Cooler MLT

[pksmitty]

I know a lot of people use rectangular 48 qt coolers for MLTs, for 10 gallon batches. Is this size cooler good for 5 gallon batches as well, or will the grain bed be too shallow for effective filtering?

Thanks

 

[wilserbrewer]

Grain bed depth is insignificant if batch sparging. The shallow rectangular coolers are easier to stir the grain, and work well for batching IMO.

 

[pksmitty]

I thought the grain bed was to help keep pieces of grain from coming through the manifold. Wouldn't that be just as important in batch sparging as fly sparging?