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Despite all that peat, there is quite a bit of nuance to the whisky, each of which is bottled relatively young for a scotch (often around five years old) and is aged in different types of casks including one expression made from a specific barley varietal.
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 13 May 2025
Speaking to the New York Times O'Brien and Shawn M. LaTourette, Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, said that even if flames were to reach the area where spent nuclear fuel is stored in secure casks, there would be no danger.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
This new single cask whisky, Rue de la Chartreuse, was initially matured in a bourbon barrel from the Heaven Hill distillery in Kentucky.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2025
Dry cask systems are engineered to withstand temperatures far beyond those of a wildfire.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 13 May 2025
Speaking to the New York Times O'Brien and Shawn M. LaTourette, Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, said that even if flames were to reach the area where spent nuclear fuel is stored in secure casks, there would be no danger.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
This new single cask whisky, Rue de la Chartreuse, was initially matured in a bourbon barrel from the Heaven Hill distillery in Kentucky.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2025
Dry cask systems are engineered to withstand temperatures far beyond those of a wildfire.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cask
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If the conflict eliminates Iranian oil from the market, oil prices could spike by about $7.50 a barrel, according to Andy Lipow, president of Lipow Oil Associates, a consulting firm.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
13 June 2025
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Prices could further spike, however, if Iran targets Saudi Arabia’s oil supplies or creates shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, through which almost 25% of total global oil consumption flows, with some experts predicting $100 oil per barrel.—
Mathias Hammer,
semafor.com,
13 June 2025
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Small brewers are being hit especially hard by tariffs on equipment, kegs, aluminum cans and ingredients, such as hops and grain.—
Megan Stringer,
Axios,
6 May 2025
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Another related issue is metal kegs: About 99% of all kegs come from either the European Union or China.—
Jay R. Brooks,
Mercury News,
21 Apr. 2025
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This year’s release is marketed as a 2010 ‘vintage’ matured exclusively in refill hogsheads and bottled at 14 years old.—
Felipe Schrieberg,
Forbes.com,
29 May 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.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
28 Oct. 2024
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“Cask.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cask. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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