70 quart coleman cooler $35

I was at Wal-Mart this morning and saw the Coleman coolers for $35. I'm pretty sure its the xtreme model. Figured I'd post it up in case someone is in the market for a new mash tun

that's what i used for 5 gallon batches and i wasn't a huge fan

Nice. I have a 62 quart Coleman Xtreme... seems to do a great job for me.

jester5120 said:

that's what i used for 5 gallon batches and i wasn't a huge fan

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Your 5 gallon batches have the same amount of grain as most 10 gallon batches. What didn't you like about it?

jester5120 said:

that's what i used for 5 gallon batches and i wasn't a huge fan

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Why not, this is the cooler I was thinking of getting, could you elaborate?

Cheers

don't get me wrong it's not horrible and i made a lot of pretty good beers in there. my issue was i would lose around 5 degrees or so in an hour mash sometimes i'd lose more. there's just a lot of headspace in there and that seemed to let the temperature drift. when i did mashes that almost maxed it out the temp held great but if i did a normal sized beer that's when it'd drop. honesty if you make sure to preheat the mashtun before you mash in and maybe toss a blanket over it if you notice a temp loss you should be alright.