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I'm trying my best to take full advantage of all this great information. It's going to take.me a while to get though it and comprehend what I can. It's most definitely read and reread multiple times, deep subject... expecially to try and relate it to tiny batches, that a home brewer would brew.

That is a TALL order. I'm on the hops section. This chart, is very interesting to me. Because it's broken out by country. If I'm understanding correctly... These German hop varieties, a brewer would use for an authentic German style? Also I never knew hops are primarily a preservative...

Thanks for the pointers Blisch, I ordered the lid and yep, they also hit me for tax -:lol I'll have to run a test it might float just fine without and bending. If not, I will bend the lip up. If you don't have any hole in your mash cap, you must have two ports near the bottom of your mash...

Yep they are expensive (very proud of that cooler for sure). For that price I could just spring a stainless MLT or maybe a keg and turn my son loose on it. He would be more than happy to weld a few ports on it for me. Then I could step mash, using one of my LP burners.

Have you seen the 20 gallon water cooler? I want one to convert into MLT. I like my 10 gallon Rubbermaid MLT, it's very efficient I loose no more than 1/2 a degree mashing even over 90 minutes...

I fabricated a stainless steel sparge arm/defuser for my Rubbermaid cooler MLT. It believe I'll just do the same kind of thing for the bottom of the mash cap. I think it will work ok. Just need something to prevent tunneling into the grain bed.

Thanks for the video :) These pictures from the video is what I plan on doing after I grind the welded handle off the lid. Try and make the barb sit dead center. I'll probably fabricate some type of stainless steel defuser so I don't tunnel into the grain bed when lautering/recirculating.

:) Yeah I know... It just seems "odd" to me. Like I said I don't have a problem with anyone making a profit, but to profit off shipping is a big question mark to.me. I know our UPS driver well, actual he's a good friend of mine. I know darn well there ain't no way a lid cost almost $20.00 to...

I did... Yes. Teach me how to make a nice German Traditional Bock.

Daughter in law brought me an empty growler, asked for a refill. I have a nice German Pils, this Blonde ale and a Kölsch on tap. After giving her a sample of each, I asked her which she wanted? she wanted this Blonde ale. And this is her second refill of blond ale. She's pretty picky about the...

Good God man... They want nearly $20.00 to ship me $10.50 lid. Shipping skyrockets from there. I don't mind paying reasonable shipping costs. But I don't like it when a company profits from shipping also. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Like a over hopped beer. There are a few home brew...

I may take you up on that offer - thanks. You wouldn't happen to be able to post the recipe here would you?

13" or 33cm would be a tight fit. Thinking maybe something like 32 1/2cm or 12 3/4" maybe a little smaller, if it needed to float

It should be relatively easy to find a stainless steel something to float in the cooler. As others suggested a pizza pan perhaps.

Silicone has to be better than nothing :) heck even saran wrap would be better than nothing... I have a Rubbermaid 10 gallon cooler converted to a MLT. The inside diameter is the same on the top as it is near the bottom. It's should be relatively easy to get a good seal with silicon (I hope).

I thought by it's design that it would work well. Thanks for verifying my suspicions. I was looking at food grade silicone dough rolling mats on Amazon. Some are already per marked with different diameters. Which would make measurements and cutting easy, even easier when it comes to trimming...

I've been itching to brew this Crisp Pilsner of course I'll need to scale it down to a 6 gallon batch. https://crispmalt.com/recipes/german-pilsner/

I like what I see and I already have the SS. Could you please reply back and let us know how well it works? Thanks

Gents... Please let's not start a rag war. If your happy with your brews and your techniques, that's all that really counts, isn't it? I'm not happy with either of mine, I know they could be better, that's why I asked for help. I'm still green enough to not be set in my ways. I'm very open to...

Not sure it's a secret really, but more of a technique. That is typically not employed at the homebrewing level. Micro breweries seem to employ the technique defacto based on the equipment they use. at least that's what I'm gathering so far... And it stands to reason that if you oxygenate your...