True Brew Floating Thermometer

by Monster Brew Home Brewing Supplies

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B003X4AL18
• Average Customer Review: 1.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #52,255 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

This floating thermometer is 8.25 inches tall and features a dual scale, with a range from -5 - 220deg F.(-23-104degC)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This item needs a redesign to avoid breaking in your pot., September 14, 2010

By 

Bracken MacLeod "An Adversary" (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: True Brew Floating Thermometer

I've been searching for a good thermometer for home brewing for some time. When we found the True Brew floating thermometer it seemed like the solution to the shortcomings of other thermometers. The temperature range is within what I need for beer brewing (unlike many candy thermometers which are designed for much hotter cooking) and it floats in the wort taking a constant temperature. Sadly, this was not the solution we had hoped.

Although the floating feature is nice, I found that the reading is often inaccurate as the weighted end sinks the tip of the thermometer down to the bottom of our stock pot where the range top sent the reading higher than the actual temperature in the heart of the pot. This was easily remedied by balancing the thermometer on the grain bag while it steeps.

Unfortunately -- and more importantly -- the thermometer is also apparently prone to *breaking*. During my most recent brewing session, the temperature in the pot reached 170° and the tip of the thermometer broke, spilling glass and steel shot (the weight that pulls the end down) into my wort. Looking up the problem online, it seems to have happened to a number of different people under similar circumstances. Fortunately, the alcohol (not mercury) *thermometer* portion remained intact, and it was only the shell casing (that enables the device to float) that broke. Sadly, that's enough to pollute whatever you're cooking with glass and shot.

We called a friend who runs a brew supply store and he assured us that his distributor tells him that the contents of the thermometer are completely non-toxic, but it's still unacceptable that a cooking thermometer (or its casing) would be so fragile as to break at a temperature in the *middle* of its reading range.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Broke in wort- unacceptable, January 21, 2011

By 

Elizabeth Bufkin - See all my reviews

This review is from: True Brew Floating Thermometer

Broke in my wort with minor contact to side of brew kettle. It's glass to I understood it needed to be handled carefully, but this is ridiculous. I did a lot of online research following the incident to make sure there was nothing toxic possibly existing in my beer, and discovered that this has happened to A LOT of people. The floating feature is not really a benefit over a normal thermometer as it has to be hand held in order to keep it from touching anything and shattering in your wort. Not a good buy.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars do not buy, January 9, 2012

By 

Icarus - See all my reviews

This review is from: True Brew Floating Thermometer

this is a waste of money. this thermometer is too fragile. barely taped the bottom of my car boy and broke spilling steel pellets and glass in to my beer. do not buy!