marking brew kettles

monty3777 · Sep 18, 2009

I just bought a new 10 gal. brew kettle and another kettle to help with sparge water. I wonder how some of you mark the kettle so that you know the volumes you are dealing with? Do you etch the inside? Something inside me is recoiling at the possibility of screwing up this new piece of equipment.

Yuri_Rage · Sep 18, 2009

Use a piece of dowel with marks scribed on it (a "dipstick" of sorts). No need to mark the kettle at all!

monty3777 · Sep 18, 2009

NICE! Thanks a bunch - seems kinda stupid that I ask now that I realize how easy the answer is. Different sticks for different pots - but still the best method!

z987k · Sep 18, 2009

I use my mash paddle, notched at yuri says.

Sawdustguy · Sep 18, 2009

If you want to get ambitious and spend some coin you could install site tubes.

Yooper · Sep 18, 2009

I marked the outside of my cheap brewpot with nail polish. Little pink lines at each gallon level.

Cold_Steel · Sep 18, 2009

z987k said:
I use my mash paddle, notched at yuri says.

ah the old bed post notch....

Homercidal · Sep 18, 2009

I had the same question and felt pretty stupid when a dipstick solution was offered. Reminds me that I have to get the small diameter SS tube out and mark it up!

Pappers_ · Sep 18, 2009

YooperBrew said:
I marked the outside of my cheap brewpot with nail polish. Little pink lines at each gallon level.

I did that with my pink nail polish, too!

Arkador · Sep 18, 2009

I marked my spoon with perminate marker. Added 1gal at a time, and added all my marks. 5gal marks are larger than the 1gal marks.

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