McCall St. Brewer
Well-Known Member
I just came up with an idea. I wonder if it would work well.
I have a 5 gallon cooler with a false bottom for my mash tun and another one for sparge water. I have pretty much given up on fly sparging, though, in favor of batch sparging.
I have noticed that the 5 gallon cooler is just barely big enough for 12 pounds of grain (I know, I know, you can fit more in if you're really careful).
I don't really want to buy/build a bigger mash tun, but it just dawned on me that I could very easily and cheaply make my sparge water cooler into another 5 gallon mash tun.
That way, couldn't I just divide my grain in half and do my mashes in two coolers at once?
I have a 5 gallon cooler with a false bottom for my mash tun and another one for sparge water. I have pretty much given up on fly sparging, though, in favor of batch sparging.
I have noticed that the 5 gallon cooler is just barely big enough for 12 pounds of grain (I know, I know, you can fit more in if you're really careful).
I don't really want to buy/build a bigger mash tun, but it just dawned on me that I could very easily and cheaply make my sparge water cooler into another 5 gallon mash tun.
That way, couldn't I just divide my grain in half and do my mashes in two coolers at once?