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<blockquote data-quote="peebee" data-source="post: 1071075" data-attributes="member: 7632">Ah, but in the OP the author is describing himself as a &quot;noob&quot; ... or I take this to mean &quot;make it easy&quot;! What you describes with &quot;I usually find&quot; and &quot;I usually have&quot; doesn't suggest &quot;easy&quot;!I too use a needle valve to vent over-pressure. But have a &quot;bubble counter&quot; attached to easily see and regulate the speed, i.e. if you can't count the bubbles the beer is venting too fast. If the regulators are fixed into a &quot;permanent&quot; installation, the needle valves can be fixed too allowing adhoc venting anytime (I don't trust &quot;spunding&quot; valves and don't believe they work at such low pressures):[ATTACH=full]53699[/ATTACH]A regulator on &quot;cask beer&quot;? My philosophy is use soft spiles if drinking the entire cask in 2 or 3 days, use &quot;breathers&quot; (zero psi(g) regulators) if drinking in 2 to 3 weeks, and use LPG regulators (1/2 to 2 psi(g)) if taking longer than 3 weeks to drink. As it always takes me more than 3 weeks to drink a 20L &quot;cask&quot; (okay, they're Corny kegs, but strictly speaking they aren't kegs either) then I always use LPG regulators for home-brew.BTW, I use 2 bar gauges (like in piccie) to monitor cask pressure (they're cheap!). But it is inconvenient measuring 1-2psi with a 30psi full-scale-deflection gauge. Someone pointed out you can get relatively cheap low pressure gauges: They are for replacing gauges in blood-pressure machines. Must try them soon.[EDIT: Blood pressure gauges read &quot;mm of mercury&quot; or mmHg. Dead easy to convert in your head! Roughly divide by 100 -- shift decimal point left two places -- and double it. So 100mmHg -&gt; 1 -&gt; 2psi. If you must have it precise (yawn) ... 51.7mmHg (at 0C) = 1psi.]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="peebee, post: 1071075, member: 7632"] Ah, but in the OP the author is describing himself as a "noob" ... or I take this to mean "make it easy"! What you describes with "I usually find" and "I usually have" doesn't suggest "easy"! I too use a needle valve to vent over-pressure. But have a "bubble counter" attached to easily see and regulate the speed, i.e. if you can't count the bubbles the beer is venting too fast. If the regulators are fixed into a "permanent" installation, the needle valves can be fixed too allowing adhoc venting anytime (I don't trust "spunding" valves and don't believe they work at such low pressures): [ATTACH type="full" alt="20191108_200206.jpg"]53699[/ATTACH] A regulator on "cask beer"? My philosophy is use soft spiles if drinking the entire cask in 2 or 3 [I]days[/I], use "breathers" (zero psi(g) regulators) if drinking in 2 to 3 [I]weeks[/I], and use LPG regulators (1/2 to 2 psi(g)) if taking longer than 3 weeks to drink. As it always takes me more than 3 weeks to drink a 20L "cask" (okay, they're Corny kegs, but strictly speaking they aren't kegs either) then I always use LPG regulators for home-brew. BTW, I use 2 bar gauges (like in piccie) to monitor cask pressure (they're cheap!). But it is inconvenient measuring 1-2psi with a 30psi full-scale-deflection gauge. Someone pointed out you [I]can[/I] get relatively cheap low pressure gauges: They are for replacing gauges in blood-pressure machines. Must try them soon. [EDIT: Blood pressure gauges read "mm of mercury" or mmHg. Dead easy to convert in your head! Roughly divide by 100 -- shift decimal point left two places -- and double it. So 100mmHg -> 1 -> 2psi. If you must have it precise (yawn) ... 51.7mmHg (at 0C) = 1psi.] [/QUOTE]

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