Can someone tell me the quality of this bucket mash tun?

[wookiemofo]

I have a chance to purchase it for $30... i do partial mash now and want to move to all grain at some point. I assume these don't hold temps worth a squat?

 

[HickoryMike]

Have you considered batch sparging in a converted cooler? They are pretty cheap to make and you would probably be more happy in the long run.

 

[wookiemofo]

Yeah that's the typical route I would go... I just stumbled across this looking for a carboy.

 

[HickoryMike]

My concern would be the same as yours....would the bucket hold temp well? I can't imagine so.

 

[wilserbrewer]

That is a whirly gig fly sparger false bottom, for less than $30 you could buy an inexpensive cooler, a stopper, tubing and a braid. A few ideas below:

http://cruisenews.net/brewing/infusion/page1.php

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/ten-minute-cooler-mash-tun-conversion-125108/

 

[IrregularPulse]

Agreed, take your $30 and build a cooler mash tun.

 

[wookiemofo]

Perfect, that's all i needed!

 

[kevmoron]

Get a cooler and convert. The double bucket system is terrible. Trust me. It will not hold temp, and you will have to use tons of rice hulls to avoid a stuck sparge on a normal beer. Forget entirely about mashing more than 14 lbs or using wheat/rye/oats. I put up with this crap for about 25 batches and the best thing I ever did was to upgrade to a 10 gallon round cooler with a false bottom.

 

[johnodon]

WOW! I was just going to point you to Kmart to get the 52 qt. Coleman Xtreme. I got mine for $29.99 (in-store). I just went to their website and they are now $55! I think Homebrewers made a run on these and drove the price up! LOL

 

[joeldp144]

Go with the cooler. I find that even my insulated cooler mash tun will lose a few degrees over an hour, so I can't imagine what a plain bucket would do.

 

[bizzle]

The other option is to get those and throw some cheap insulation on them.

 

[Palefire]

Another vote for cooler. They're super easy to convert, and if you get a halfway decent one it'll hold temps like a champ. You can batch or fly sparge and not worry.