cweston
Well-Known Member
I have a 3 gallon picnic water cooler thingy with a spigot.
If I used a grain bag and rigged some sort of false-bottom to hold it off the bottom of the cooler, the cooler could function as both mash-tun (for a single infusion) and lauter-tun. I could even do a protien rest on the stove and then raise the temp before dumping it into the cooler.
I'd use some sort of hose clamp to restrict the flow out of the cooler during sparging.
I'm cheap, so I really want to try partial mashing without buying any expensive gear first. But if I can get some good results from partial mashes and then point out to SWMBO how much cheaper grain is than extracts...
If I used a grain bag and rigged some sort of false-bottom to hold it off the bottom of the cooler, the cooler could function as both mash-tun (for a single infusion) and lauter-tun. I could even do a protien rest on the stove and then raise the temp before dumping it into the cooler.
I'd use some sort of hose clamp to restrict the flow out of the cooler during sparging.
I'm cheap, so I really want to try partial mashing without buying any expensive gear first. But if I can get some good results from partial mashes and then point out to SWMBO how much cheaper grain is than extracts...