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The whiskey was moved into a small, glass carboy to minimize the effects of oxidation as much as possible.
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Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Courtesy of Akasha Song At its peak, Akasha’s new and improved lab would produce a 5-kilo glass carboy of DMT every three days—as much as a million doses a month.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
Arrive at your campsite with water already filled in a seven-gallon Aqua Tainer, a plastic alternative like a five-gallon glass carboy, or Dometic's three-gallon hard-shell water jug with an optional powered faucet attachment.
—Lauren Matison, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 May 2022
Beneath them sit carboys filled with homemade meads, fruit wines and perry.
—The Economist, 16 Dec. 2017
It can be siphoned to a 5-gallon carboy to allow extra time for clearing if desired, for about 7 days.
—Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 10 July 2017
This milk takes the dubious prize for most additives: guar gum, carboy methyl cellulose, polysorbate 60, citric acid, sodium, sodium metabisulphite.
—Jolene Thym, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2017
To get a sample from a flamingo-dotted pond on the island of Floreana, Venter, Hoffman, and others lugged 13-gallon carboys over a hill to be loaded onto the boat.
—James Shreeve, WIRED, 1 Aug. 2004
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Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Courtesy of Akasha Song At its peak, Akasha’s new and improved lab would produce a 5-kilo glass carboy of DMT every three days—as much as a million doses a month.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
Arrive at your campsite with water already filled in a seven-gallon Aqua Tainer, a plastic alternative like a five-gallon glass carboy, or Dometic's three-gallon hard-shell water jug with an optional powered faucet attachment.
—Lauren Matison, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 May 2022
Beneath them sit carboys filled with homemade meads, fruit wines and perry.
—The Economist, 16 Dec. 2017
It can be siphoned to a 5-gallon carboy to allow extra time for clearing if desired, for about 7 days.
—Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 10 July 2017
This milk takes the dubious prize for most additives: guar gum, carboy methyl cellulose, polysorbate 60, citric acid, sodium, sodium metabisulphite.
—Jolene Thym, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2017
To get a sample from a flamingo-dotted pond on the island of Floreana, Venter, Hoffman, and others lugged 13-gallon carboys over a hill to be loaded onto the boat.
—James Shreeve, WIRED, 1 Aug. 2004
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“Carboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carboy. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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