r8rphan
Well-Known Member
So I set up my new keggle last night, getting ready to do my first 5G batch in it.. I wanted to test how it drains to make sure the dip tube picks up 'all' the liquid as I drain into the fermenter, so I fill it with 5 Gallons of water...
Drains great.. perfect in fact.. but there's a problem.. With 5G of liquid in the thing, (IC installed), the liquid level is 'just below' the thermometer shaft.. rendering the thermometer useless...
Now, when I do a 60min boil, I will start with 7G aiming for a 5.5G brew... The 7G initial level will immerse the thermometer, and the 5.5G final level 'might' immerse it, but it'll be close...
Then there's using it as an HLT when I start doing 10G AG batches in a week or so... Again, the mash water is gonna be cutting it close.. as well as the sparge water... Worse yet.. my first AG brew is going to be a 5G batch..
So, how to remedy this, so that the thermometer is useful for something other than bling when doing anything other then a full 10G boil?
I thought maybe I could find some rocks or something to put in there, but I'd be afraid of leaching some mineral or another out of them into the brew when I boil... Maybe some large quartz or obsidion stones?
I dunno... The guy who welded the bungs for me, does these things all the time.. is a reputed member here and owner of the LHBS, so I'm assuming he put the thing in the right place.. ie, knows what he's doing...
Do any of you face the same problem? If so, how do you deal with it... I'm kinda hating the idea of taking it back and having him weld in another nipple... delaying everything yet again...
I'm gonna give him a call later, but I'm just wondering what others have to say before I do...
Thanks...
Drains great.. perfect in fact.. but there's a problem.. With 5G of liquid in the thing, (IC installed), the liquid level is 'just below' the thermometer shaft.. rendering the thermometer useless...
Now, when I do a 60min boil, I will start with 7G aiming for a 5.5G brew... The 7G initial level will immerse the thermometer, and the 5.5G final level 'might' immerse it, but it'll be close...
Then there's using it as an HLT when I start doing 10G AG batches in a week or so... Again, the mash water is gonna be cutting it close.. as well as the sparge water... Worse yet.. my first AG brew is going to be a 5G batch..
So, how to remedy this, so that the thermometer is useful for something other than bling when doing anything other then a full 10G boil?
I thought maybe I could find some rocks or something to put in there, but I'd be afraid of leaching some mineral or another out of them into the brew when I boil... Maybe some large quartz or obsidion stones?
I dunno... The guy who welded the bungs for me, does these things all the time.. is a reputed member here and owner of the LHBS, so I'm assuming he put the thing in the right place.. ie, knows what he's doing...
Do any of you face the same problem? If so, how do you deal with it... I'm kinda hating the idea of taking it back and having him weld in another nipple... delaying everything yet again...
I'm gonna give him a call later, but I'm just wondering what others have to say before I do...
Thanks...