was it new? I"d just return it and make them exchange it.
otherwise, i don't know how easy it is to weld aluminum. for sparge water, you don't need a real fancy weld (i.e. "sanitary weld"), just a patch job.
i know nothing about welding.
__________________
Malkore
On tap: Camelot Ale, Lancelot's Wheat, English Brown Ale, Steam Beer, HoovNuts IPA
Bottled: MOAM, Braggot, Raspberry Melomel, Merlot, Apfelwein, Pyment, Sweet mead, Cabernet
Primary -
Secondary - Vanilla mead
Gal in 2009: 27
Gal in 2010: 34
Gal in 2011: 13
Gal in 2012: ~
|