JonClayton
Well-Known Member
I am going to continue experimenting with AG/PM brewing after my last attempt went wrong. I think I understand most of what I did wrong, but would like some input.
I am using a stock 5 gallon water cooler for the mash tun. I have a large kettle I will use to heat up the sparge water toward the end of the mash, and I have my brew kettle.
On my last attempts I sort of improvised deathbrewers easy stove top method/ biab by having the grains in a large grain bag inside the cooler. When sparge time came, I heated up the sparge water in the boil kettle and dunked the grain bag. This did not work out so well for me, so next time I plan to batch sparge.
My question is this, will I gain anything by ditching the grain bag and spending the money to outfit the cooler as described in this post "cheap and easy rubbermaid MLT" https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/cheap-easy-10-gallon-rubbermaid-mlt-conversion-23008/
versus using the grainbag as a filter in an unmodified cooler?
I am using a stock 5 gallon water cooler for the mash tun. I have a large kettle I will use to heat up the sparge water toward the end of the mash, and I have my brew kettle.
On my last attempts I sort of improvised deathbrewers easy stove top method/ biab by having the grains in a large grain bag inside the cooler. When sparge time came, I heated up the sparge water in the boil kettle and dunked the grain bag. This did not work out so well for me, so next time I plan to batch sparge.
My question is this, will I gain anything by ditching the grain bag and spending the money to outfit the cooler as described in this post "cheap and easy rubbermaid MLT" https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/cheap-easy-10-gallon-rubbermaid-mlt-conversion-23008/
versus using the grainbag as a filter in an unmodified cooler?