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The two 45* elbows worked - good call. One last question - I need to pick up either o-rings or rubber washers to seal the valve. I'm looking on McMaster-Carr (http://www.mcmaster.com) for something because I'm not going to have time to go by the hardware store (it closes before I get off...

awesome. nice shot.

I've been thinking about trying my hand at cider this Fall. I live in the NE and have access to tons of apples. Any particular varieties common for making hard cider that I should look out for? I've got a buddy that's making a trip up to apple country and planning to press his own cider and...

Ok cool - looks like I've got several options to play around with. Thanks guys.

Another thing I might try is 2 45* fittings. I have one already - might be enough room to use them to drop the manifold down even.

Yeah, good point. I'm thinking if there's no really easy fix, then I'm not going to worry about it. I'll look into moving the T to the second row and attaching some high-temp tubing to it running to the drain. Anyone know off-hand the ID" tubing I'd need to fit over a 1/2" copper pipe T-fitting?

If I moved the T-fitting to the second row, like so, that'd give me more distance from the drain to work with. What kind of hose would I need in this situation? Or, could I make it work with more copper piping?

Do you have a pic? How would that work, exactly?

Any ideas on that one? Not sure if another elbow will fit. Maybe some tubing instead?

So, question: right now the manifold sits at an angle in the cooler with the bulkhead side higher than the other side, which is sitting on the cooler bottom. Here's an exact replica: Is this going to be a problem for maintaining a siphon to get most of the wort out of the cooler? Or will I...

Here it is so far.

All good stuff. Thanks for those links - the Dannybrew one especially is helpful. For a manifold, anyone have a link to a PVC version? Does it really not make a difference over copper? I don't necessarily have to build the cheapest MLT in existence. I've actually got some copper pipe (1/2" I...

Ugh. I hate dealing with copper pipe.

So I did a bit more reading around and looks like plenty of other people are using the Igloo cooler I have. So to start, I'll just convert that and see how I like it. For the interior, does a copper manifold make a huge difference over a braid if I'm batch sparging?

It's actually a 13g cooler: http://www.target.com/p/igloo-family-cooler-red-52-quart/-/A-11905594 I heard round coolers were better all-around for MT's. That wrong? Would I need different materials for a conversion? And I can't brew this afternoon. No time. :(

Oh wow, yeah I was thinking I could get to about 1060, but maybe I should go w/ the 10g.

Good call, thanks. I'll have to measure out the space I have left in my brew closet to see what will fit, lol.

What's cheaper? The manifold I'm guessing...

Thanks Mark. That does help. I was considering the false bottom - anyone else had bad experiences? Re: the 10g vs. 5g cooler, how much larger/more expensive is the 10g? I have limited space in my NYC apt. for equipment storage, so every inch counts. :) I figured if I wanted to do a big beer I...

I'm considering moving on from BiaB and start doing all-grain the usual way. Right now I have a 10g kettle for the boil, a spare 5g stainless kettle that i don't really use, and a 10g rectangular cooler. I thought about ditching the rectangular cooler and converting a 5g rubbermaid from Lowes...