blefferd

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Well i finally made a mash tun, I still need an O ring for the inside to keep it from leaking but the major stuff on it is finally finished, im going to attempt my first AG this week after i pick out a recepie! The washers on the outside where zinc coated (i think) well when i was pickling the brass stuff i threw the zinc washers in the solution and they turned a nasty black so i went to the hardware store and got some SS washers for the inside of the Tun i threw them in the pickleing solution (just to make sure they didnt pull a fast one on me lol) and they came out the same as the went in lol well here are some pics of it.






the next one i make im DEFENTLY going to use a shopping list lol (save a ton of time and money) and i think im going to go with a copper tubing manifold.

tbulger

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made one out of the same cooler for my first all grain the last week worked well, no ball valve though. Gave me a 65% efficiency good luck!

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primaries: BRown Ale
secondaries: Rye IPA
Bottled: IPA, Pigs ear brown clone, stovepipe porter, German Alt, Oktober fest ale, Smoked IPA, failed pale ale, 1st AG ESB, belgian wit, Ipa#2, , Lake wheat, fish Red ale, Smoked wheat,
KEGS: blonde Nugs , Sugar pale light, chin nook ale (gone in 1 week)

Dude

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How much heat do you guys lose with that cooler after an hour?

I was losing like 11 degrees over the course of a mash--I finally broke down and went with the orange rubbermaid.

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On Tap: Lake Walk Pale Ale -- Eternity (Raspberry Stout) -- Nutrocker -- Donnybrook Dark
Primary: Lake Walk Pale Ale
Secondary: Summit IPA
Up Next: Smoked Porter -- Pub Ale -- Watermelon Wheat
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tbulger

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i didint have a good thermometer but it stayed above 150 for the hour. I also put a folded fleece blanket on top just to be safe seemed to work well. I got a digital thermometer for this friday so i will be able to kep track better of exact temps.

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primaries: BRown Ale
secondaries: Rye IPA
Bottled: IPA, Pigs ear brown clone, stovepipe porter, German Alt, Oktober fest ale, Smoked IPA, failed pale ale, 1st AG ESB, belgian wit, Ipa#2, , Lake wheat, fish Red ale, Smoked wheat,
KEGS: blonde Nugs , Sugar pale light, chin nook ale (gone in 1 week)

JnJ

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OT, what is pickling? How and why do you do it?

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blefferd

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i read it some where here on the boards that you should plass brass fittings etc in a solution of vingear and hydrogen proxoxide i guess it removes the lead from the brass?? not sure why they said to do it with the zinc fittings i guess to remove the zinc coating which im sure is not good for you. orginally i was going to use the zinc washers inside till i decided to stop being cheap and just buy the SS washers.

EdWort

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My Home Depot Rubbermaid loses 1 degree in 90 minutes if I preheat it.

How much does your orange one lose?

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Cheers,

EdWort



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