Recent content by BrentM

Is this better than pumping ice cold water through your wort chiller? I use a small fountian pump in a cooler filled with ice and water after running tap water through for the first 5 minutes. I chill 5 gallons in about 20-25 minutes. My tap water is 80° too.

There is a article in the latest Brew magazine on two portable draft systems including a 5 gal water cooler build. Looks pretty cool.

I looked at bargianfittings, but shipping to Hawaii sucks and I'm not that patient. I got all my parts at the hardware store, had to use a 3/8 nipple and a reducer to my 1/2" valve since I couldn't get the inside barb fitting in 1/2" or find a 3/8" valve. its all assembled, leak tested and ready...

I just bought my 10 gallon HD Rubbermaid cooler and a couple of parts, the 1/2" threaded hose barb fits just fine through the existing hole see pic below. the seal that comes with the spigot will not work with the 1/2" nipple without modification. Not sure what I am going to do, o-ring may...

Here is the stirplate I just built.... I had a bunch of scrap 1/4" plywood laying around and my local radio shack didn't have the enclosure boxes so I used what I had. I originally planed on this being a cheap build but I ended up spending around $45 ($30 was the fan). Probably could have...