Keggle Boiling Question

Northern Brewer General
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I make 5 gallon batches in a 15.5 gallon keggle. I enjoy not having to worry about boil overs like in my SS turkey pot, but, once I get to boil and tame the burner back to get a nice rolling boil all I see is steam. Anyone have a trick on how to take a peek at the work? (put pennys in the pot but that just lets you know it’s boiling)

Thanks

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Move up to 10 gallon batches? :smiley:

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i put my hand up against the edge of the pot and peek in between my hand and the edge

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I thought that I’d never have boil over problems the first time I used a keg for a 5 gal. batch…lesson learned!

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Thanks for the replies. I’m in the Chicago area and brewed outside today with my new Blichmann burner. With it being 30 deg. outside and high wind it wasn’t a good test for it. Although I tried stirring the wort while chilling with my immersion chiller and I was from boiling to 66 deg in about 10 minutes.

Have always wanted to try a 10 gal batch but my mash tung is 12 gal so may be a challenge.

Mike