DIY Manifold

Built this manifold from the recommendation from one of the guys at the home brewing store. Trying to increase our ability to to get fermentables out of the mash to hit the higher OGs.

Equipment:
5 feet 12" PEX tubing
brass 1/2" T
1" to spigot
silicone rubber stopper
1/2" to 1" brass connector

We cut the PEX tubing to size and then drilled small holes into the tubing - more in the back and less in the front.

We had to open the hole in the mash tun to fit the 1" spigot. Luckily the 1" bit that we had to drill the tap holes into the keezer collar was the perfect size.

Then we had to connect the PEX tubing to the brass T. In order to make the tubing malleable enough we had to put the PEX tubing into the oven at 270 degrees. Had to use a grill lighter to heat the small connector in order to connect the brass T to the 1/2" to 1" brass connector.

Update:

Worked decently-ish for the first batch (Dry Dock Breakwater).

Didn't work for the second batch (Milk Stout).

Upgraded to a double braid