donald_trub
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Hi guys,
I've decided to steup up my game and move in to all grain. I've had my eye on the fully set up 40 litre techni ice mash tuns on Beer Belly. They come already configured with the tap installed, thermometer drilled through the side and false floor installed. Problem is, with postage to Sydney, they whole thing will be more than $400, which I think is too much. So I have a few questions:
1) Does anyone know of a local (Sydney) option for a fully kitted esky mash tun? I prefer it to be an esky and I want it to be rectangle so it's practical to use for other things. I see the local home brew shops selling the round ones but I don't want that.
2) I could order the false floor and tap kit off Beer Belly and then do it myself (and buy my own techni ice esky). But I'm not very handy at all... the product description mentions you just need to drill a hole in your esky for the tap. Would I be able to use the existing hole on the techni ice esky after I remove the bung? Or is the idea I need to make the hole bigger?
3) Anyone know where to buy techni ice eskies in stores in Sydney? I could save on postage.
4) My planned setup is this mash tun and a Crown 40L urn. I live in an apartment so don't have the option of a gas burner. Any crticism on this planned setup?
Thanks for the help guys. I think I've taken my extract brewing as far as I want to and am very keen to enter the all grain world!
I've decided to steup up my game and move in to all grain. I've had my eye on the fully set up 40 litre techni ice mash tuns on Beer Belly. They come already configured with the tap installed, thermometer drilled through the side and false floor installed. Problem is, with postage to Sydney, they whole thing will be more than $400, which I think is too much. So I have a few questions:
1) Does anyone know of a local (Sydney) option for a fully kitted esky mash tun? I prefer it to be an esky and I want it to be rectangle so it's practical to use for other things. I see the local home brew shops selling the round ones but I don't want that.
2) I could order the false floor and tap kit off Beer Belly and then do it myself (and buy my own techni ice esky). But I'm not very handy at all... the product description mentions you just need to drill a hole in your esky for the tap. Would I be able to use the existing hole on the techni ice esky after I remove the bung? Or is the idea I need to make the hole bigger?
3) Anyone know where to buy techni ice eskies in stores in Sydney? I could save on postage.
4) My planned setup is this mash tun and a Crown 40L urn. I live in an apartment so don't have the option of a gas burner. Any crticism on this planned setup?
Thanks for the help guys. I think I've taken my extract brewing as far as I want to and am very keen to enter the all grain world!