Well guys I need some advice!
I have been using a 48qt rectangular cooler with a copper manifold design when mashing and seem to have good success with that but recently I acquired a 10 gallon Rubbermaid cooler in which I want to try and use. I typically do 5 gallon batches with grain weight ranging from 9 to 13 pounds.
I have taken the 10 gallon cooler installed a ball valve and a stainless steel braid (water line) like allot of other people have done. The question I have is, I have performed a dry run with just water to see how empty I could get the MLT and to my surprise it left about 9 cups.
Now to me this seems like a waste of allot of good sweet wort. My other cooler I only leave about 1 cup.
Therefore what should I do? or what can be done with the braid in order to collect more of the wort? I would like to try and use this setup for my next batch since fellow homebrewers seem to have great success with this design but it sure seems like it is wasting allot.
I have been using a 48qt rectangular cooler with a copper manifold design when mashing and seem to have good success with that but recently I acquired a 10 gallon Rubbermaid cooler in which I want to try and use. I typically do 5 gallon batches with grain weight ranging from 9 to 13 pounds.
I have taken the 10 gallon cooler installed a ball valve and a stainless steel braid (water line) like allot of other people have done. The question I have is, I have performed a dry run with just water to see how empty I could get the MLT and to my surprise it left about 9 cups.
Now to me this seems like a waste of allot of good sweet wort. My other cooler I only leave about 1 cup.
Therefore what should I do? or what can be done with the braid in order to collect more of the wort? I would like to try and use this setup for my next batch since fellow homebrewers seem to have great success with this design but it sure seems like it is wasting allot.