Louz
Well-Known Member
I had a little difficulty at the end of brew day trying to accurately measure my carboy temp.
Transfered brew to carboy after cooling and added about a gallon of water to reach 5 gallons.
I capped it off and gently turned it upside down a few times to try and mix the water and temps to get an accurate OG reading. After I was happy with that, I hooked up my cap, thermowell, and inkbird probe... but I noticed there was about a 7 degree difference from the cooler outer couple inches of the carboy to a much warmer center. The deeper into the center I went with the probe the warmer it got. (this sounds extremely nasty, I know.)
But I was wondering for those of you who have a similar temp monitoring method, how do you deal with these temp differences. And how deep do you keep your probe throughout fermentation. (grow up pervs.)
Transfered brew to carboy after cooling and added about a gallon of water to reach 5 gallons.
I capped it off and gently turned it upside down a few times to try and mix the water and temps to get an accurate OG reading. After I was happy with that, I hooked up my cap, thermowell, and inkbird probe... but I noticed there was about a 7 degree difference from the cooler outer couple inches of the carboy to a much warmer center. The deeper into the center I went with the probe the warmer it got. (this sounds extremely nasty, I know.)
But I was wondering for those of you who have a similar temp monitoring method, how do you deal with these temp differences. And how deep do you keep your probe throughout fermentation. (grow up pervs.)
