Ok, So I decided to get industrious and make my very own mash tun. For those not familiar, a mash tun is a pice of brewing equipment used with All Grain brewing. A mash tun is used to steep the grain and pull the fermentable sugars from it to create sweet wort, the beginnings of your beer. I got the basic directions from Homebrew Talk article: Converting a cooler to a mash tun. Please join me while I attempt to explain how I got all this together!
After what what probably far too much research for what turned out to be a simple device to build, I was set to begin. First up was getting a cooler. Either a rectangular or curricular beverage cooler will do. I picked up a 52qt Igloo rectangular cooler at Target, $20. You can also use a round beverage cooler for this, a common one being a 10 gallon model from Rubbermaid. Either way, you’re good.
