Recent content by Firedevil

Hook me up! :mug:

Any update? I haven't been able to find this beer this year, so I've been thinking on venturing out to create my own. This seems like a great starting point!

I did a tour there. The tour isn't much to be honest, just like any other craft brewery, but their beer is awesome and makes the tour worthwhile. Last summer they did a Guns, Beer, and BBQ series of events, and I went to one with a friend. It was a blast!

I'm in, hook a brother up! :)

Hopefully the gaskets work. Something still isn't exactly right with mine. It started leaking a bit into my second batch. Fortunately, I have a friend who has done this before who is going to help me tweak it a bit.

Everything I tried failed.... I started thinking that the rubber seal in the cooler I got may have been faulty. I messed with it a bit, and it seemed really loose. I figured with all the tinkering I did, Home Depot wouldn't take it back most likely. So, I did the only thing I could think to do...

I'll find out tonight if the Fender Washers were the only problem. I went all around Raleigh today looking for them. Fastenal didn't carry 5/8" at any of the local stores. I ended up going to Ace Hardware. While they didn't have 5/8", they had M16 Metric Fender Washers. I pulled out one of the...

I guess pictures would have helped! :drunk: I think I figured out the problem based on your link. I *think* the problem may be my Fender Washers. I'm no longer 100% sure I have Fender Washers based on the pics and other things I have read. They look like the same thing, but I think they may...

So, I followed the direction from the following link for converting a 10 gallon Rubbermaid cooler:https://www.homebrewtalk.com/wiki/index.php/Converting_a_cooler_to_a_mash_tun I followed the instructions strictly and I am still leaking around the bottom of the spigot where it connects to the...