The McMaster Hose Thread?

[Coolhand]

Folks -

I've been struggling with brewery hose and making sense of what is what. One problem is that McMaster doesn't list actual manufacturer's information, at least with most items. To that end I'm wondering if it would be useful to have a thread dedicated to cross referencing McMaster parts with the manufacturer info. I'd be happy to keep it updated on this first post if you want to send me the info... if it got big we could even do a Google sheet or something.

I'll start.

McMaster PN	McMaster Description	Manufacturer	Manufacturer PN
53715K45	High-Pressure Wet-Food Hose, 1-1/2" ID, 2-1/8" OD, 225 PSI, Orange	Unaflex	Brewer's & Vinter's Hose Type 725
5544K12	Clear Wet-and Dry-Food Hose, 1" ID, 1-1/4" OD, 106 PSI, 20' Length	Goodyear	Nutriflo

If this is useful, cool. If not, let it die quietly

[Matt Dog]

For brewery hose I prefer places like Associated Hose, CPES, or GW Kent. Mcmaster isnt your best bet. That orange hose is fine I use it on the keg washer but you are going to get better pricing and banding options from the other guys.

[SouthHouseBrew]

Our parts buyer did some digging to find a halfway decent deal on sani hose. We now get them through a local company, Dunham Rubber:

http://catalog.dunhamrubber.com/category/products-hose-tubing-and-ducting-hose

[CedarCreek]

We use the brewers hose from mcmaster. I could not even get close to the $8/ft it cost me to buy 100'. I then bought a new "used" hose bander off ebay and double banded my hoses to the lengths I needed. Is there something wrong with this hose? I am using 1" hose since we are on a 10bbl system.

[Coolhand]

Hey guys -

There are quite a few hose threads discussing pros and cons and different suppliers. My thought for this one was simply to provide cross references from McMaster PNs to actual Manufacturer's PNs. Makes it much easier to compare price, etc.

Maybe the McMaster hose thread is too limiting, and it should be a general McMaster/Manufacturer cross reference thread?

Justin

[SouthHouseBrew]

We use the brewers hose from mcmaster. I could not even get close to the $8/ft it cost me to buy 100'. I then bought a new "used" hose bander off ebay and double banded my hoses to the lengths I needed. Is there something wrong with this hose? I am using 1" hose since we are on a 10bbl system.

That's a pretty decent price - are you using the cam fittings or a sani-hose fitting?