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[[File:Cork mushroom.jpg|thumb|[https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1676883129006561/ Colin Burton shows mushrooming a cork with a bench capper after inserting the cork with a floor corker.]]]
Corking and caging can be used for both champagne-type bottles and the brown glass 'fat-lipped' Belgian bottles, both of which are generally thicker glass and rated for higher CO2 pressure. Generally corking and caging is used for bottles with 29 mm openings, though some have cork and cage finished bottles with 26 mm openings. Make sure your bottle type can take corks before using it.[https://www.corklink.com/index.php/agglomeratdor-natural-corks/ Agglomerated type corks] are generally used when corking and caging.
Corking and caging does require some more special equipment. Most wine corkers are designed to push the cork all the way into the bottle, which is not what you want. Brewers will at least want a [[Floor Corker|floor corker]] for standard wine bottling. These corkers are designed to push the cork entirely into the bottle but they can be modified/adjusted to control the cork depth and leave some cork protruding from the bottle, which is necessary for caging. Bench corkers such as the Colonna capper/corker work as well. Champagne floor corkers are available and make the task of partly rather than fully inserting corks easier, though they are more expensive. It is difficult to control the exact depth of the cork with a two arm corker, and we do not recommend this for corking and caging.
* [[Floor Corker]] (small brewers and homebrewers) or [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8QAQdSXC3U Colonna Corker Capper].
* [http://www.thevintnervault.com/product/3771/Rapid-Floor-Corker-%2815%29.html Rapid 15 Floor Corker (wine corks only?).]
* [https://www.tcwequipment.com/products/rapid-56-manual-floor-corker?taxon_id=5 Rapid 56 manual floor corker.]
* [http://www.thevintnervault.com/product/4117/Champagne-Corker-Rapid-49.html Champagne Corker Rapid 49 for small commercial producers]. The bottle seats would have to be changed out though ([https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1324183294276548/?comment_id=1324294004265477&reply_comment_id=1413971871964356&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D see Jeff Porn's comments here on MTF]. Reportedly doesn't last any longer than the cheaper italian floor corker <ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1657711040923770/?comment_id=1658593247502216&reply_comment_id=1658820667479474&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D Bob Sylvester. Milk The Funk Facebook group. 04/20/2017.]</ref>. (~$4,000)
* [https://www.gwkent.com/champagne-corking-caging-machine.html GW Kent Automated Champagne Corker/Cager] <ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1657711040923770/?comment_id=1658593247502216&reply_comment_id=1658781814150026&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D Levi Funk. Milk The Funk Facebook group. 04/20/2017.]</ref>.
* [https://www.gwkent.com/pneumatic-pro-liner-corker.html GW Kent Pneumatic Pro Liner Corker.] ([https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/4071568982871285/?comment_id=4072005559494294&reply_comment_id=4074602419234608 Sean Spiller's feedback using this at Jester King)]
* [http://www.thevintnervault.com/category/517/Corkers.html Various other electric/semi-automated corkers (Vintner Vault).]
* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/2185368601491342/ MTF thread comparing semi-automatic corker/cagers from Criveller, Enolta, MEP, and Cannellitech.]
===Corks===
Look for agglomerated corks if using cages rather than caps.
* [http://www.g3order.com/diam-ref-beer-cork-25-5x44mm/ G3 25.5x44 (bulk).].
* [https://bsgcraftbrewing.com/beer-cork-44x255mm-1000-count BSG Craft Brewing; 25.5x44 (bulk).]
* [https://www.amorimca.com/products Amorimca corks (bulk).]
* [http://www.portocork.com/products/ Portocork.] Recommended by Mitch Ermatinger and Mike Karnowski; does printed branding <ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1628433647184843/?comment_id=1628475047180703&reply_comment_id=1628499457178262&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R9%22%7D Ermatinger, Mitch. Milk The Funk Facebook group. 03/27/2017.]</ref>. Contact to receive information for exact cork size needed for any given bottle format.
* [https://www.google.com/search?q=beer+cork+25.5&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 Homebrew sources on Google for 25.5x44.]