Shives (Clear)

Clear shives are single-use plastic cask closures manufactured for use in traditional cask-conditioned beer production. Designed to seal the shive hole in the head of a cask, the larger of the two openings, clear shives provide a secure, airtight closure during filling, conditioning, and storage. The transparent finish gives a clean, neutral appearance suited to operations preferring an uncoloured closure or where a specific colour-coding system is already in place.

Shives are fitted at filling and accept a standard hard or soft spile driven through the centre boss, allowing controlled venting during conditioning and precise management of cask condition prior to dispense. Once the spile is in place, the cask can be vented or sealed as required to achieve the desired level of carbonation in the finished beer.

Clear shives are compatible with standard wooden and plastic casks across all common sizes and are manufactured from food-grade polypropylene. As single-use closures they eliminate the cleaning and inspection requirements associated with reusable shives, reducing cellar labour and the risk of contamination carry-over between fills.