Carboy caps have been highly used in place of regular stoppers for covering carboys in alcoholic beverages packaging. The increasing use of carboys in beverage fermentation has led to the higher usage of carboy caps and adapters for covering beverage containers.
Apart from the use of carboy caps in industrial packaging of beverages such as alcohols, wines, and beers. Carboys with or without stopcock are used in the storage of beverages due to their effectiveness in storing alcoholic beverages. With the use of carboy caps, it becomes possible to prevent the entry of any gaseous content into beverage containers.
The effectiveness of carboy caps in sealing carboys has made them an alternative for plastic or runner stoppers. Carboy caps have two spouts, one of which is used to facilitate a blowoff hose and the other for an airlock. Due to the increasing demand for carboy caps, the sale of these items for homebrewing purposes has been rising at a global level. People involving in homebrewing activity have been shopping for carboy caps for tight covering of alcoholic beverages.
With the use of carboy caps, it is also possible to attach a racking cane directly through the center of the carboy cap. And one can pump their homebrew easily for racking into another container by pressuring with CO2 tank. Orange carboy caps are used for covering 3, 5, and 6-gallon glass or plastic carboys whereas blue carboy caps are suitable for 6.5-gallon glass carboys.