xaturnascends
Active Member
Hey Guys,
I'm getting ready to do my first AG brew next weekend, this weekend is a partial mash. Anyway, over the last 2 days I have built an MLT and a immersion chiller. pics are below. I couldn't find the recommended parts so I had to improvise in some areas of my builds. On the Immersion Chiller I couldn't get a 50 ft spool, so I bought (3) 20 ft spools and built a 40 ft immersion chiller with a compression fitting union in the middle. Does anyone else have a union? I have to test it to make sure it doesn't leak, however, would the high temps of a wort boil cause problems that might make it leak at all? Or the change in temperature? I don't want to infect my wort. I also built an MLT from an army 5 gallon cooler, only because it was free, i'll end up getting a 10 gallon as well. I improvised here as well and used some plastic pieces, a rubber oring and plastic hose, while everything i read called for all copper and stainless steel fitting with stainless braid hose, will it make a difference?.. it didn't leak at all but i did put some plastic weld on it just to be sure. I have an extra 20 foot spool of copper pipe that I'm going to use for something, either for a two stage immersion chiller to put in ice water before my main one, or as a sparge. Any suggestion? I was told by my LHBS that a shower head would work fine for sparging...ideas on that? Any help or advice is greatly appreciated. I might be over reacting, i want my first AG to go well.
I'm getting ready to do my first AG brew next weekend, this weekend is a partial mash. Anyway, over the last 2 days I have built an MLT and a immersion chiller. pics are below. I couldn't find the recommended parts so I had to improvise in some areas of my builds. On the Immersion Chiller I couldn't get a 50 ft spool, so I bought (3) 20 ft spools and built a 40 ft immersion chiller with a compression fitting union in the middle. Does anyone else have a union? I have to test it to make sure it doesn't leak, however, would the high temps of a wort boil cause problems that might make it leak at all? Or the change in temperature? I don't want to infect my wort. I also built an MLT from an army 5 gallon cooler, only because it was free, i'll end up getting a 10 gallon as well. I improvised here as well and used some plastic pieces, a rubber oring and plastic hose, while everything i read called for all copper and stainless steel fitting with stainless braid hose, will it make a difference?.. it didn't leak at all but i did put some plastic weld on it just to be sure. I have an extra 20 foot spool of copper pipe that I'm going to use for something, either for a two stage immersion chiller to put in ice water before my main one, or as a sparge. Any suggestion? I was told by my LHBS that a shower head would work fine for sparging...ideas on that? Any help or advice is greatly appreciated. I might be over reacting, i want my first AG to go well.