DIY Sight glass for mash tun

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Just sharing this in case it's of interest to anyone...

When I'm fly sparging I try to keep the liquor just above the top of the grain but sometimes it's a bit difficult to see the level.
Yesterday I improvised a sight glass by tee'ing off a bit of clear tubing from the outlet - worked pretty well so I shall probably tidy this up and make it a permanent part of the kit.

Photo's a bit pants I'm afraid, but you can probably just about see the fluid level at the point where I am pointing. I put a clothes-peg on the pipe at that level to give me a quick visual reference :-)

 

[crowcrow]

Nice! I was moving beer between kegs at the weekend (after my 2nd pressure fermented lager was ready - whoop) and was left with no idea how much was in the kegs - will have to try something like this. In the end I just waited...

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Nice! I was moving beer between kegs at the weekend (after my 2nd pressure fermented lager was ready - whoop) and was left with no idea how much was in the kegs - will have to try something like this. In the end I just waited...

I think it might be tricky with a keg unless it had a bottom tap - generally with kegs I use the platform scales