine. They break down grates, spray it with some disinfecting spray, dump hot waters down the drain lines, as well as some bio-gel and that's just regular every day practices. That's not even talking about the tap lines, which as I mentioned not only need to be clean, but benefit strongly from uniform and consistent beer style.