imperialipa
Well-Known Member
So I have a boilermaster 10Gal with a false bottom. Currently I am mashing in it and the temps seem to do OK but do fluctuate and at time I have to fire up the burner and vourlauf back into the mash to get the temp up when it drops.
I thought it would be cool to somehow hook up a pump and a temperature gauge to the kettle and then all I have to do is turn on and off the burner as necessary and no manual recirculating.
I dont have a pilot light on the camping burner so I wuold still have to turn on and off the heat myself.
How would you guys recommend going about this? I have seen some good pumps but the hard part drilling a hole into my boilermaker for the warmed directfire wort to be reintroduced. What kind of temp guage do you use and where do you put it to monitor temp?
I woudl imagine you want to take the temp of the wort as it is being dumped back into the kettle?
Is there a specific type of temp gauge I need or one that works well with brewing and liquid.
I dont want to spend a ton of money but basically want soemthingt hat can recirculate my wort and give me an accurate temp reading at the same time so I know when to turn on and off the heat manually.
I thought it would be cool to somehow hook up a pump and a temperature gauge to the kettle and then all I have to do is turn on and off the burner as necessary and no manual recirculating.
I dont have a pilot light on the camping burner so I wuold still have to turn on and off the heat myself.
How would you guys recommend going about this? I have seen some good pumps but the hard part drilling a hole into my boilermaker for the warmed directfire wort to be reintroduced. What kind of temp guage do you use and where do you put it to monitor temp?
I woudl imagine you want to take the temp of the wort as it is being dumped back into the kettle?
Is there a specific type of temp gauge I need or one that works well with brewing and liquid.
I dont want to spend a ton of money but basically want soemthingt hat can recirculate my wort and give me an accurate temp reading at the same time so I know when to turn on and off the heat manually.