Mash Hawk - 70 Quart (17.5 gallons) Mash Tun

[smokinghole]

What cooler are you using? I've been using a Coleman Extreme 52qt and it's as good as the day I bought the thing.

I do really want to buy this but the one thing that's keeping me from really dropping the money is the height. There is a quite a bit of dead space underneath the actual mashing area. I guess I'd just have to buy it and figure out how to brew with it using gravity.

 

[bhamade]

What cooler are you using? I've been using a Coleman Extreme 52qt and it's as good as the day I bought the thing.

I do really want to buy this but the one thing that's keeping me from really dropping the money is the height. There is a quite a bit of dead space underneath the actual mashing area. I guess I'd just have to buy it and figure out how to brew with it using gravity.

I am using a converted keg to mash. To keep temps I have to direct fire and recirculate. My friend used the cooler and it ended up warping and leaking. The keg is cool, but it doesn't hold temp nearly as good as the mash hawk. I could literally throw my grain in and walk away for an hour if I wanted to.

The height doesn't bother me because I am doing in a garage and have a lot of room.

 

[bhamade]

I still haven't heard back from the guy. I want one of these so bad.

 

[smokinghole]

[email protected]


That's the email I used. I had a reply the same day.

 

[bhamade]

[email protected]


That's the email I used. I had a reply the same day.

I already emailed him once at that email. I decided to try again this time making the email more memorable in the hopes of a reply. I think I nailed it:

Shelton my man,

I badly need a mash hawk. When I sleep at night I dream of mash hawks, when I am in class I draw doodles of mash hawks, my background on my computer is a mash hawk, hell even my homepage is the mash hawk homepage. I cannot get the thought of the superior insulation out of my brain. 154 degrees to start and 153 degrees an hour later, UN-FREAKIN-BELIEVABLE! Please kind sir, help me in my quest to stave off this hunger for a mash hawk. I must buy one with a bazooka screen and ball valve as soon as humanly possible. My zip code is 30601, so please Shelton "the Mash Hawk" Nelson(I don't know if that is your last name, but it has a nice ring to it) get back to me so my dreams may be fulfilled.


Hope to here from you soon!

Bryan Hamade

 

[smokinghole]

Well I have nothing for ya other than wait! You seem to have all bases covered.

 

[bhamade]

The Mash Hawk came in the mail today! Thanks man it looks great I just wish it was a bit deeper since there is all that extra space.

 

[smokinghole]

I'm happy with the size of it at 70qts but I wish it didn't have all the extra space. That extra space has me up in the air as to whether or not I still want to buy one. I don't know how I'd fit this thing into my mostly gravity fed brewing style. I don't have a stand, I don't have a dedicated brewing space, and I don't have a pump with a low enough flow to sparge in that manner. So as much as I want one right now I'd have to spend even more to get a pump between HL and mah.

 

[Bobby_M]

You can just cut the bottom of the side walls off so that the interior shell is closer to the bottom of the exterior shell. Since it's main purpose was for drink storage at a convenience store, they wanted that thing to be self contained, up high, but not have that full depth inside or you'd never be able to reach the drinks at the bottom.

Unfortunately these things apparently feel prey to horrible marketing and underdevelopment.

There are a couple other places to buy these from in different configurations and with the lid but they are retail prices.

 

[smokinghole]

That's a relief to know. I started looking around and found nice alternative for about $430 more!