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I was envisioning something like a dryer vent cap - http://www.luxurymetals.com/Stainless_wall_ventcap.3.jpg - except that you would attach it to the hood so that it only covered a portion of the left side of the duct. The idea is to direct some of the low pressure area to the spot where the...

Based on where the condensation is forming (only near the duct but not lower down on the hood), it appears that it may be the result of where the air is flowing, rather than how much air is flowing. There is probably a pocket of relatively stagnant/swirling air in that location. (Consider that...

Just in case the lines you are using are 3/16" as intended, I'll share my experience... In my basement beer fridge, I use cobra taps with short (6' or less) lines and kegs set at 10-12 psi and I don't encounter this issue. So I doubt its the cobra taps (especially since you are aware that...

One thing to consider is that, if you lay the bottles on their side while they are carbonating, you will end up with sediment on the side of the bottle, which may make the beer difficult to decant, later.

You can bottle directly to a growler, I've done it with success. The twist caps can hold the pressure, but you'd be better off with plastic caps that have plastic liners, like these...

What you should do depends on how far along the fermentation is, which will require taking a gravity sample. I suspect that since it fermented for a few days at the higher end of the temperature range it is nearly complete. If you confirm that to be the case with a gravity reading, you would...

This is normal. It is likely that your regulator is self-relieving on the low pressure side, as most beverage regulators are. In other words, they are designed to vent excess low-side pressure when the low-side pressure setting is reduced. If you look closely, you will likely see a hole in...

This is a long-shot, but it happened to me with a brand new keg.... Take a look inside your diptube for rust. I had one that looked fine on the outside, but somehow rusted on the inside. Beer drawn out of the keg had a metallic taste. Luckily, the beer in the keg wasn't ruined and swapping...

Check to make sure that the seal between the diptube and the beer-out post is good (the post on the keg, not the disconnect). If the o-ring isn't seated correctly (due to a deformation in the flange on the diptube, or crooked/incomplete mounting) CO2 from the headspace in the keg will mix with...

It would be best to add some yeast nutrient (in an amount roughly equivalent to what is required for wine). That will help speed up the fermentation and help to prevent any off-flavors.

+1 on the heating pad. I use these: Sunbeam 756-500 ($10.44 on Amazon). I put the temp sensor on one side of the fermentor, insulated with bubble wrap, and I stretch wrap the heating pad to the other side of the fermentor. (The thought on putting it on the side is that it makes 100% contact...

I converted my burners to natural gas by making my own orifices. It is fairly easy: (1) find a brass nipple at the hardware store that fits your burner (how you connect that to your gas source is up to you, i used a small ball valve (supply line - valve - nipple - burner); (2) flux the inside...

Since you have everything, including the tank, in the keezer, one quick check you can do to see if you have a leak (but not pinpoint it) is to open the keezer slowly in the morning and take a whiff of the air inside. CO2 has a very particular smell/feel to it. (If you don't know what I'm...

This sounds similar to a problem I had recently. I dry hopped a session IPA I was bringing to a New Year's party in the keg with 4oz of Citra pellets in a hop bag attached to the lid. I think I added the hops on December 27th. Since I was tight on time, I was tasting the beer almost...

You can do this. (Indeed, certain very large breweries brew their beer stronger than desired then dilute to package.) There are (at least) a couple things to keep in mind. First, diluting to get to the gravity you want will also dilute the hop character, etc. When done purposefully, the...

The hydrometer does measure the corn sugar in solution. Have you taken a hydrometer reading prior to adding the sugar to see if your extracting the amount of sugars from the grain that Beersmith assumes you will? I suspect that this phenomenon may be due to your mash/lauter efficiency being...

The measurement "error" would not work the same with the hydrometer, because it measures the density of the solution, not the refractive index. Indeed, the error works the opposite way with the hydrometer; i.e., it reads lower than the actual sugar content; because alcohol is less dense than...

As previously noted, the reason for the discrepancy is the alcohol in the solution; however, it is your refractometer that is giving you the (most) "flawed" reading. The refractometer measures the refractive index of the solution. More sugar = higher refractive index = higher brix reading...

Maltose Express is a great LHBS (Monroe) and sells everything online. http://www.maltosecart.com/

The switch is wired incorrectly. This is a link to a diagram on how to wire a single pole switch. http://ask-the-electrician.com/singlepoleswitchdiagram.html In the switch box, the neutrals get directly connected, the hots get connected to the switch, one on each end. It's running in the...