Cold_Steel
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Well I had some troubles with my HLT and it equaled a fail. So, What I would like to do is this. I want to use my Kettle as the HLT. Heat up the strike water. Then transfer over to mash tun. Now the mash tun had a problem the last test run. IT was loosing way to much heat. I learned that an R value is equal to 1" of wood. Now the top I used was a sheet of plywood. So I must have lost all the heat there. I will get the foam blocks they sell at lowes or home depot to correct. One other thing the size of the equipment is a little different. I am using a 55 gallon ss drum for the kettle. Meaning, I would be using a 55 gallon ss drum for HLT. I am making 40 gallon batches. The mash tun is 100 gallon in size. I do have a march pump. I am using gravity for HLT to mash tun.