| 1. | The soft spile in the shive allows gas to vent off.
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| 2. | This can be seen by the bubbles foaming around the spile.
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| 3. | Similarly, the shive hole may be sealed with a spile.
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| 4. | Plastic pegs intended for sealing shives are occasionally used as hard spiles.
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| 5. | Moss Kent Dickinson established the Canada Bung, Plug and Spile Factory in 1875.
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| 6. | The shive with the spile will then be the highest point on the cask.
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| 7. | Rennie filled the tiny hole with a small wooden peg, known as a spile.
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| 8. | Hollowed elderberry twigs have traditionally been used as spiles to tap maple trees for syrup.
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| 9. | Two kinds of spile are available.
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| 10. | During service, the spile must be removed to allow air in to replace the beer drawn off.
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