Ivan Lendl
Well-Known Member
I plan on buying a cooler type mash/lauter/hlt set up and have a few questions.
1. I heard rubbermaid coolers will warp from the heat of the mash/strike water, and that gott coolers dont. Is this a problem?
2. Should i buy the 5, 7, or 10 gallon cooler (im definitlety leaning towards the ten gallon for the mash tun, but thinking a 5 gallon would suffice for the hlt?)
3. Do these coolers really hold the temps for 60-90 minutes? I like to stir my mash every 20 minutes, and since i mash in my kettle heat loss due to stirring is not a problem. Can i just shake the cooler up instead, or just stir and add hot water?
4. Lastley, how do you do a mash out? just by adding boiling water?
thanks in advance!
p.s. i currently use my kettle as a mash tun and a zap-pap lauter which works fine, but has its problems (namely keeping constant temps)
1. I heard rubbermaid coolers will warp from the heat of the mash/strike water, and that gott coolers dont. Is this a problem?
2. Should i buy the 5, 7, or 10 gallon cooler (im definitlety leaning towards the ten gallon for the mash tun, but thinking a 5 gallon would suffice for the hlt?)
3. Do these coolers really hold the temps for 60-90 minutes? I like to stir my mash every 20 minutes, and since i mash in my kettle heat loss due to stirring is not a problem. Can i just shake the cooler up instead, or just stir and add hot water?
4. Lastley, how do you do a mash out? just by adding boiling water?
thanks in advance!
p.s. i currently use my kettle as a mash tun and a zap-pap lauter which works fine, but has its problems (namely keeping constant temps)