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Recent Examples of caskBecause of Ammunition's origins, its bourbons are finished in wine casks.—Peter Burke, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025 There have been new age statements expressions (and rumors of even older ones to come), single malts, and various blends and cask finishes, but the best category the distillery has been releasing is rye whiskey—and the latest limited-edition release is proof of this.—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2025 These main roots relate to the 10 casks chosen back in 2008.—Mark Littler, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025 The Warren family bought the defunct plantation and its triple-gable Jacobean mansion in 2006 and uses sugarcane syrup from stalks grown on the property to make its award-winning rums, aged in bourbon casks from Kentucky.—Patrick Scott, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cask
Coffee and chocolate notes fuse with vanilla oak flavors from the barrel aging process for an intense and memorable drinking experience.
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Erik Ofgang,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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It was aged for the majority of those years in refill hogsheads and butts, and then finished for more than a year in Oloroso sherry casks.
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Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
28 Oct. 2024
The younger is the superior whisky (although both are excellent), aged for nearly 20 years in American oak ex-bourbon barrels and hogsheads and bottled at a strong 57.6 percent ABV.
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