Buy 5 gallon Mash Tun and Hot Liquor Tank set5 gallon Mash Tun and Hot Liquor Tank set Product Description:
- Includes 2 - 5 gal coolers
- Mash tun cooler with Braided mash manifold
- Sparge manifold built in to Mash tun lid
- 2nd cooler set up as Hot Liquor Tank
- All Valves, parts and instructions included
Product Description
If you are currently an extract brewer looking for an easy way to upgrade to all grain and get a better tasting beer, This is the best way to do it. Brewing with whole grains instead of extracts can cut your brewing costs in HALF! You will get better taste, complexity and malt character, Improved attenuation, and more control over the entire process.
This is a complete All Grain Brewing set of Two (2) NEW converted IGLOO 5 gallon coolers. One is set up as a Mash tun with an 18" stainless steel collection manifold and built in sparge manifold. The mash manifold is a stainless steel mesh tube which serves the same purpose as a "false bottom" but with better filtration and plenty of flow. The advantage is less sediment in the boil, less chance of a stuck or slow mash runoff, and clearer beer!
The second cooler is set up as a Hot Liquor Tank to hold hot sparge water. Both coolers are insulated and include commercial foodservice grade JOHN GUEST brand fittings which are push-in type fittings used by most beverage companies like Budweiser, Coca-Cola and Pepsi. No tools are required to disassemble and clean these fittings and valves. All fittings accept any 3/8" OD tubing in plastic, copper, or stainless steel. The plastic tubing supplied is rated to 100 psi @ 180° F.
THIS IS WHAT IS INCLUDED:
2 - 5 gallon IGLOO coolers color may vary blue, orange or green,
2 - lids (one plain and one with the sparge manifold.
1 - Stainless steel braided collection manifold,
2 - John Guest adjustable valves, 1 - 90° bend clip,
4' - extra 3/8" tubing,
1 - hand held thermometer
Misc. other John Guest fittings installed in the lower spouts and sparge manifold.
Instructions for use, assembly and cleaning.
Customer Reviews
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful.
nice product, but tubing feels a little cheap
By nato
I tend to be a DIY kind of guy. When I decided to use coolers as mash tun and hot liquor tank, I went to Lowes and started collecting what I needed. After gathering half of the stuff I needed, I spent another hour in the plumbing section looking for fitting that would work...and never found what I needed. Suddenly it hit me...for about $10 more than what I was going to pay, I could just order these. I left the whole mess of crap in the store and bought these instead. Overall, I'm happy with these--PROS====-great coolers made by Igloo-circular wire mesh is great for separating wort from grist-effective sparging built into lidCONS====-the quick-connect system grabs the plastic tubing with little stainless steel teeth and isn't always leak-proof-the 5 gallon size works well for normal beers, but if you're making imperial anything, expect to run out of room for grain-storage is a little tricky since one of them has a tube sticking up the middle of the lid and they aren't made to stack inside each otherOverall, they work well and I'm happy to have them. I think I'll upgrade to a larger 10 gallon size, though, to accommodate beers that require more than about 15 pounds of grain.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Will need correctly fitting o-rings to function
By Paul
I own this mash tun set and it is functional....now. I would grade it lower since it was completely non-funcctional out of the box, but the price is barely more than buying the components separately and putting it together yourself. However, you will need to fix it up a bit before using.First: the spouts will leak. You will need to go to a hardware store and buy correctly fitting o-rings for both coolers. This will also require a large wrench if you don't have one already.Second: the tube connecting the hot liquor tank to the mash tun should go through the lid of the mash tun. The hole in the lid was not wide enough to fit the tubing through. This was easily fixed with an electric drill, but I shouldn't have had to do that.Third, the 5 gallon mash tun is on the smaller size for brewing 5 gallon batches of beer. You can only fit about 13 pounds of grain in it, which will really limit you if you plan on making beers > 6% ABV or so. I did not take off stars for this because it is clearly labeled as a 5 gallon mash tun, but if you're new to all grain brewing you might not realize the limitations.Overall, the set functions well after the above modifications. It holds mashing temp really well and the fly-sparge unit is fun to use.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Excellent product, Well constructed
By John L Denu
I can't believe I waited this long to start all-grain brewing. This setup makes it unbelieveably simple. The process takes about 2 hours longer than extract brewing but it's not at all difficult. You can probably process about 15 lbs of grain with this 5 gallon system but I haven't gone over 12. I added a 10 gallon brew pot, a large outdoor burner, and an acurate thermometer as well. You need to boil 6.5 - 7 gallons to produce a 5 gallon batch. The greatest advantage of all-grain brewing is the amount of control you have over the ingredients - that is, the proportions of each grain you use. I started with several all-grain kits as a base then began modifing them to suit my tastes. It's fun!
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