mjrinkenbaugh
Active Member
Hey all!
I'm planning to buy a bunch of equipment upgrades within the next few days to begin my switch from extract brewing to all grain brewing. My upgrades will include two 10 gallon coolers for a MLT/HLT, a MegaPot 1.2 as a kettle, a basic sparge arm, copper coil wort chiller, a barley crusher, wort aeration system (like an aquarium pump with a filter), refractometer, and a used propane burner setup that I'm getting from my uncle. I will probably be getting everything else from Northern Brewer. I'll likely be getting one of the new Big Mouth Bubblers from Northern Brewer too. Am I missing anything to have a successful first batch? Also, with the cooler setup, who all is actually doing a mashout with a cooler setup? I've read a lot of people just skip the mashout when their MLT is a cooler.
Any all-grain brewers out there have a bad first experience due to something they should have researched more on ahead of time? Any general comments are appreciated!!
Thanks!
Mike
I'm planning to buy a bunch of equipment upgrades within the next few days to begin my switch from extract brewing to all grain brewing. My upgrades will include two 10 gallon coolers for a MLT/HLT, a MegaPot 1.2 as a kettle, a basic sparge arm, copper coil wort chiller, a barley crusher, wort aeration system (like an aquarium pump with a filter), refractometer, and a used propane burner setup that I'm getting from my uncle. I will probably be getting everything else from Northern Brewer. I'll likely be getting one of the new Big Mouth Bubblers from Northern Brewer too. Am I missing anything to have a successful first batch? Also, with the cooler setup, who all is actually doing a mashout with a cooler setup? I've read a lot of people just skip the mashout when their MLT is a cooler.
Any all-grain brewers out there have a bad first experience due to something they should have researched more on ahead of time? Any general comments are appreciated!!
Thanks!
Mike