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Welcome to the site, I hope you find what you are looking for.
Regarding your question, it might help if you provide a little bit of information about your process and what you intend to brew. Cheers.
Regarding your question, it might help if you provide a little bit of information about your process and what you intend to brew. Cheers.
Yup it would work any food grade container will work.
BUT
Its not gunna hold the mash temperature very good because it's got no thermal insulation. Unless you cap it and wrap it up in a blanket or place in another water bath of equal Sacarification temperature and keep this temp stable lol.
You could use a Esky or Cooler like many home brewers before us
.This has great thermal insulation qualities and some even come with a handy drainage hole built in that with a bit of modification or use of a BIAB bag you can use to drain your mash Tun.
I'm getting the small batch vibe from you?
There are quite a few small batch brewers regular on the forum who can lend there Expierence with how they go about the mash.
I'd be very hesitant to use something not certified as food safe, especially when temperatures of 150f + are involved.
What it is made out of is more important than anything else. If it is a plastic, then there is always the risk of chemicals leaking out into your wort. You also have to be sure it can handle the temperatures. However if it's a common food-grade material, such as polyethylene, then you should be just fine. Almost all metals will also be fine, but beware of galvanized steel as the zinc is not a good thing.
Its a 50 liter container brand new ,it has a removeable lid it can be then secured by a steel band that goes around the container and lid and clips into lock.
Im then going to wrap it in an old sleeping bag to hold the temperature hopefully .
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Ambitious! Those are tough styles to brew. I wouldn't use anything that was not food grade for a mash tun.
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I don't think thats a problem at mashing temperatures?
The zinc is a more reactive metal. At low concentrations it is fine, but temperature and pH can cause it to leach into the liquid, and in higher concentrations it can be less-than-fine. Since the conditions are not often easily controlled, best to avoid it where possible.
That being said, it's not like a lead (Pb) bucket, which is always bad.
That being said, it's not like a lead (Pb) bucket, which is always bad.
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Yeah, +1 to all the above. You don't want you beer tasting like urethane and making a dumper!
If you are just starting out, I'd look into the boil in bag method. Your tun is your kettle and if you need to warm things up, a little heat can make it all good.
Welcome to the clubhouse Windy!
If you are just starting out, I'd look into the boil in bag method. Your tun is your kettle and if you need to warm things up, a little heat can make it all good.
Welcome to the clubhouse Windy!
I am a bag masher (BIAB), single vessel simple brewer kind of guy, and I heartily recommend it as a great method. If you have a kettle big enough to boil 50 liters, just find a bag big enough to handle how ever many kilos/pounds of grains plus your brewing liquor, and you’re good to go. You might need an engine hoist to pull and drain the bag, but getting buffed is part of the fun. One vessel to clean makes the whole process a little easier.
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I use BIAB for my 4 liter batches and can't dispute a word of what Herms said.
Best way I say to get into all grain brewing
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