briandickens
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I have one of those igloo ice cube 50qt coolers that I have turned into a mash tun. I'm planning a big brew soon and I'm wondering what are the limitations on the mash tun so I don't run into issues.
My recipe for 10 gallons of blackIPA is calling for 31.5 lb of grain. According to rackers, at 1.25 qt/lb, that is going to take up 49.44qt in the cooler, leaving me with about half a gallon of space. Is that enough? Is the cooler truly 50qt inside? Or should I thicken the mash up to 1 qt/lb to be safe (that only takes up about 42 qt)? Maybe a volume somewhere between.
Note: I batch sparge so don't need room for a fly sparge arm or anything.
My recipe for 10 gallons of blackIPA is calling for 31.5 lb of grain. According to rackers, at 1.25 qt/lb, that is going to take up 49.44qt in the cooler, leaving me with about half a gallon of space. Is that enough? Is the cooler truly 50qt inside? Or should I thicken the mash up to 1 qt/lb to be safe (that only takes up about 42 qt)? Maybe a volume somewhere between.
Note: I batch sparge so don't need room for a fly sparge arm or anything.