Thirsty Boy
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I don't really like the idea of sight glasses.Yeah I know that lots of people use them and they are fine etc etc... but to me its just another inaccessible place for grunge to build up.
So I've been tossing round and adopting some alternatives....
Kettle - well, I just went with the tried and true dipstick. A stainless steel 1 meter ruler and an hour calibrating it with water in 1L increments. Solved
HLT - I'm using my kettle at the moment until I revamp my electric HLT. It is going to be an old fermentor... transparent with built in calibration marks. Done
Mash Tun - My mash tun is transparent too. Its a 47L plastic storage box. I have simply marked the side of the tun in 1L increments with permanent marker. Done
The HLT alternative that I nearly went with... a float stick. Get a styrofoam ball and jam a long piece of dowel (or something similar) into it. A bit of hard tubing to use as a guide so it always floats vertically, then you mark it where it exits the guide tube in 1L increments as it floats higher and higher when you fill the tun.
So what else are people using to measure liquid levels? yeah yeah I know - sight glasses - but apart from that?
Eventually my whole brewery will be stainless and I wont get away with the whole being able to see through the vessels thing anymore. Looking for inspiration.
Thirsty
So I've been tossing round and adopting some alternatives....
Kettle - well, I just went with the tried and true dipstick. A stainless steel 1 meter ruler and an hour calibrating it with water in 1L increments. Solved
HLT - I'm using my kettle at the moment until I revamp my electric HLT. It is going to be an old fermentor... transparent with built in calibration marks. Done
Mash Tun - My mash tun is transparent too. Its a 47L plastic storage box. I have simply marked the side of the tun in 1L increments with permanent marker. Done
The HLT alternative that I nearly went with... a float stick. Get a styrofoam ball and jam a long piece of dowel (or something similar) into it. A bit of hard tubing to use as a guide so it always floats vertically, then you mark it where it exits the guide tube in 1L increments as it floats higher and higher when you fill the tun.
So what else are people using to measure liquid levels? yeah yeah I know - sight glasses - but apart from that?
Eventually my whole brewery will be stainless and I wont get away with the whole being able to see through the vessels thing anymore. Looking for inspiration.
Thirsty