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Put this in the lessons learned category. I brewed yesterday. Didn’t finish till late and my wort was too warm to pitch the yeast yet. I want 66 F and it was still about 80 F. I have a chest freezer on an Inkbird I use for cold crashing and bottle storage. It’s set at 38 F. I made room to put the fermenter in there and put a thermowell and the probe in the fermenter and set the temp setpoint to 66 F. I went to bed to deal with it in the morning. Got up and the fermenter was down to 56 F. WTF.
After thinking on it for a while I finally figured it out. The Inkbird didn’t malfunction. It was all of the stuff I had in there that was already at 38 F acting like a big heat sink. Doh. By morning everything had reached an equilibrium at 56 F. Had to take the fermenter out to let it warm at room temp and took everything else out as well. It’s about 64 F now. Warm enough to pitch and let it warm on its own.
After thinking on it for a while I finally figured it out. The Inkbird didn’t malfunction. It was all of the stuff I had in there that was already at 38 F acting like a big heat sink. Doh. By morning everything had reached an equilibrium at 56 F. Had to take the fermenter out to let it warm at room temp and took everything else out as well. It’s about 64 F now. Warm enough to pitch and let it warm on its own.