Casks - 9 Gal Firkins and 4.5 Gal Pins
The world's best selling plastic casks are a robust, lightweight and economical alternative to traditional stainless steel casks and are cleverly designed to be stackable. The use of plastic also translates to very a significant reduction in noise levels versus steel casks, from typical handling activities.
Why Brewing with Plastic Casks is better .... ?
The World’s Best Selling Plastic Casks For Real Ale
Brewery Plastics Ltd. (formerly CypherCo Ltd) have been building plastic casks since 2003, and have supplied more plastic casks than any other company in the world.
Real Life Cost
As little as 1/3rd the price of stainless steel and a much reduced occurance of casks being stolen
No Taste Difference
Independent tests prove there is no taste difference between our plastic casks and stainless casks; our plastic casks work as fantastic oxygen permeability barriers
40% Lighter than stainless steel equivalent
Save money on shipping costs, increasing vehicle payloads and making cask handling easier; all whilst being better for the environment
Low Risk of Theft
Greatly reduce the risk of theft. No scrap value
Choose your own colours
Make cask repatriation simple and increase your brand awareness. 3 colour combination gives numerous denominations.
Ownership Identification
External wear resistant laser marking
Patented Construction
Liquid shell uses the poly-tech 50 weld process. This is a patented process, unique to Brewery Plastics Ltd.
Stackable
Casks stack seamlessly with each other, without the requirement for pallets!
Made in UK
Can be collected or despatched from our manufacturing facility in Droitwich, Worcestershire, UK. Also available via our operations in the USA.
Standard fittings
Use industry standard fitting method for keystones & shives, no need to use special expensive fittings or tooling
Same height & width as most metal casks
Slot our plastic casks seamlessly into existing metal cask population
No Denting/Volume Loss
No risk of dents reducing internal volume over time
