How to Use cask in a Sentence
cask
noun- They drank a cask of wine.
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Once out of the still it is put inside a wood cask to age for years.
—Eric Blumer, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
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Whiskey, on the other hand, needs at least two years to age in casks.
—Erin Hegarty, Naperville Sun, 16 June 2018
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All of these were in refill casks, some of theme were third or fourth fill.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2025
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This will be cask strength, direct from the barrel.
—Bill Whitaker, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
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Matured in large and medium-sized casks.
—Tom Hyland, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Downstairs, 16 taps will flow, and a cask ale is in the works.
—Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 9 Aug. 2019
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The name comes from the distillery's use of casks to age the brown spirits.
—Kellie Hwang, azcentral, 19 June 2018
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Bottled at cask strength 117 proof.
—Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
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Ramiro’s wines spend 8 months in very old sherry casks, part of the time with flor.
—Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Scotch whisky, for example, must sit in oak casks for at least three years.
—Andrew Daniels, Popular Mechanics, 10 May 2019
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To that end, the whiskey was aged in a combination of casks.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2026
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The beer is pumped from a cask in the basement cellar to the bar upstairs.
—Carol Kovach, cleveland.com, 26 Feb. 2018
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The bourbon is non-chill-filtered and bottled at cask strength.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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The appeal of this release starts with the casks themselves.
—Emily Price, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
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Añejos must be aged for at least a year in a cask of 600 liters or less.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
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As a result, the cask pour tastes denser, deeper, more intense.
—Craig Laban, Philly.com, 23 Mar. 2018
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For me, one of the most compelling stories is told by Scotch whisky casks.
—Paul Kopec, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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At cask strength, the mouthfeel is robust, oily, and mouth-coating.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
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In that sense, whisky casks don’t sit beside collectables.
—Paul Kopec, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Each edition is a well-aged rye whiskey that has been given a first-of-its kind cask finish.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 18 June 2026
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Plus, there’s a large bathtub converted from a wine cask and set in the open air among the vines.
—Robert Joseph, A-LIST, 2 July 2018
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The result is a blend inspired by the sherry and custom made for these casks.
—Ameunier, oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2023
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Even Macallan at one point had its own direct cask sale offering.
—Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Many are releasing products at cask strength.
—David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
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And Stewart, in turn, has laid down casks that won’t be bottled for many years and decades.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2023
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All three of the whiskies were bottled at cask strength, have no color added, and are not chill filtered.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2024
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So do the large pink or queen conch, the fighting conch, the tulip band shell, the helmet shells and the cask shells.
—Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
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All four whiskies are bottled at cask strength and were matured on Islay.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 17 Apr. 2021
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For the uninitiated, beer engines are hand pumps that pull beer from a cask.
—Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
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