7 Gallon Rubbermaid Beverage Cooler - Page 2

Beerthoven · 11-21-2007, 03:07 PM

I use a 7-gallon round cooler for my MLT. If I were to buy a new MLT today I would go for the 10-gallon, just for the extra room.

7-gals works well for 'normal' 5 gallon batches, but I wouldn't try to fit any more than 14 or 15 lbs of grain in there.

I'm planning on doing a Russian Imperial Stout in January, and I expect it will have to be a 2.5 gallon batch.

The only reason I use a 7-gallon is because it was free. It belonged to SWMBO before we got marries and it didn't get much use so I repurposed it for use in the brewery.

njnear76 · 11-21-2007, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by miatawnt2b

definitely go a bit bigger. I only do 5g batches as well, and I just did a fairly heavy stout that used 19lb grain. To hit my 1.077OG, I also used 1lb brown sugar and 1lb molasses. If you want to make a heavy stout, you are going to need something bigger than 7G IMO. I just bought a 48gt igloo cooler at k-mart for under $20.
-J

Hmmmm... maybe I should go that route. Are you sticking with a stainless steel braid for your setup?
Mike

miatawnt2b · 11-21-2007, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by njnear76

Hmmmm... maybe I should go that route. Are you sticking with a stainless steel braid for your setup?
Mike

Yep, I actually have 2 braids in mine to get a nice even draw through the grainbed. I use a brass T fitting and ziptied 2 braids to that so they lay parallel down the length of the cooler.
-J