Erudoph wrote:Seems like you ought to be able to rent a Scace/Fluke rig.

Espressoparts has been talking about that for a few years (Could I borrow or rent your thermofilter? and more recently Anyone renting a Scace thermofilter?). If you have the funds and they're available, why not, but it's not a necessity. I managed to research and write How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love HXs with a Styrofoam cup, digital stick thermometer, and a cheap thermocouple/thermometer setup for over-the-lip measurements. See Seeking low tech way to measure brew temperature for other budget-friendly albeit somewhat dated suggestions.

Thanks for all the responses!!

UPDATE: See For rent: Scace thermofilter and Fluke 54-II thermometer.

thanks dan, i've already sent off an email....

JimG wrote: Here's a table and a graph that might help.

You misspelled 'solve all of your t-couple issues'.

Thanks, this will be very handy.