cask

as in barrel
an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages casks of wine that had been in the castle for many years

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Recent Examples of cask This one is a blended malt whisky aged in first-fill sherry casks that’s proven to be a particular hit in Asian markets. Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025 But WhistlePig has characteristically taken the project to another level with a cask finish that seems to have been inspired by the Liquid Death brand name. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 18 June 2025 This high-proof G4 expression offers bold agave and spice at cask strength. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025 This rum spent its entire four years aging in French oak Cognac casks, which was the result of a bit of synergy: The barrels came from Rémy Martin, and both that Cognac house and Mount Gay are owned by drinks company Rémy Cointreau. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for cask
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Noun
  • Single Barrel is self-explanatory; the whiskey is from one single barrel and, as such, can vary between bottlings.
    Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
  • The law had imposed a $200 tax on machine guns and shotguns and rifles with barrels shorter than 18 inches, and also required the federal registration of these types of firearms.
    Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • On his triumphant 10-day journey on the canal from Buffalo to New York City, when the Seneca Chief reached New York Harbor, Clinton poured a keg of water from Lake Erie into the Atlantic Ocean, symbolizing a union of two major bodies of water.
    David Moin, Footwear News, 28 June 2025
  • The uranium can be stored in containers that are the size of a keg or a scuba tank, says Corey Hinderstein, vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
    Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 26 June 2025
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  • According to the distillery, the whisky was initially matured in a combination of European oak butts and American oak hogsheads, and then finished for more than four years in Oloroso and Palo Cortado sherry casks that were sourced from Andalusia, where the Spanish city of Jerez is located.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 22 June 2025
  • Oban 15 Cask Strength Sherry Cask Finish is a new, limited-edition Highland single malt that spends the majority of its life across a combination of European oak butts and American oak hogsheads.
    David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025

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