It's a luxury, but I love mine. I trust its accuracy, and I use it for more than beer. It's great for checking meat, my keezer temp, water off the boil when my tea has to be just so...
Just kidding, I rarely drink tea. I drink beer! But my nephew is an anglophile and he uses his thermapen (which I bought him) to get his tea just as a Brit would have it.
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Yes! Super fast and accurate.
Bought mine 4 years ago so it's coming up on a $20 per year investment which will only keep dropping. Used it last night for the emergency mash for starter wort and again tonight to check the internal temperature of the Bacon/Blue cheese coma loaf Jody made for me. Each accurate reading took less than 3 seconds. Have been thinking of getting about getting one of the new ones for brewing and leaving the old one in the kitchen.
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Le Petite Saison
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A Toast to Big Fuzzy Russian Imperial Stout at 10%
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Flower Power IPA
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One Wort Two Yeast with Wyeast 2206
One Wort Two Yeast with WLP940
Shipwreck Saison
I have another brand that is cheaper, maybe $20. It reads accurately, and takes 5-6 seconds. The thermapen is faster, but the extra time doesn't add up to a minute on brew-day, and I saved $60-80. Check Amazon, there are many options.
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John Sand wrote:I have another brand that is cheaper, maybe $20. It reads accurately, and takes 5-6 seconds. The thermapen is faster, but the extra time doesn't add up to a minute on brew-day, and I saved $60-80. Check Amazon, there are many options.
I've had this one for years. Accurate, water-resistant, reading in 6 seconds - very happy with it.
Yazoo Sue Smoked Porter
Octoberfest
Le Petite Saison
Czech Pale Lager
A Toast to Big Fuzzy Russian Imperial Stout at 10%
Belgian Blond
Flower Power IPA
4 Kilts Clueless Belgian Strong
One Wort Two Yeast with Wyeast 2206
One Wort Two Yeast with WLP940
Shipwreck Saison
I thought about using it for my BBQ/smoker but I'm keeping this for use only with my brewing. I have a wireless probe and display thermometer for my smoker and since I put it in well before the temp gets close to being done I don't need the super quick readout.
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