Mash tun cooler

Sure, you can buy a mash tun online for about $100. But with just a few parts and tools (and no more mechanical know-how than a 6-year-old), you can easily convert a plastic beverage cooler into a mash tun for less than half that price. Enough length to reach your boil kettle. Shorter or longer lengths should work fine. It presents basic information on the construction of a picnic cooler mash tun an at the same time, some usage tips from my own experience.

My goal is to illustrate why this method of mashing is truly the easiest way to step into all-grain brewing.

Kick the “Bucket-in-a-Bucket” Method Good-Bye. Very little temperature loss through your mash, and qualifies for free shipping! All-grain brewing requires the use of a mash tun.

All of the equipment used to build a cooler mash tun can be purchased at your local hardware store. Researching buying a cooler and building a mash tun so I can start doing all grain, batch sparging: What type of efficiency should I anticipate when. False bottoms for brew pots, keg kettles, Igloo coolers and Rubbermaid coolers are for sale at Adventures in Homebrewing.

Various false bottom sizes available. We find the brass seals better on the plastic.

In the past we have tried stainless steel but had issues with leaking. We looked at having our cooler fitting made in SS and it is cost prohibitive. If you prefer SS, please look at our SS mash tuns. Looking to start All Grain Brewing with a cooler ? Check out our quick instructions. Comes with a stainless ball valve cooler kit and a inch stainless steel false bottom.

The barb size on the mash tune for the . To brew all-grain you need to buy or build yourself a mash tun. This is basically a water cooler or chest cooler that you convert into a vessel to soak your grains in order to extract the most fermentable sugar possible. Making your own mash tun out of a cooler is an easy process and ensures that your mash process is insulated and evenly heated. When all-grain brewing, a mash tun is needed to conduct the mash and separate the liquid wort from the grain. This filter maximizes the flow of wort.

When the mash is done follow your normal sparging procedures and then open the spigot and drain into the boil kettle. Please provide your cooler dimensions in the . Mash Tuns for sale Australia wide.