Screw cap for 6.5 gallon carboy?

ddlr25 · Feb 24, 2012

Does anyone know where I can get a screw cap for a 6.5 gallon carboy? After searching the web for awhile I found this: http://www.stompthemgrapes.com/Buckets_and_Carboys-Screw_Cap_for_6_5_Gallon_Carboy.html

Apparently they no longer carry this item, but this was the only reference I have found for it. Surely there has to be more out there?

I want to use this cap and then install a hose barb in it to hook up a blow off tube.

homebeerbrewer · Feb 24, 2012

Subscribed, I'm interested too.

day_trippr · Feb 24, 2012

fwiw, 1" ID vinyl tubing fits tight inside the carboy neck, you don't need any kind of restrictive cap, and you end up with something with a very low probability of clogging...

Cheers!

cjang · Feb 24, 2012

I love my caps. I can put a 1/2 gallon or starsan into my carboys, cap and shake it to sanitize and just leave it there until I need to use it. Seals great and I don't have to deal with annoying stoppers. I got mine from home brew mart in San Diego about 5 years ago. They don't list it on their website any more but you might want to shoot them an email to check.

day_trippr · Feb 24, 2012

Again fwiw, Universal Carboy Bungs work great and won't accidentally drop inside the carboy.

You can get them solid or drilled. I use the drilled version for fermentation locks, but if I want to "seal and swish" some Star San around inside, or store a carboy between use, I trap a sandwich bag in the neck with the drilled bung. Works just fine...

Cheers!

horseinmay · Feb 24, 2012

None of the carboys I have seen have threads on them.

homebeerbrewer · Feb 24, 2012

The 6 1/2 carboys do have threads.

I have one cap, but two carboys. I figured that if the OP finds a source, I'd buy another cap. Otherwise, the other suggestions work.

ddlr25 · Feb 24, 2012

I sent an email to Stomp Them Grapes asking for a source. I'll update the thread with my findings.

Gregscsu · Feb 24, 2012

The only screw on cap I have for my acid carboy came with the carboy in 1966, the year that my carboy was made.

gr84x4 · Feb 24, 2012

They say for a 5 gallon, however would they work on a 6.5?

http://www.buckmansinc.com/store/search.aspx?search=cap

http://www.buckmansinc.com/store/Replacement-Acid-Carboy-Caps-CAP-5-Acid-O4I_95.aspx

day_trippr · Feb 24, 2012

homebeerbrewer said:
The 6 1/2 carboys do have threads.[...]

I have four 6.5g carboys and none of them have threads. All were made in Italy. I've actually never seen a 5, 6 or 6.5g glass carboy with threads...

Cheers!

JoeyChopps · Feb 24, 2012

I have 2 6.5s with threads and one cap left from the guy I got them from

tealio · Feb 24, 2012

Homebrew HQ in Dallas has had a bin of them on clearance for as long as I have been brewing..$1.99.

I'm sure you could get them to ship them for cheap.

I have like 6 of them. Sorry no extras.

ddlr25 · Mar 22, 2012

tealio said:
Homebrew HQ in Dallas has had a bin of them on clearance for as long as I have been brewing..$1.99.

I'm sure you could get them to ship them for cheap.

I have like 6 of them. Sorry no extras.

Thank's tealio! I contacted HQ in Dallas and they shipped me 5 screw on caps for $20.00. Not bad considering this was the only place I could find them.

Huaco · Mar 22, 2012

I think the threaded carboys originally contained hazardous chemicals. They had to be sealed up better than just a rubber stopper in chemical labs...

Irrenarzt · Apr 11, 2013

Homebrew HQ in Dallas no longer has any in stock. To the ****** who called in and bought the rest of the remaining stock, go suck it. I only wanted 3.

Phishfinder · Apr 18, 2016

Bump a dee bump dump doo.

Anyone solve the threaded 6.5 screw top puzzle. I had one.... Lost it. Any info would be appreciated

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