Jonnio
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So I had a crazy idea overnight while thinking about building a small mlt for mini mash stuff. I remember reading how the more area of the grain bed you collect water from the better, so people coil up "large" amounts of stainless braid in the bottom of their cooler.
I was thinking about getting two grain bags big enough to fill the bottom of the cooler. Put some marble size rocks...or marbles if I can find some cheap enough... in one and put it on the bottom near the spigot. Then do a second one with small aquarium rocks on top of that. It shouldn't take a very thick layer to keep the grain up on top of that I wouldn't think and aquarium rocks are made to not put chemicals in the water, so they should be safe/sanitary.
The reason for putting the stuff in grain bags is after your done and your grain cools off you could just reach down, pull them out and rinse everything off/out.
I haven't been able to get to the store yet, but I think that this will be a fair amount cheaper since you will only need to replace the spigot on the cooler with a better one, get the rocks, and your done.
What do you guys think? Does this have any future worth pursuing?
I was thinking about getting two grain bags big enough to fill the bottom of the cooler. Put some marble size rocks...or marbles if I can find some cheap enough... in one and put it on the bottom near the spigot. Then do a second one with small aquarium rocks on top of that. It shouldn't take a very thick layer to keep the grain up on top of that I wouldn't think and aquarium rocks are made to not put chemicals in the water, so they should be safe/sanitary.
The reason for putting the stuff in grain bags is after your done and your grain cools off you could just reach down, pull them out and rinse everything off/out.
I haven't been able to get to the store yet, but I think that this will be a fair amount cheaper since you will only need to replace the spigot on the cooler with a better one, get the rocks, and your done.
What do you guys think? Does this have any future worth pursuing?