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Going to make a mash tun out of a 48 qt Coleman cooler. Does anybody know if the kettle valve and grain screen that they sell at noble grape would fit? They didn't know and I searched it out but couldn't find the answer. It's a 3/8" thread btw. If anyone had any better suggestions, they would be appreciated as well. Thanks

Steve

Check out the BIAB solution Jimmy has. Custom made bag, for your cooler and you can still do a sparge.

Sandy

Broob wrote:Going to make a mash tun out of a 48 qt Coleman cooler. Does anybody know if the kettle valve and grain screen that they sell at noble grape would fit? They didn't know and I searched it out but couldn't find the answer. It's a 3/8" thread btw. If anyone had any better suggestions, they would be appreciated as well. Thanks

Steve

My brother uses that exact setup and it works well for him.

I didn't have much success when I tried. Maybe I'm using a different cooler but I could barely get the valve to thread. It was holding on by less then a full turn. I'm sure it would have worked but I didn't want risk it. I'm not sure where you live but if your anywhere around Dartmouth, I could pull the valve off my kettle for you to try. I was able to get the parts needed to make something up that would do the same job for roughly the same price at home depot. I can throw a picture up later if you'd like.

Cheers

Another Steve

ohhh yeah thanks steve that is something else, my brother cut off the outside layer of plastic and the insulation leaving just the inside layer for the ball valve to work (it is designed for a thin wall metal pot, not an inch-thick cooler)

Cool thanks for the quick replies. I would love to see the picture of the valve you're using Steve. I think I watched about a hundred YouTube videos on mash tun set ups and everyone of them looked different. That's why I thought that set up from NG would be good if it actually fit. At least I know that I can cut the cooler if need be. I'm also in Dartmouth.
Steve

So here is my ghetto rig.

Outside:
Inside: Torn down: From Left to right. Screen, 1/2 to 3/8 reducer, silicon washer that was already apart of my cooler, threaded tupe 1 1/2 long, 2 1/2inch washers and a 1/2 inch ball valve. I'm pretty sure about all the sizes but not absolutely positive.
Everything in HD is in ziplock type bags so you can pull them out to try. I know all the pieces that I used were colour coded with yellow.

When I built mine, I brought my screen into homedepot and pretty much made it in the store.

The reason the one washer is rusted is because initially I tried to use it on the inside(also the reason there's a ring on the inside)

That's great thanks. I was hoping to use the screen instead of the washing machine hose that many people seem to use.

I've got it all together now. With some no so skilled knife work I was able to use the outside end of the original spout as a seal. Thanks for the help.

Hey, as long as it won't let the water into the insulation, its all good! Glad it worked for yah

Nice work! I just built one of these based on the tips in this thread and it turned out great. Now I just need to make sure it's water-tight and I'm all set.

Mine was water tight and worked great. Lost only about one degree after an hour.