I have 2 fermentors, one is a carboy and the other is a plastic bucket. What is the most accurate, but relatively easy, way to monitor the temperature of the beer as it is fermenting? I currently have my bucket in a tub with water and a towel and fan arrangement to fight the heat but I am flying blind as to the actual fermentation temperature. The bucket has the plastic thermometer strip on it but it is wrapped by the wet towel and when I remove the towel to look at it several of the numbers are lighter, and not just numbers next to each other. I wonder if I destroyed the strip somehow. I think I read that the strips are not very accurate in terms of the actual wort/beer temperature.
Any thoughts? This will impact how I deal with temperature control in the future because, i.e. SOFC vs. Mini-fridge vs. Low-tech Lagering.
Any thoughts? This will impact how I deal with temperature control in the future because, i.e. SOFC vs. Mini-fridge vs. Low-tech Lagering.