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I am soon moving to all-grain but can't afford a propane burner and ss mega pot so I will be boiling with two 5gal canning pots. I do 6 gal batches so I plan to collect 8 gallons of wort (4gal by pot) that will boil down to 3 gals each. I understand that the concentration remains the same, since 3ga...

Thanks a lot Chris ! I'll check this out and see if the false-bottom option would be cheaper vs. efficiency. I'm a DIY so I think I'll go with the manifold anyway :) One more question, what is the maximum lbs of grain you can do with your 5 gal cooler ? I'd like to buy a cooler that will allow me to...

Thanks cleone for your reply. Did you slot all of the pipes (horizontal and vertical) ? Also, how deep the slots have to be ? I mean, do you cut until there is a tiny opening or you cut something like half the pipe ? I guess it must change the efficiency to stop the grain particles and to only allow...

Hello, I'm planning on building a copper manifold for a round beverage cooler mash/lauter tun.

I was wondering if anyone has had bad experciences with such homemade copper manifolds vs. plastic false-bottom (

Hello, I'm planning to build a mash/lauter tun with a round beverage cooler and I am currently shopping for optimal interior dimensions to have a grainbed of 6 to 12 in. I would like to know how much space (qts) does 1 lb of crushed grain occupy ? Is it something like 3 quarts ? I need to know this ...