Snowbrain » mash tun http://snowbrain.com/wordpress Brainless Blogs Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:05:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Mash Tun Conversion http://snowbrain.com/wordpress/archives/2008/01/19/mash-tun-conversion/ http://snowbrain.com/wordpress/archives/2008/01/19/mash-tun-conversion/#comments Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:29:40 +0000 rip http://snowbrain.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2008/01/19/mash-tun-conversion/ So I finally got all the needed equipment to convert my 70qt Coleman Extreme cooler into a Mash Tun.
Mash Tuns are used for All Grain brewing. So for a small budget I was able to build a nice piece of equipment to move myself into the next phase of homebrewing. All [...]]]> So I finally got all the needed equipment to convert my 70qt Coleman Extreme cooler into a Mash Tun.
Mash Tuns are used for All Grain brewing. So for a small budget I was able to build a nice piece of equipment to move myself into the next phase of homebrewing. All Grain recipes leave more to the imagination and creativity of what you want to brew.

Here are some pics:
70 qt Coleman Cooler
70 qt Coleman Extreme Cooler

Valve
Valve

Copper Manifold
Copper Manifold (Slits on bottom of manifold allows the wort to strain though Mash)

Next project is convert a Keg into a Keggle (Boiling Kettle), this will allow me to make 10 gallon batches instead of 5 gallons.

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