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Damn that's a lot of glycol! Ok, so you want to rip apart a fridge so you can chill a pot of glycol? Why not just put the glycol/pot in the fridge and run lines out?

I hope you didn't pay him!

Everyone loves an extra carboy to ferment in! Maybe I suggest this because I've been staring at them all day?

Complete. And ready too sparge. And apparently the message was too short.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/mash-tun-manifold-my-build-173023/ Just did mine last week, only the 36qt though, if you want I can take it apart and measure for you. Page 2 is the final product.

... retard moment!

So today I went shopping and after like 8 stores I gave up looking for "o" rings or another heat resistant gasket and picked up a pack of Master Plumber gasket sheets. Contains: 5 x 15cm/15cm laminated rubber, .060 thick black rubber, .031 thick asbestos, .060 thick ?? Website wrong? or is it...

+1 on the random boiling pot. nice basement!

I think I scored with my water, and the free report! I live like 2 blocks from one of the towns main pumps from Lake Ontario, and about a KM from where its treated. So my water isn't half bad for a lot of beers, but still can't brew a lot of styles. Over the last 5 years the town has spent like...

this might sound a little out there but has anyone tried building a bat box? I don't know about where you are but if you look up around here at night bats are all over the place.

Yea, that was a bone head thought. I just figured hops, dogs... Next time I'll think before I make myself look dumber!

Everything I've read says to leave your beer in primary at least 2-3 weeks unless you've taken hydro readings and know fermentation is complete. I'm guessing this also gives it time for things to settle out also. Then again, I've only brewed 1 extract making me a pretty useless reference from...

I don't know what the **** I'm doing, but I'm having fun doing it! 2nd year Millwright apprentice 2nd year Automotive apprentice (general) and 8 years in kitchens. (from fine dinging to greasy spoons)

Well after lots more reading, thinking, a pot of coffee, and some other extra curricular activities here it is. I'm going to use the old one as the fly sparge manifold, this one is the mash tun manifold.

I was thinking that, but because I'm not using the outer tubing to pull wort from just the inner ones that it wouldn't be a huge issue. But it if turns out to be I've got one sexy batch sparge manifold, or the makings of a fly sparge!

Modified!

I might give this a try, just one row of holes on the bottom? Or should I just go with what I think is right and add a bunch?

Everything except for the end pieces comes apart for cleaning.

Yea I was thinking that, maybe I'll turn the 3 into 4.

I wouldn't have told him where to get Gelatin, for the same reason I won't tell him where to get cheap Oxygen, Co2, and other gasses in Toronto.