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My 10 gallon igloo has warped and cracked in one section. I have temporarily sealed it with food grade silicon until I can replace it.
Quote from: goschman on December 09, 2014, 07:45:53 amMy 10 gallon igloo has warped and cracked in one section. I have temporarily sealed it with food grade silicon until I can replace it.really? that sucks. i've got about 60 mash cycles through mine and looks as good as new. i'll use up to 185F sparge water.
might seem silly, but do you preheat your igloo before hitting with strike water? I always have used my hot tap water to warm up the cooler before.
Quote from: wort-h.o.g. on December 09, 2014, 08:04:37 ammight seem silly, but do you preheat your igloo before hitting with strike water? I always have used my hot tap water to warm up the cooler before.I don't. The quick temp change could definitely affect the warping it seems. I try to leave the bagged crushed grain in the cooler overnight then get a temp reading of both before I brew so that I can hit my mash temp more accurately. I think I preheated a couple of times but it threw off my calcs. May be worth revisiting.
I typically go about 12-14 degrees above target mash temp on my system regardless of water Beersmith tells me. It's a lot easier to cool off the mash than it is to raise it up, especially when all your strike water has been used. Most of the time I can get it down just by stirring.
Quote from: wort-h.o.g. on December 09, 2014, 08:04:37 ammight seem silly, but do you preheat your igloo before hitting with strike water? I always have used my hot tap water to warm up the cooler before.Depends if I remember or not and the time of year. I store my brewing equipment in the basement which in the winter gets down to 45F or so. I'll usually just boil up a couple quarts of water and dump that in the mash tun. I typically go about 12-14 degrees above target mash temp on my system regardless of water Beersmith tells me. It's a lot easier to cool off the mash than it is to raise it up, especially when all your strike water has been used. Most of the time I can get it down just by stirring.