redbirdjcd
New Member
First time poster here -
I've been brewing with a group of friends for a while now and we've actually just purchased a new Blichmann 15 gal Boilermaker and a Floor Burner (which already seems to be a great piece of equiptment) to ramp up our ability to churn out 10 gal batches as well as 5 gal batches.
My question is this, though: what are you all using to mash your grains? We have a converted 10 gal cooler that we've been using for our 5 gal batches that works great. I'm concerned, however, that with grain bills that are essentially going to double on 10 gal batches that we won't be able to effectively mash and sparge in a cooler of this size. I'm certain that converting another 10 gal cooler and evenly spliting the grains between the two would "work," but I'm wondering if there is a way we can do this without a new build.
Any thoughts?
*Edit* - I should say in our existing tun is a circular cooler where we're using a bazooka screen and not a false bottom. A false bottom was probably the way to go in the first place...
I've been brewing with a group of friends for a while now and we've actually just purchased a new Blichmann 15 gal Boilermaker and a Floor Burner (which already seems to be a great piece of equiptment) to ramp up our ability to churn out 10 gal batches as well as 5 gal batches.
My question is this, though: what are you all using to mash your grains? We have a converted 10 gal cooler that we've been using for our 5 gal batches that works great. I'm concerned, however, that with grain bills that are essentially going to double on 10 gal batches that we won't be able to effectively mash and sparge in a cooler of this size. I'm certain that converting another 10 gal cooler and evenly spliting the grains between the two would "work," but I'm wondering if there is a way we can do this without a new build.
Any thoughts?
*Edit* - I should say in our existing tun is a circular cooler where we're using a bazooka screen and not a false bottom. A false bottom was probably the way to go in the first place...