Anybody using one of these as a MLT? I was out shopping around for a 10-gal round cooler today and spied this at Dick's Sporting Goods. At $50-ish, it's not a whole lot more expensive than the 10-g round coolers. It's more square than rectangular, so I think you could probably fly-sparge it if you wanted. I had a moment of weakness and almost bought it, but given that I'm only doing 5-gal batches for the foreseeable future, it was just too much capacity for me. But if I were doing 10-gal 1.100+ monster beers, this might be at the top of my list.
One slight problem -- the drain hole is about 2-3" above the bottom of the cooler, so you'd have to do something to avoid leaving a gallon wort down there; either a dip tube, or fill the void. I've fixed similar problems with another cooler in the past by cutting up some cheap plastic cutting boards to size and filling the space.
One slight problem -- the drain hole is about 2-3" above the bottom of the cooler, so you'd have to do something to avoid leaving a gallon wort down there; either a dip tube, or fill the void. I've fixed similar problems with another cooler in the past by cutting up some cheap plastic cutting boards to size and filling the space.