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 triple cask aging imparts a layered, complex character to the whiskey. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025 One of their unique creations, the Marsala Cask expression, showcases their innovative cask finishes. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025 According to the distillery, this is truly a small batch release—just three casks were married together yielding 800 bottles. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2025 The whisky was matured in two refill casks for more than half a century before bottling, one of which was slightly higher in proof than the other allowing each to contribute its own flavor characteristics. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cask
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Noun
  • The San Francisco-area plant that Valero plans to shut by April 2026 can process 145,000 barrels of oil a day.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
  • As if things weren’t complicated enough, they are forced to work together when a hurricane barrels toward the hospital, which then goes into lockdown.
    Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Your showrunners had foreshadowed Nat’s death in the pilot, with Misty appearing as a vision at the keg party.
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The only thing shocking about this story is that the Washington elites are stupid enough to coordinate their latest military adventure on a messaging app like a bunch of teenagers planning a keg party.
    Jesse Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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.
    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.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024

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