uglygoat
Well-Known Member
anyone done it yet? i am really facsinated by the dopple bocks (the six pack of salvador lasted about two hours ) and as it's winter here in the frozen tundra of ohio, i'd like to do a lager or two this season.
i don't know about a triple decoction right off the bat, maybe a single or double. the majority of the grain is gonna be standard two row with about four pounds of the specialty grain for the deep color and malty flavor.
i'm just curious to know if you think my picnic cooler will suffice as a tun, or if i should get another burner and mash in the large brew kettle, with a smaller kettle to decoct in, and then transfer to the tun.
i'm leaning towards the cooler as the mash/lauter and just decocting in my large kettle, then recombining. i don't experience any significant heat loss outside when i open the cooler lid, even outdoors in the blizzard.
any thoughts, tips, experience would be appreciated.
i don't know about a triple decoction right off the bat, maybe a single or double. the majority of the grain is gonna be standard two row with about four pounds of the specialty grain for the deep color and malty flavor.
i'm just curious to know if you think my picnic cooler will suffice as a tun, or if i should get another burner and mash in the large brew kettle, with a smaller kettle to decoct in, and then transfer to the tun.
i'm leaning towards the cooler as the mash/lauter and just decocting in my large kettle, then recombining. i don't experience any significant heat loss outside when i open the cooler lid, even outdoors in the blizzard.
any thoughts, tips, experience would be appreciated.