Fairly new all grain brewer and have some cash after birthday, I'm trying to decide what to buy next...the Barley Crusher Grain mill or a Rubbermaid Cooler Mash Tun and Sparge Tun (like Northern Brewer sells)? I get my grain online because the closest home brew shop has limited inventory, so I get it already milled.
I turned one of my 48 qt coolers into a mash/lauter tun and used my bottling bucket as my hot water tank for the first few all grains I did, but it was a pain using in the tight space in my kitchen. Had to put a chair on the counter for the hot water bucket to sparge into the mash tun on the counter and then down to the brew kettle on a chair.
So what should it be, grain mill or mash/sparge coolers?
I turned one of my 48 qt coolers into a mash/lauter tun and used my bottling bucket as my hot water tank for the first few all grains I did, but it was a pain using in the tight space in my kitchen. Had to put a chair on the counter for the hot water bucket to sparge into the mash tun on the counter and then down to the brew kettle on a chair.
So what should it be, grain mill or mash/sparge coolers?