I did my first all grain brew over the three day weekend. I thought I'd share my experience putting together a mash tun and hot liquor tank.
I picked up a false bottom and a couple of Fermentap Weldless Spigot Kits (WL301) from my LBS, and two 10 gallon coolers from my neighborhood Home Depot.
First of all, the coolers required NO drilling to accommodate the bulkhead. I removed the spigot and the bulkhead fit perfectly in the existing hole in the cooler. Yea!
The coolers came with just a white gasket on the inside of the cooler.
I reused the white gasket on the inside and the red washer that came with the spigot on the outside.
Getting the bulkhead through the white gasket was a bit of a struggle, but it did fit. There wasn't enough depth on the bulkhead to include the stainless steel washer, so I just omitted it.
A cheap 1 1/4" socket from my local auto part store made the installation very easy.
It took just a couple of minutes per cooler to convert and I had no leaks throughout a 1 hour mash and > 1 hour sparge. I'm totally happy with the end result.
I picked up a false bottom and a couple of Fermentap Weldless Spigot Kits (WL301) from my LBS, and two 10 gallon coolers from my neighborhood Home Depot.
First of all, the coolers required NO drilling to accommodate the bulkhead. I removed the spigot and the bulkhead fit perfectly in the existing hole in the cooler. Yea!
The coolers came with just a white gasket on the inside of the cooler.
I reused the white gasket on the inside and the red washer that came with the spigot on the outside.
Getting the bulkhead through the white gasket was a bit of a struggle, but it did fit. There wasn't enough depth on the bulkhead to include the stainless steel washer, so I just omitted it.
A cheap 1 1/4" socket from my local auto part store made the installation very easy.
It took just a couple of minutes per cooler to convert and I had no leaks throughout a 1 hour mash and > 1 hour sparge. I'm totally happy with the end result.
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