I am just starting out (never did AG brewing) and looking for an easy way to get going with AG brewing and wondering if I really need the coolers. I'm wondering if I could buy a 10 gallon kettle (with spout and false bottom), and use that for the mash. That way I can use the same kettle for both the mash process and the brewing (boiling process). I would do the mash in the 10 gallon kettle and then drain the wort into two 4 gallon pots I already have in the house. After I get the amount of wort I need, I would then dump the grain, take out the false bottom, and pour the wort back in to do the boil process.
My thinking is that with this approach I would be able to later add more equipment if I needed and in the meantime it would be a little more work. Any thoughts anyone has on this would really be appreciated.
My thinking is that with this approach I would be able to later add more equipment if I needed and in the meantime it would be a little more work. Any thoughts anyone has on this would really be appreciated.