Hoppopotomus
Cedar Hollow Brewing
Great point. I may just go the same route as you and switch over to carboys. I have a couple of 5 gallon carboys for secondary, but will need to get my hands on some 6 1/2 gallon ones for primaries. I have had great luck with taping/insulating the probe to my kegs in the keezer, so I wouldn't mind just sticking with that approach. If I were to tape the probe to the outside of an Ale Pale and cover with insulation, would it give me an accurate representation of internal temperature? I just assumed that the plastic may not conduct the temp. to the probe like glass or stainless steel. Am I way off base on this? If that would work, I would prefer to keep using Ale Pales, as I have 5 of them and would rather spend the money on keg conversion components as opposed to carboys. Anyone that would like to chime in....I'm open to suggestions. Thanks!