I tried drilling the inner hose first, but my bit was crappy and i ended up with a ton of stuff on the inside of the tube. I should have tried boiling, but didn't think of that.
Just finished it up...it sitting in the kitchen now filled with hot water and no leaks so far! Waiting on my digital thermometer and scale to come in the mail, then we'll see how it works (trying the infamous centennial blonde for my first AG). Thanks for the awesome instructions.
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Thanks for the instructions. Put mine together yesterday, and did my first all-grain batch. No problems.
I did have an issue finding the 5/8" fender washers like some others.. and saw the "build a bolt" kit that had them in there right above all of the open bins of washers. Seems others in the thread were just as lucky
Yup lesson learned, well short of. So I built my mash tun about two weeks ago and followed it to a tee. All except the inside washer. Which I used zinc instead of the SS one. I couldn't find one in SS at any of my local stores. After putting it together and giving it a test run. All was well. I then put it down in my basement since I'm still getting all my equipment together for All grain. Just the thought of adding zinc "bugged" me. After reading a lot of post from the good folks on the site. I should of known better. Well, It got to the point where I just ordered some SS washers from McMaster-Carr. Today they arrived and upon taken the fittings apart the zinc washer had rust on it and was corrosive. So there you have it...NO Zinc.
I previously had bought a premade 5 gallon rubbermaid mash tun. It was pretty much maxed out when sparging a few times so I decided to upgrade to a 10 gallon cooler. I found the cooler for only $49 at toolup.com and got one in blue. I also ordered a 12 in ss false bottom for mine and took the other parts off the 5 gallon. Can't wait use this thing. Hopefully next weekend.
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Long story short, the tubing seals the end of the mash screen perfectly. I just rolled the end of the screen back until it was short enough to fit in my MLT (takes a small bit of effort), cut slots in the tubing, fit everything together, and awaaaaaaay we go:
*Note: you could probably get away with just using enough tubing to seal the end to the mash screen...*
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Ok, got a question for you guys building these. I may be dumb..but how do you use them? I have only done extract or "partial mash" beers...where I would steep some grains in a grain bag for 30-40 minutes, and then sparge them (rinse with water) and then put all that in my brew kettle, add the extract and boil it for another hour or so...cool, top off with cold water, cool, pitch yeast, and ferment.
So what can you do with this MLT that you can't with the above method? I wanna try an all grain beer sometime, but is this ALL you need to do it? Any help or guidance would be great.
Dan
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Apparently in Australia it is a popular method of homebrewing. I know Basic Brewing Radio did a podcast on it. Can't remember where to find it within the archives at the moment.
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You do not need this:
5/8” O-ring (preferably heat resistant, if you can find one)
Not sure why this is included or listed, but you don't need this. I ended up using 4 fender washers, no leaks.
I think I mentioned somewhere in the thread that the part is optional. It is simply there to help prevent a leak from the inside wall of the cooler making its way into the space between the inner wall and outer wall (which could damage the cooler). It all snugs up everything inside, making a more even fit and decreases the chance of leaking.
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