Mash Tun deal?

[scottmc]

Looks like a good deal for a mash tun plus some extras. Anyone utilizing this specific cooler. I think you cant go wrong for the money and size.
http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catalog.TextId?hvarTextId=83805&hvarTarget=search&cmCat=SearchResults

 

[Yuri_Rage]

That's a good price if the shipping isn't gonna be too much. You'll have to batch sparge with that cooler, but that's not necessarily a problem.

 

[scottmc]

Yeah batch sparging is what Im interested in so this will work great I think. I live 25miles from them so pick up is not a problem. Figure I would post this for anyone looking for a fairly inexpensive cooler with some extras.

 

[drost]

Yuri,

Why do you say he'd have to batch sparge in that cooler?

Just wondering.

 

[Yuri_Rage]

Why do you say he'd have to batch sparge in that cooler?

Your grain bed will be thin and spread out in a rectangular cooler like that, so fly sparging won't be ideal. You could try it, but I suspect you'd have issues evenly distributing the sparge water, and you'd likely wind up with "holes" or "channels" resulting in poor efficiency.

 

[drost]

Your grain bed will be thin and spread out in a rectangular cooler like that, so fly sparging won't be ideal. You could try it, but I suspect you'd have issues evenly distributing the sparge water, and you'd likely wind up with "holes" or "channels" resulting in poor efficiency.

The reason why I asked is because my cooler is a 48 qt and I've never had an issue with fly sparging. In fact, I've never batch sparged, but am going to try it with my next batch.

Thanks for your explanation.