Five Gallon Igloo Mash Tun

I built a couple five gallon mash tuns out of five gallon Igloo coolers, then realized I only needed the one. I'm not looking to make any money here, only trying to break even. Just trying to pay it forward to a fellow brewer who is looking for a good mash tun. It has a brass ball valve and a stainless braided filter.

$45 and I am breaking even. I think it is a fair price.

Price updated.

Can you provide any pics? How big of a grain bill can you have in a 5 gallon cooler?

Bobby_M has a good chart in this thread, but I'll repost it here for simplicity.



What the chart says is, with 70% efficiency (not hard, even with batch sparging), the maximum starting gravity you'll be able to get with a 5gal batch of beer is ~1.059. That ought to take care of most normal strength beers.

If you mash thinner than 1.25qt/lb, you can squeeze a bit more grain in there and probably get up into the 1.068 mark.

If your brew equipment space is at a premium, a 5gal cooler is pretty small to store.

Here are some pictures.

Thanks, it looks quite nice! My brew partner and I are looking to go to all grain, but we will stick to five gallon batches. We still need a burner and a bigger kettle...tempting...especially since you are pretty local.

The one I built that was just like this one works perfectly. Used it on my first two all grain batches two weeks ago. Only lost a degree and a half over an hour long mash. No problem at all with a stuck sparge.

Willing to ship? Very interested.

I cannot cover shipping cost, but if you are willing to pay for shipping, sure, I will ship it to your door.

urbanmyth said:

I cannot cover shipping cost, but if you are willing to pay for shipping, sure, I will ship it to your door.

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Shipping to 58701?

Shipping to 58701 looks like it will be around $20.

Shipping to Linden, VA looks to be about a dollar less.

I'll take it urbanmyth! PM me on the details on the payment and all that.

If he falls through PM me

Sold!

...Not Sold! This item is back for sale. Looking for localish buyers only, please.

Ever get up to fondy??? If so, I am interested.

I also have one of these I can sell only missing the braid everything else is great, I just realized that I wanted to make bigger batches so I upgraded to a 15 gallon one if you want this pm me like I said has ball valve attached only need to attach stainless steel braid

Le bump