Temp gauge location too high

[Shawmerrill]

Bot a 9gal kettle. Temp gauge location sits at 4gal water level. All 5gal kits have you only boiling 3 gal or less therefore temp gauge is useless. Is there a way to add an extension on temp gauge inside the pot to get it down to 2gal level?

 

[Blastardius]

Save it for when you start doing full boils...it wont be long,lol! In the meantime just get yourself a good probe thermometer.

 

[Shawmerrill]

So what is a "full boil"?

 

[heckler73]

just boil more water instead of adding cold water to the primary before yeast. you're set.

 

[Blastardius]

On your kit instructions it says boil 2.5 gallons or more...go with or more...Id say depending on the circumference of your 9 gallon kettle to boil with 6-6.5 gallons until you boil off the x-tra 1-1.5 gallons to achieve the 5 gallons from most kits.

 

[Shawmerrill]

I will most certainly boil more next time. My wort chiller was only 50% submerged so it wasn't at full efficiency there either. I look forward to my NEXT batch already.