Recent content by thehand

Hey I'm in the middle of cleaning a keg right now!

I also wish I had waited, I ordered a lb of amarillo and a lb of cascade a couple of weeks ago. Would have saved about $10. At these prices I might have to grab a couple lbs of other things to play around with.

Ended up getting the 1/2" silicon gasket from the Bargain Fittings link above, and it seemed to to the trick. I just filled it with 4 gallons of 169F water and no leaks yet. Exchanged the 1 1/2" nipple for a 2", used SS washers to get a tight fit. Thanks to everyone for your advice and help.

I just took back the 1 1/2" nipple I bought and exchanged for a 2". The link I posted in the first post has a parts list for converting a cooler. Just be careful not to tear the rubber seal from the original drain like I did and it should work fine! I am sure there are other ways to do it too...

In what department did you find the neoprene washers? I looked all over Lowe's for something like that, and when I asked where I could find washers, the guy showed me the rubber ones with the nuts and bolts. I asked if they had anything else like that and he said no.

Logan - thanks for the idea. I picked up a grommet like that but it still leaked. shorty - thanks for the link, I think that may be exactly what I am looking for. I found some rubber washers, the inner hole is too small for the 1/2" nipple but I thought it might work. Just tested it out and it...

I'm in the middle of trying to convert a Coleman Xtreme 70qt cooler into a MLT, using the parts and technique this guy used: Building a Cooler Mash Tun | BrewMoreBeer I've run into a little problem. When I removed the drain valve it came with, I broke the inner rubber gasket that came with...

The guy I work for has a bunch of persimmon juice from a local grove, and asked if I would be interested in using it in a brew. Anyone have experience using it? I did some searching but didn't come up with much. I was thinking about making a pretty standard pale ale and racking onto a pound or...

Thanks for the tip. I will do that when I get home tonight.

I went ahead and hooked it up, replaced the airlock with vodka with a newly sanitized airlock and hose, put it in a bucket of sanitiser.. Before: After: Bubbling away: YQdLDbkpL7Q

I started a honey weizen yesterday and after reading some things about wheat and honey I figured I would be better off with a blowoff than an airlock. Better safe than sorry, right? I came home from work to a rather escalated fermentation and ran off to the hardware store right before it closed...

Hey thanks guys for your help! I decided to replace one of the pounds of honey with a pound of wheat DME. Got the grains steeped and am almost up to a boil now :rockin: I'll let you know how it turns out. Here's the final recipe: Type: Extract Date: 5/12/2008 Batch Size: 5.00 gal...

Thanks for the suggestions. I wondered about the honey a little bit, an old timer I know said the same thing about honey taking a long time. We have long summers in Oklahoma so I think I can wait. :) I considered honey malt but it seemed like it would make the beer darker than I wanted. I have...

I'm a new brewer and have done a couple of recipe kits from the LHBS. Both were extracts with specialty grains... The first was a Westmalle triple clone, the second a Fat Tire clone, and they both turned out pretty good. I was playing around with BeerSmith and came up with this for my first...