so we have two thermowells on our 4bbl conicals, one in the lower area of the cone and one at the upper edge of the cone. the lager yeasts we use will throw up a good size krauzen, so i assumed this was the spot with the most activity and put the probe in the upper thermowell. (we've been doing 2-2.5bbl batches while we work out the kinks)
after a few very slow starts and some gravity samples that were a good 3-5 degrees lower than the probe reading, im wondering if i should reverse course and use the lower thermowell that's closer to the cone bottom for the temp probe.
i know that "bottom fermenting" isnt a true depiction of lager yeast, as evidenced by nice big krauzen heads. but our strains do tend to floc pretty well, so im wondering if more of the activity is happening closer to the cone bottom where the floccs settle? should i be more concerned with getting a good reading of whats down in the cone? worry less about the floaters in the krauzen?
after a few very slow starts and some gravity samples that were a good 3-5 degrees lower than the probe reading, im wondering if i should reverse course and use the lower thermowell that's closer to the cone bottom for the temp probe.
i know that "bottom fermenting" isnt a true depiction of lager yeast, as evidenced by nice big krauzen heads. but our strains do tend to floc pretty well, so im wondering if more of the activity is happening closer to the cone bottom where the floccs settle? should i be more concerned with getting a good reading of whats down in the cone? worry less about the floaters in the krauzen?
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