NateDawg
Member
Hi all,
I'm planning to start controlling the temperature of my beer fermentation with a chest freezer and temperature controller, which has led to a few questions.
I read that active fermentation can cause beer temperatures to increase to 5+ degrees warmer than ambient temps, but I've noticed that may people allow their temperature probes to dangle freely in their freezers/fridges, while others tape them to the side of the fermenter then cover the probe with insulation. I'm assuming it could take a while for a single 5 gallon fermenter to heat up the ambient temperature of a 7 cubic ft freezer, so, would it be a better practice to always tape and insulate the probe? What if I have 2 fermenters in the freezers, both of which have different internal temps? Would you just place the probe anywhere in the freezer and set the the controller temp a few degrees lower than the target temp to offset the increase in temp?
Maybe I'm overthinking all of this an simply placing the probe anywhere in the freezer then setting the controller to target temp is sufficient?
Thanks,
Nate
I'm planning to start controlling the temperature of my beer fermentation with a chest freezer and temperature controller, which has led to a few questions.
I read that active fermentation can cause beer temperatures to increase to 5+ degrees warmer than ambient temps, but I've noticed that may people allow their temperature probes to dangle freely in their freezers/fridges, while others tape them to the side of the fermenter then cover the probe with insulation. I'm assuming it could take a while for a single 5 gallon fermenter to heat up the ambient temperature of a 7 cubic ft freezer, so, would it be a better practice to always tape and insulate the probe? What if I have 2 fermenters in the freezers, both of which have different internal temps? Would you just place the probe anywhere in the freezer and set the the controller temp a few degrees lower than the target temp to offset the increase in temp?
Maybe I'm overthinking all of this an simply placing the probe anywhere in the freezer then setting the controller to target temp is sufficient?
Thanks,
Nate