How do you measure your liquer?

[Andyhull]

Hi all,
How do you measure your water into your HLT?
Do you:-

1, Calibrate and mark the HLT
2, Use a jug and add the water to the HLT
3, None of those but something wonderful and amazing

If 1, i may have a problem as my HLT/boiler isn't see through as it's a blue barrel!

Thanks
Andy

 

[calumscott]

You can use #1 with a blue barrel, you just need to fit a sight glass and mark that up with your measured quantities.

 

[Springer]

Sight tube suitable calibrated as calum says, or for something really simple how about a dip stick.
S

 

[Andyhull]

You can use #1 with a blue barrel, you just need to fit a sight glass and mark that up with your measured quantities.

Yeh, i thought that Calum.
Didn't know if anyone knew of any cheap inline flowmetres.
Ahh, more work needed before i make my first brew, i'll have to look into whats needed.

Thanks

 

[calumscott]

Short term though...

...you could:

1 - lob water in your HLT.
2 - drain. That's your deadspace accounted for.
3 - use other calibrated bucket to add water to HLT giving you the right amount for your brew.

As to how to get the right mash volume OUT of the HLT - that's a totally different question...

...dipstick sounds like not a bad answer TBH.

 

[Springer]

Mine is calibrated, one side for the mash tun the other for the boiler
They work from the top edge of the vessel, i.e, you just touch the top of the liquid to get your reading .
S

 

[Andyhull]

Hmmmmm,

This is becomming more and more confusing. :lol:
What type of fitting did/do you use to attach the sight glass?
I've been looking on Screwfix and they have male 1/2" with flange to female compression 15mm but i think 15mm is too big to take the glass!

 

[johnnyboy1965]

I use a set of bathroom scales

 

[31bb3]

I use a piece of stainless with notces marked every 2 litres of liquor

 

[Springer]

Dip sticks aren't confusing. :lol:
For sight glasses I think you are about there, a 90 degree tank connectors with either a 15mm push fit or compression, bit of ptfe onto a polycarbonate tube works well, can be open top or fed back in.
The onestop plastic shop do tube but its in 2 metre lengths and after postage the price adds up, someone needs to buy some and sell it on, which is what I did when I did mine.
S

 

[Andyhull]

I use a set of bathroom scales

Ahhh,
What a fantastic idea.
Dead acurate too, many thanks Jonnyboy. :clap: :

 

[calumscott]

I use a set of bathroom scales

Ahhh,
What a fantastic idea.
Dead acurate too, many thanks Jonnyboy. :clap: :

...and that's how I'll be callibrating mine! :clap:

 

[Andyhull]

You see, i knew there would be a number 3 that i was unaware of.
Fantastic. : :drink:

 

[The Goatreich]

I fill my HLT/boiler as to the top (it's only a 30l), then when it comes measuring the quantities out for mashing and batch sparging I use a one litre jug and fill the mash tun one litre at a time. It's time consuming and very frustrating, but I can't really see a better way given what I've got.

 

[johnnyboy1965]

Make sure you calibrate your scales regulary, because my wife has a strange habit of adjusting them....I cannot understand why she does this, maybe its beacause Im just a man. On the good side I now come in at a healthy 12 1/2 sone as opposed to the 16 1/2 that I really am.

 

[calumscott]

Make sure you calibrate your scales regulary, because my wife has a strange habit of adjusting them....I cannot understand why she does this, maybe its beacause Im just a man. On the good side I now come in at a healthy 12 1/2 sone as opposed to the 16 1/2 that I really am.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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