StarCityBrewMaster
Well-Known Member
I finally made my mash tun today from a 50qt Coleman cooler and I must say that it is freaking sweet and works perfectly from a drainage/non-leakage standpoint! I'll try to post some pics on how I did it to help any beginners like myself.
I wanted to go ahead and test how it would hold temperature so I boiled up about 5 gallons of water and dumped it in there. I started the hour with a temp of 170 and after an hour it had dropped around 5 degrees to 165.
Again this was just water with no grains. Is a 5 degree drop over an hour good or bad with just water in there? I know a 0 or 1 degree drop is a whole lot better but I'm hoping you all will tell me that grains will thicken it up like oatmeal which should help hold the temps steady.
I wanted to go ahead and test how it would hold temperature so I boiled up about 5 gallons of water and dumped it in there. I started the hour with a temp of 170 and after an hour it had dropped around 5 degrees to 165.
Again this was just water with no grains. Is a 5 degree drop over an hour good or bad with just water in there? I know a 0 or 1 degree drop is a whole lot better but I'm hoping you all will tell me that grains will thicken it up like oatmeal which should help hold the temps steady.