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@A1sportsdad - here's a picture of my labels on the bottle. This is after I drank the beer and rinsed the bottles out. Had water all over the outside of the bottles and labels and they didn't run. Here's a link to the labels on Amazon -...

@A1sprtsdad - I bought some beer bottle labels off Amazon. They were peel off and stick on. They came with a template which I scanned into my computer and then used in PowerPoint as a background. I scanned the label off my recipe kit for the main label and just used PowerPoint to create a...

Apologies, I missed that. And thanks.

@Bobby_M - my boil kettle is 8 gal. I've been looking at BIAB as well. My only concern, as I mentioned in another reply is that I had trouble keeping my mash temp consistent using the boil kettle and my propane burner. I was thinking the cooler option might give me better temp stability.

@day_tripper - curious why the gasket? Did you buy it that way or add it yourself?

@LizardIsland - yes, it's round. I'm looking at a MoreBeer Stainless Steel False Bottom Kit ($40.00), Horiznet npt 1/2" Homebrew Ball Valve (Amazon $16.00) and a Mash Tun Adaptor (Amazon $10.00) to convert it to a Mash Tun.

@OakIslandBrewery - absolutely not. I am a newbie, just recently brewed my first homebrew after my son bought me a started kit for Father's Day. It turned out really well - a Hazy IPA with Mango and Vanilla extract. Everyone in the family liked it. I'd like to try it again with an all-grain kit...

@Lizard Island - thanks much. This is very helpful. I didn't know there was a Mash Calulator - that's great! I'm interested in trying all-grain. I've been watching videos and have seen a lot of home brewers using coolers for mashing and sparging and since I got this cooler for free, I wanted to...

@Bobby_M - I recently acquired a 6.5 gal cooler from a family member who no longer wanted it. Wasn't sure if a 5 gal all grain bill would be OK in that size cooler of if it would be too small.

@Yesfan - very interesting idea.

@Island Lizard - thanks much for the reply. Looks fairly straight forward.

@IslandLizard - Nice! I assume you handmade the manifold? If so, how did you make the cuts / slots in the PVC pipe?

VikeMan - thanks much. I didn't know that the calculators / spreadsheets would do that for you. Great recommendation.

I'm interested in doing an All-Grain brew and was wondering what size cooler I would need for a Mash Tun if I'm going to do a 5 gal batch?

Anyone think this would work well?

Orange Juicius from Sapwood Cellars. An IPA with Orange Juice, Orange Zest and Vanilla Beans. Tastes like the beer version of an Orange Juilius. Incredible. Sapwood Cellars Brewery https://sapwoodcellars.com

The contamination I was refering to was from the air outside or in the garage - dust, tree dirt, anything floating around outside or in the garage. Once the wort gets down below sanitization temps if anything "falls in" you could end up with a contamination problem. You can cover it up with...

You don't need to worry about the water going into the wort chiller - it never touches the beer. You hook it up to a water source - sink or hose, and it runs through the copper tube and out the other end, through the plastic (polypropelene?) tube and back into the sink or on to the ground. Once...

Great book, I just got it myself.

Another option is Anvil's Carboy Cooling System - $115.00 - if you're going to start with a beer / yeast that requires a lower fermentation temp. Just check the stopper size of your Fermenter. The Cooling System comes with a #7 stopper. Mine uses a #10. I've been thinking about getting this, so...