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The lid is 2-piece--the handle/cage is snapped into the lid proper. The lid seals with a lip seal, I think. It comes with carb caps and a floating dip tube. The prv is green, for some reason. I think it's 30 or 35 psi, just like the one on the fermzilla (which is red).

It looks like the bottom is hemispherical and the black (nylon?) base is glued on.

I wonder what this conversation would be like if it were happening in a different era. Drunkards will not inherit the kingdom of heaven--this is black and white. But where is the line that separates a drinker from a drunkard? That's a moral question that only exists within a Christian context...

These are on sale at Morebeer for $28, I think. I could not stand it. Review to follow....

Well, I couldn't stand it. I bought a Chinese 5psi adjustable regulator like the one I linked above. The Inlet fitting came out without trouble and it is threaded 1/4npt. The outlet has some kind of nipple cast as one piece with the body and the hose crimps over that. The easy way to go would...

Yeah. And mind the point he helpfully brought up about putting this downstream off your main regulator so it doesn't see too much Inlet pressure. Teflon tape on those threads and check every connection for leaks (I like foaming handsoap for this) before walking away from it. And don't forget...

I don't know about these particular regulators, but in general, diaphragm gas regulators (of which these are cheap commercial examples) are accurate to within a percentage of their setting, at or above a percentage of their max setting. So you want one that maxes out at a low number so it will...

I have been planning to build one, but putting it off. I think the way to do it is use an adjustable reg that maxes out fairly low--I've seen them in hardware stores and Amazon that top out at 10psi. They all have a red knob. I am pretty sure they have 1/8 and 1/4 npt ports, since they all seem...

I've seen a lot of talk about how clean (the current incarnation of) s-04 is, but I tasted one of my recent beers along with an old bottle of a previous version of the same ale fermented with A-09 and found them surprisingly similar, although noticeably different. The A-09 was fruitier...

I also just brewed 2 beers with S-04 for the first time in years. Both cleared significantly on the third day. Both tasted downright sour a few days later, when I am accustomed to (normal) highly flocculant English yeast being done. Both lost the sourness, along with about one gravity point...

Last year I came back from an eleven-year break. You'll be beer then you ever were after a half dozen batches.

Here's a glass of the ale I mentioned above (the latest in a series): 1.042/1.006 (85% AA) 60% Ashburne Mild malt 20% US pilsner 20% white sugar 34 IBU of Cluster at 45 minutes S-04, second pitch, fermentation started at about 69, raised to 72 when krausen subsided on day 2 carbed to 3 vol...

Thanks for sounding the alarm. Saved me a bundle over the next year and change.

I just got another one with ashburne mild in the fermenter. It's one more in a series--I'm working toward a sparkling ale suitable to fill the place ice-cold light American lager holds in the Southern summer. I was told by a more experienced brewer that I was on the track of what the bjcp calls...

I like it with cluster hops and a fruity yeast, so far. You might get more body than you want if you use it alone. I would at least use a high percentage of sugar, if not a fraction of adjunct+something with more dp. On the other hand, a SMASH will be informative even if not the most balanced...