Redneck three tier

[ultravista]

Any good plans for a simple no-weld single tier?

 

[D_Ranged_Eskimo]

That has Tosh.O written all over it!

 

[wilserbrewer]

Next time try a red-neck pump, a gallon pitcher to move sparge or wort b/w kettles or coolers water works very well!

 

[BrewMU]

You should use a metal pot for a HLT - that way you can cook a couple of steaks while you heat your sparge water with the grill.

 

[spenghali]

or boil some squirrel

 

[weirdboy]

I thought most people did this. Personally, I heat my water much higher than needed, dump it in my cooler HLT, then wait/stir until it is at strike temp, then mash in. It works well to hold temp for your strike/sparge water....

Hmm typical strike water temp is around 160F and sparge water is 168F. How does that work if you just put all the water in the cooler beforehand?

 

[spenghali]

Hmm typical strike water temp is around 160F and sparge water is 168F. How does that work if you just put all the water in the cooler beforehand?

I heat my strike water, put it in the cooler, then mash in when its at the right temp. Then, with about 30 minutes left in the mash, I start heating my sparge water and put it in the cooler, then sparge when its at the right temp. So I actually heat the strike/sparge separately. The cooler works great if you are doing 2 or 3 batch sparges.