48 Quart ice cube MT is this big enough

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48 Quart ice cube MT is this big enough

Post by Brewmarc » Mon Apr 27, 2009 10:56 am

I have a 48 qt icecube which I use as a mash tun my question is, is this big enough for a 10 G brew ? & if so would I get better mash efficiancy than a 5 G brew.?

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Re: 48 Quart ice cube MT is this big enough

Post by dcq1974 » Mon Apr 27, 2009 1:55 pm

Hi
I have a mash tun which is a 48 quart Igloo Ice Cube. I can easily manage 10 gallon batches on this.

Efficiency is normally around 75% for either 5 or 10 gallon batches.
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