52 Qt Coleman Xtreme Mash Tun Build

[scottvin]

I purchased one of these but when I took out the spigot assembly - I noticed the hole was on the bottom of the cooler and I am not able to put the coolers seal back into place when it is attached to the nipple. How were your holes drilled out?

 

[CA_Mouse]

Mine is on the short side, not on the bottom. Are you certain that you have the eXtreme Cooler?

Mouse

 

[scottvin]

Mine is on the short side, not on the bottom. Are you certain that you have the eXtreme Cooler?

Mouse

Yep. I went to store and got a new one. This one is much better and the rubber seal fits

 

[blkandrust]

Thats my current mash tun.

 

[Josephbrew]

Sorry to revive this old thread but some guy suggested in other thread to use a 3/4 ss braided hose from a water heater. I've seen one at Lowes and looks really thick; I don't have any experience with any braided hose since I'll try to build one of this coolers for batch sparging for the first time. Is the 3/4 too big or just go with the 1/2 inch?. which one will help with efficiency? The 3/4 is extremely solid the 1/2 inch is more flexible.

For those guys that maybe have use both?

 

[HH60gunner]

Hi,

I'm still using the original one that I listed on the first post and haven't had any issues with it. On average I am getting about 70% efficiency. Sometimes a little less, sometimes a little more.


I'm lazy and it seems to make beer good enough for me so I've never changed anything out from the original parts list.