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Has anyone brewed this? Would like to hear how it turns out.

62 seems to be on the low end for any ale yeast. Try fermenting warmer next time if you want more ester production. Warmer temperatures will bring out esters in any kind of yeast. This is why Belgian styles are sometimes fermented in the upper 70s.

wouldn't it float anyway?

I pretty much used the grain bag just as if it had been a false bottom. I'm using one of the 36" fine mesh bags so it is big enough to line the inside of the 5 gallon igloo cooler I have. For my 3 gallon pale ale recipe I mashed 6.5lbs of grain with a little over 2 gallons of water at 153...

For those of you who mash using the unmodified cooler and large grain bag method, what kind of efficiency do you get? I am a new all grain brewer and just did my first batch using this method. I ended up around 65% efficiency according to beersmith, and was wondering if my low efficiency...