punk_rockin2001
Well-Known Member
Over the last 3 days I've become slightly obsessed w/my thermometers for some reason and have read waaaayyyyyy too much about them. I've read all about Thermapens, CDN proaccurates, flukes, taylors, thermistors, thermocouples, probe speed, traceability, accuracy, repeatabilty, etc.
Then I started to think that the only places that temp is really critical is sparge temp, mash temp, and fermentation temp. Now any decent thermometer will have an accuracy of +or- 2 degrees, and the more expensive ones have slightly better specs. So in a worst case scenario my thermometer is reading 152 instead of 150 in my mash..... so what?!?! I don't measure my water down to the ml, and I don't measure my grain out to the tenths of oz, and when I hop the more the merrier! I don't ask my yeasts exactly how many billion cells are present, or send my hops out to make sure they have exactly 7.8578% AA.
So after much deliberation I've decided its time to just sit back and have a home brew. With all things considered I just don't think worrying about whether the decimal point on my temp reading is correct, is worth the effort.
Edit: Do you agree that being within a temp range of +/-2 degrees is just fine for beer?
Then I started to think that the only places that temp is really critical is sparge temp, mash temp, and fermentation temp. Now any decent thermometer will have an accuracy of +or- 2 degrees, and the more expensive ones have slightly better specs. So in a worst case scenario my thermometer is reading 152 instead of 150 in my mash..... so what?!?! I don't measure my water down to the ml, and I don't measure my grain out to the tenths of oz, and when I hop the more the merrier! I don't ask my yeasts exactly how many billion cells are present, or send my hops out to make sure they have exactly 7.8578% AA.
So after much deliberation I've decided its time to just sit back and have a home brew. With all things considered I just don't think worrying about whether the decimal point on my temp reading is correct, is worth the effort.
Edit: Do you agree that being within a temp range of +/-2 degrees is just fine for beer?