Sreidy12
Well-Known Member
Hello all,
I purchased an Igloo Marine 48 qt. cooler a couple of days ago to convert into a mash tun. I completed it today and decided to give it a whirl. I heated up some water and placed it in the cooler, shut the lid for a few minutes to preheat it, took the temp, let it go for an hour, checked again, and woe to me it had dropped 6 degrees. I'm really hoping that adding the grist will change its thermal mass to retain heat better but don't want to waste grain proving my hypothesis. Anybody have any ideas?
I purchased an Igloo Marine 48 qt. cooler a couple of days ago to convert into a mash tun. I completed it today and decided to give it a whirl. I heated up some water and placed it in the cooler, shut the lid for a few minutes to preheat it, took the temp, let it go for an hour, checked again, and woe to me it had dropped 6 degrees. I'm really hoping that adding the grist will change its thermal mass to retain heat better but don't want to waste grain proving my hypothesis. Anybody have any ideas?