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Where did you get your cooler at and is it a solid lid and keep the heat well? How much was it? Thanks

YUP! My coupler is too long. I am going to buy a female threaded barb ASAP. That will fix my issue.

Once again... I agree if theres enough room for the couple along with washer it should work with just the new barb. Thanks for the idea I think that will work sweet!!

I totally agree with you. I think the coupler is just way too long and with a barb connected to that forget about it. I think I will have to buy a little longer nipple and perhaps go with your 1/2 inch barb idea. I have been looking around but unable to find a 1/2" X 3/8" barb in stainless.

HeyNoPie, would it be possible to take a pic of your set up? Is your bulkhead on the outside of the cooler? Maybe I am just setting it up wrong. Outside cooler I have the ball valve with 2 washers; through the wall of the cooler with a threaded nipple; then once in the cooler I use a full...

HeyNoPie, where did you get that type of barb and is it stainless steel? Please post the link!

LOL Coldies!!! I guess it depends on the temp I'm in!!! LOL!!! Actaully, I want to say it's the standard stainless steel 1/2" mpt X 3/8" barb that I bought at Morebeer.com The link is here of what I got for both the ball valve and barb...

The false bottom is attached by using a small silicone hose. it's not the hose that makes me not able to remove the false bottom it's that the ball valve inside the cooler goes in too far with being connected to a hose barb and is long enough where the false bottom can not move to get on an...

The ball valve on my cooler must sit lower in the cooler then because there is not enough room for me to move the 12" false bottom on an angle to remove it. Kind of bums me out becasue what it suppose to make it easier to brew now is not. Azimmer1, are you sure you have a 12" false bottom...

What I am running into is that the the false bottom is just the same size as the bottom of the cooler. With the ball valve sticiking into the cooler and the barb fitting connected to the ball valve it sticks out too far for me to remove the 12" false bottom.I basically have to totally unscrew...

OK so I just made my 10 gallon "Home depot" type rubbermade mash tun set up using a 12" false bottom. The only thing I don't like it in order to clean it you have to take it totally apart to get the false bottom out? What's the deal with that, that seems to make it more of a pain in the ass to...

After bottling your brew and say you use the oxygen Absorbing caps; if you want to store your beer for a long time (how long can you store home brew anyway) where do you store it? Do you store it at room temp or do you get it in a refer to keep cool and store the brew?

BSBrewer83, was just wondering how it went with your 10 gallon home depot cooler with 26 pounds of grain???

Please count me it!

Snowhere, that is what I thought the 9" was too small but I called and talked to people 2 times at morebeer.com and they swear they use a 9" false bottom on the 10 gallon cooler. Is the 12" FB very tight when it goes into a home depot 10 gallon cooler? It sounds like 24 lbs of grain is a...