Why will it suck the efficiency out of it?
What my real question should be since i really only paid 10 bucks for it and all my other parts and such can be transfered to a different cooler later on and i want to get right into all grain b/c i have had the itch for like a year now will this cooler for the time being lol?
Guess I’d better make John aware of that “other” link.
Yeah, we’re just kidding. The cooler you got will work just fine.
It’s a long-running Forum joke about blue mash tuns being superior. Welcome to the in-crowd. 
Besides, your cooler “includes a fish measuring ruler molded into the lid.” Surely that offsets the red!
I have the exact same cooler, but it doesn’t hold in the heat very well. I have to wrap it in packing blankets to keep temps up, and I still lose 5-10* in a 75-90 minute mash. I will be buying the extreme cooler soon.
I was gonna comment on the colour too but I figured I haven’t been doing this long enough to get into the colour debate. Should we discuss “Improving Efficiency Through Boiling” as well?
I started out homebrewing in college too. Just don’t take 20 years off like I did.
Ok you talked me into it i bought
Off of amazon.
I hope this will work for 5 gallon batches, someone said it already will
I couldnt pass up 39.50$ and free shipping lol.
Oh and on another note how do you change the thing that tells you how many times you have brewed bc i am done like 9 and it says i am on the first one and it makes me look dumb lol
It’ll work with 5 gallon batches, and you’ll be glad for the extra space when you do bigger beers or larger volumes.
At 25 posts it switches from “1st Kit” to “Cellarman”.
25: Cellarman
100: Assistant Brewer
250: Brewer
500: Brewmaster
1000: Senior Brewmaster
2000: Brewmaster General
2500: I spend way too much time on the AHA forum
3000: Official Poobah of No Life.
Oh ok cool thanks for the info.
I also like the choices of avatars we can have Freddie Prince Jr is way too funny to pass up lol
I actually have a red and a blue mash tun. I get no less than 112% efficency every batch. :D
EDIT : I’m thinkinh if I had the built in fish ruler, I could acheive such efficency that I could make beer with no grain at all.
Without a question Chuck Norris could
You sir, are awesome!
My efficiency is so good these days that not only do full kegs magically appear in my fridge, but I find a new bag of grain in the garage every morning! 
Well chuck has two bags in his garage
and an entire brewpub.
You are the batch sparge king.
So I ended up going with the xtreme cooler and I am going to do my first batch this weekend.
does any know how many degrees above my target temperature the water should be for mashing (i think mashing is the right word) for a 70 quart coleman extreme?
You’ll probably have some trial and error for a while. I found out that I need to heat the cooler first and then add the grain or my temp would drop. I add about 22 quarts at 185 for 10 mins. That warms the cooler and gets my water to 170 or so. When I add my grain I end up about 156 but I keep my cooler in the garage so its usually fairly cool to start with. Others will have better ideas. It’ll probably take you a few times to really dial things in.
I should have added I’m using about 9 lbs of grain. If you are going for 1.100, you’ll have more grain to heat up. You can always go at a medium water to grain ratio and add hot or cold if needed to get to temp until you see how things go.