I have a juicer and don't need to cut everything up to juice. It works great for making juice. Mine will not juice the seeds, stem and skin as those a kicked out in the process. I have never thought about using it for fruits to add to beer, cider or wine even. I guess I could but that would...
I have been using the rubbermaid cooler from Home Depot for years now.
Normally we do 10 gallon batches and have not had any issues with holding up to 28 lbs of grain. There is a hole already there when you change out the plastic valve. This cooler holds the heat during mashing. Even though...
Here is how we do it in Texas.
Start off by cooling from the tap and then switch to pumping chilled water.
Equipment that you will need:
1 pump (for recirculating the hot wort, i.e. March Pump)
1 counter flow chiller, of your choosing.
1 immersion chiller (but not to be immersed in the...