Been extract/PM brewing for years and looking at converting to all grain, so need a bigger pot. Looking at a keggle and want to understand the benefit of having a sight glass and thermo option on it.
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:rockin:Really no advantage that I can see except that it makes the brew kettle look badass to your friends.
So I used it a couple weeks ago for the first time, and it's completely useless while it's boiling. Wort just cycles through it and bubbles and I can't see how it's doing during the boil. When the heat is off, I can tell how much is in there. I'm not sure what the point is, and I don't think it's necessary at all.
So I used it a couple weeks ago for the first time, and it's completely useless while it's boiling. Wort just cycles through it and bubbles and I can't see how it's doing during the boil. When the heat is off, I can tell how much is in there.
Try using some sort of heat shield under your sight glass while boiling. The heat shield prevents the contents of the sight glass from boiling.
I just use a dedicated tape measure. I went through and took measurements of my kettles at various volumes and made up a chart that hangs in the brewery. I just take a reading and see where my volume is.
Try using some sort of heat shield under your sight glass while boiling. The heat shield prevents the contents of the sight glass from boiling.
i have a stainless steel "stick" that i use that is marked off by 1/2 gallon.
imho, a sight glass is just something else that can mess up and ruin your brew day.
The sight glass is helpful so I know the preboil level, as well as post boil, nothing like missing your gravity numbers because you over or under shot your fermentation volume.
Your boil sounds too vigorous. You just need a rolling boil, which will not cause volume fluctuation in the sight glass.
I love my sight glass and thermometer. Would not go back.
Or you could just make sure you boil off slightly too much and add water back. Too many variables to get it exactly right every time anyway.
. I measure in metric,
imho, a sight glass is just something else that can mess up and ruin your brew day.
i have a stainless steel "stick" that i use that is marked off by 1/2 gallon.
imho, a sight glass is just something else that can mess up and ruin your brew day.
manticle said:Sight guage will look cool but you probably should break it apart and clean it after each brew. Dial thermometer to my mind is just a waste of cash. If you can't tell how close it is to the boil by looking at the good foamy stuff forming on the top then you need new trousers. I guess it could help prevent boilovers but not overfilling the kettle does that fine for me.
Why does people keep commenting on the need to clean the sightglass? Just run clean water down it and you're done. You're going to boil the wort for an hour, so nothing will survive in the sightglass anyway.
Personally, I think Bobby M's sightglass was one of the best brewing purchases I've ever made. It had never failed me. I do occasionally get the sightglass to boil, but I just keep a spray bottle nearby and hit the bottom with cool water and it stops it from boiling.
manticle said:Are you using your brew kettle for your HLT?
I have a dial thermometer on mine but it's a separate vessel to the kettle. I also no-chill - makes sense to have one if you are chilling I guess. I forgot that bit.
in the event your sight glass is spewing hot wort and hops it needs to be cleaned.
just ask me how I know
-=Jason=-
O.k., after being frustrated and thinking this thing sucks because it just boils all the time, I came up with an incredibly elaborate heat shield.
I used a rare and expensive material known as "Tin Foil".
Material Costs: 1 cent
Time of Construction: 40seconds
It worked brilliantly. It never boiled and stayed stable - no matter how much I turned up the heat.
Why do people keep commenting on the need to clean the sightglass? Just run clean water down it and you're done. You're going to boil the wort for an hour, so nothing will survive in the sightglass anyway.
Personally, I think Bobby M's sightglass was one of the best brewing purchases I've ever made. It had never failed me. I do occasionally get the sightglass to boil, but I just keep a spray bottle nearby and hit the bottom with cool water and it stops it from boiling.
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