I have been looking into buying a 70 quart Coleman Extreme 5 day cooler for conversion into a mash tun and I am wondering what would be the best type of system to have inside the cooler for drainage. Currently I use a ss water supply line braid with a brass t connector that attachs to the ball valve via a short pipe connector. I really like this system with my existing smaller mash tun where I get 75-80% efficiency.
However, this new cooler has a recessed drain gutter in the bottom of the cooler and I am not sure that a brass t connector would be able to fit in the recessed gutter. I have tried using a bazooka screen in the past but particle from my grain crush can easily flow through this single screen. (I would prefer to not mess with the spacing on the barely crusher.)
Thus, I thought about either wrapping some addition ss screen around the bazooka screen and securing this with hose clamps to help keep particles out or using a single brass connector inside the mash tun with a ss braid.
I really want to move into this larger size mash tun in order to do 10 gallon brews instead of 5 gallons with my 36 qt cooler.
Any ideas or recommendations?
Thanks.
However, this new cooler has a recessed drain gutter in the bottom of the cooler and I am not sure that a brass t connector would be able to fit in the recessed gutter. I have tried using a bazooka screen in the past but particle from my grain crush can easily flow through this single screen. (I would prefer to not mess with the spacing on the barely crusher.)
Thus, I thought about either wrapping some addition ss screen around the bazooka screen and securing this with hose clamps to help keep particles out or using a single brass connector inside the mash tun with a ss braid.
I really want to move into this larger size mash tun in order to do 10 gallon brews instead of 5 gallons with my 36 qt cooler.
Any ideas or recommendations?
Thanks.