I have a keg I converted into a boil kettle, and I'm still trying to determine the best way to go about this. I was going to install a sight glass, and make marks on it in 1/2 gallon increments, but LHBS guy recommended against putting one in a keggle, because he said once the sugars get in there, they're very hard to clean out. He said he only recommends using them in HLTs. So I scratched that idea. I don't know a practical way to label volume increments on the keg itself, so I'm not going to pursue that avenue.
I have heard that some take a long rod or dowel, stick it in the keggle, and add water, gradually making marks on the dowel. That seems like the way to go, but I'm not sure what exactly to get. I assume I'd have to go with SS for material, and I wonder how easy it would be to etch marks on it. The other thing I was thinking was getting a temperature resistant plastic mash paddle. That may be the way to go, although it will cost a bit more than I'd want.
Does anyone else have any creative ideas that haven't occured to me? I've asked this many times, and you folks have yet to disappoint me with your ingenuity...
I have heard that some take a long rod or dowel, stick it in the keggle, and add water, gradually making marks on the dowel. That seems like the way to go, but I'm not sure what exactly to get. I assume I'd have to go with SS for material, and I wonder how easy it would be to etch marks on it. The other thing I was thinking was getting a temperature resistant plastic mash paddle. That may be the way to go, although it will cost a bit more than I'd want.
Does anyone else have any creative ideas that haven't occured to me? I've asked this many times, and you folks have yet to disappoint me with your ingenuity...