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 Stranahan’s ages its whiskey that way, at least before cask finishing a portion of it, and bigger brands like Jim Beam’s Clermont Steep, Bulleit, and Jack Daniel’s all do as well (the latter also gets a lengthy secondary maturation in sherry casks). Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2025 This rye whiskey is crafted from a limited batch of only 20 barrels, the most limited in the series so far, and bottled at cask strength. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 It’s made from the grape savagnin, and each vintage is aged for an astonishing six years in an oak cask. Eleanor Aldridge, AFAR Media, 31 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for cask
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Noun
  • The bourbon is produced in Kentucky as a small–batch expression blending around 10–15 barrels per batch.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Orange barrels and flags across the Treasure Valley have had a lot of motorists seeing red the past couple of years.
    Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Just down the street from The Newport, The Mothership bar (and its food truck, Dooby Dogs) is still closed and cleaning up from water damage and a complete loss of its coolers, sound system, computers, kegs, merchandise and all of the product stored in its basement.
    Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Plus, there’s keg bowling and a costume contest.
    Laura Daily, Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In 2022, an Ardbeg 1994 hogshead fetched £205,000 at auction.
    Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The tone is efficient and business-like: details about hogsheads, crop rotations and bills of lading cover over a bloody reality merely hinted at in passing references to rebellion, illness and punishments among the enslaved workers.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 July 2025

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