joejaz
Well-Known Member
A victim of the recession, I didn't want to spend a lot of extra money for a mashtun. I picked up a 70 qt Coleman Xtreme at Walmart for $38. Now the one I converted for my son cost an additional $60 for hardware. He went SS ball valve and a 2 channel copper manifold. For mine I took the plastic bulk head vale off one of my ale pails. It fit perfectly in the cooler opening. Instead of using the plastic nut on the inside of the cooler, I got a copper 3/4" female to 1/2" fitting, Cost $5.37 at Lowes. I had a left over piece of copper pipe from my son's mashtun and made a single manifold the length of the cooler and got a copper cap for 53 cents. Did not solder anything. Hope the valve can stand the heat, will test it out this week and get back with the results.