Price Alert-5 gal Igloo coolers 5$ @ Walmart

Not selling mine, however, I just picked up 4 5gal Igloo round coolers on sale for $5 each at Walmart. Don't know if it's just 1 store or all.

lol wow, only 5 dollars?

Yep, regular price was $20. I would have bought more but got all they had. Going to make MLTs for a few friends that want to start brewing.

Is it worth getting a 5-gallon one? Will that even hold enough with the grain for 5 gallons of brew?

well, ill be checking this out, need to go shopping anyway

fuzzybee said:

Is it worth getting a 5-gallon one? Will that even hold enough with the grain for 5 gallons of brew?

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Nah, not really- unless its something like the Centennial Blonde or Cream of Three Crops lol

fuzzybee said:

Is it worth getting a 5-gallon one? Will that even hold enough with the grain for 5 gallons of brew?

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I was able to brew several beers in the 1.060 range when I used a 5 gallon cooler. I'd pick it up now, build a mash tun using FlyGuys DIY thread and grab a 10 gallon cooler at a later date. The parts you need to buy to convert the cooler to a mash tun will fit in either a 5 or 10 gallon cooler so they'll be no additional parts to buy later on.

fuzzybee said:

Is it worth getting a 5-gallon one? Will that even hold enough with the grain for 5 gallons of brew?

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12-13 lbs is about as much as the 5 gallon will hold.

Don't be afraid of 5 gallon coolers! And as other people have already pointed out, they will work just fine. I've been using a 5gal cooler for a couple of years... works great for all my 5.5 gallon batches up to about 1.060 gravity, which are 90% of the beers I make.

frolickingmonkey said:

Don't be afraid of 5 gallon coolers! And as other people have already pointed out, they will work just fine. I've been using a 5gal cooler for a couple of years... works great for all my 5.5 gallon batches up to about 1.060 gravity, which are 90% of the beers I make.

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plus y ou can always bump up the OG with extract if needed.

Some of us don't have space for all the large stuff. A 5gal will work fine, especially for small batches or split brews. Or just do a 2nd or 3rd mash and a long boil. It worked in ye oldern tymes, no reason it can't today.

It's what I've used so far for 6 batches (listed in my profile). EdWort's Robust Porter was the largest grain bill at 14 lbs 1 oz. It made 5.5 gals of 1.072 post boil. Going to make a batch of Lil Sparky's Nut Brown Ale in one tomorrow.

You're gonna love the lil Sparky's brown ale. I just had one myself!

I'd highly recommend this for anyone wanting to move up to partial mash brewing from extract. It's a little small for AG, but great for PM!

Has anyone confirmed this being a national thing? I'll pick one up for $5 hell! Use it for an HLT.

No dice here. $17. Still not bad. Picked one up for an HLT build

IrregularPulse said:

No dice here. $17. Still not bad. Picked one up for an HLT build

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No luck here in missouri either.. the lowest was the blue 5 gal igloo for $15.- (reg.20.-)

the igloo ones in my local walmart were 15$ and the colemans were 21$
brick NJ

If I can find one here I'll use it as a CIP vessel.

SCORE!!! but the emial "people of walmart" has scared me