Foosinho
Well-Known Member
I found this Igloo brand cooler at a local grocery chain. 48 quart, square, with no built in drain. $32.
I need a cooler for our first cookout on Friday at our new house anyway, so... could I convert this into a HLT or MLT for a future all-grain system? Bobby_M's thread on MLT size indicates that this would be big enough for most 10g batches I might want to do, and the really heavy beers could be done in 5g batches.
The narrow, square size seems ideal; deeper grain bed, easy to build a manifold for, but... I'm a little concerned about being able to drain easily and effectively given the lack of a built-in drain. I think I could put a center drain in, and build a manifold to get right down against the bottom...
I guess since I've only brewed extract beers to date, I'm looking for validation from experienced all-grain brewers since I'm deviating from the "standard" coolers used for HLTs and MLTs. I figured if I'm overlooking anything you guys would be able to point it out.
I need a cooler for our first cookout on Friday at our new house anyway, so... could I convert this into a HLT or MLT for a future all-grain system? Bobby_M's thread on MLT size indicates that this would be big enough for most 10g batches I might want to do, and the really heavy beers could be done in 5g batches.
The narrow, square size seems ideal; deeper grain bed, easy to build a manifold for, but... I'm a little concerned about being able to drain easily and effectively given the lack of a built-in drain. I think I could put a center drain in, and build a manifold to get right down against the bottom...
I guess since I've only brewed extract beers to date, I'm looking for validation from experienced all-grain brewers since I'm deviating from the "standard" coolers used for HLTs and MLTs. I figured if I'm overlooking anything you guys would be able to point it out.