I used to brew extract brews several years ago, then got out of homebrewing. I am thinking about it again, and have been reading about the stovetop method of all grain brewing.
Would it be possible to use a 5 gal. cooler as a mash tun, and use a bag to contain all of the grains, then pull the bag up out of the cooler and drain the mash liquid into a brew pot, then sparge with water to bring the brew pot up to a 5.5 or 6 gal. level? It seems to me that the bag method would be a lot easier than building a mash tun with copper tubing or pvc tubing. If this method would work, I think I may try to give it a run. If it won't, I still think I will get back into homebrewing, and build a mash tun and get after the all grain brewing.
Thanks in advance.
Bob
Would it be possible to use a 5 gal. cooler as a mash tun, and use a bag to contain all of the grains, then pull the bag up out of the cooler and drain the mash liquid into a brew pot, then sparge with water to bring the brew pot up to a 5.5 or 6 gal. level? It seems to me that the bag method would be a lot easier than building a mash tun with copper tubing or pvc tubing. If this method would work, I think I may try to give it a run. If it won't, I still think I will get back into homebrewing, and build a mash tun and get after the all grain brewing.
Thanks in advance.
Bob