Hi!
Fairly new-ish brewer, long time drinker, and about the second time posting so forgive me for any etiquette mistakes! Also I will be posting from my phone because of the firewall here at work. Anyway, enough with the disclaimer on to my situation!
I have recently tried to make the switch from extract to all grain. I tried to use the "BIAB" method with little to no success, so I will be putting in more money to complete my system. I will just list what I have:
-1 8 Gal brew kettle w/ball valve and thermometer
-1 5 Gal igloo cooler w/10' copper coil immersion cooler w/ball valve (didn't cool well)
-1 10 Gal igloo cooler (I plan to convert this to a mash tun)
What else do I need to add to this system? I've seen the three tiered systems and I like those, just don't know where the plans are for them. I would probably build it out of wood. Any help here would be great because my BIAB experience wasn't great.
Thanks,
-Zach
**P.S. Bonus question (suddenly remembered): I have a BULK amount of bottles I need to remove labels from and THOROUGHLY clean, any suggestions on how to tackle this efficiently? Thanks again!**
Fairly new-ish brewer, long time drinker, and about the second time posting so forgive me for any etiquette mistakes! Also I will be posting from my phone because of the firewall here at work. Anyway, enough with the disclaimer on to my situation!
I have recently tried to make the switch from extract to all grain. I tried to use the "BIAB" method with little to no success, so I will be putting in more money to complete my system. I will just list what I have:
-1 8 Gal brew kettle w/ball valve and thermometer
-1 5 Gal igloo cooler w/10' copper coil immersion cooler w/ball valve (didn't cool well)
-1 10 Gal igloo cooler (I plan to convert this to a mash tun)
What else do I need to add to this system? I've seen the three tiered systems and I like those, just don't know where the plans are for them. I would probably build it out of wood. Any help here would be great because my BIAB experience wasn't great.
Thanks,
-Zach
**P.S. Bonus question (suddenly remembered): I have a BULK amount of bottles I need to remove labels from and THOROUGHLY clean, any suggestions on how to tackle this efficiently? Thanks again!**