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Recent Examples of cask
All of that liquid—part of an early ‘80s run from Bernheim distillery—entered bottle at cask strength.
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Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
While the distillery was producing both malt and pot still whiskey onsite, most of the Fercullen brand consisted of whiskey that was purchased from the Cooley Distillery, including a 15-year-old single grain and a 21-year-old single malt finished in Spanish Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez sherry casks.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 23 Jan. 2026
So, taking a tour here offers the rare opportunity to see countless shapes of pot stills and cask types all under one roof.
—Liz Provencher, Travel + Leisure, 19 Dec. 2025
Finding barrels, the very rare casks, is really important.
—Eric Blumer, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
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Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
While the distillery was producing both malt and pot still whiskey onsite, most of the Fercullen brand consisted of whiskey that was purchased from the Cooley Distillery, including a 15-year-old single grain and a 21-year-old single malt finished in Spanish Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez sherry casks.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 23 Jan. 2026
So, taking a tour here offers the rare opportunity to see countless shapes of pot stills and cask types all under one roof.
—Liz Provencher, Travel + Leisure, 19 Dec. 2025
Finding barrels, the very rare casks, is really important.
—Eric Blumer, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cask
Noun
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Schools shut down, flights canceled, and residents hunker down as the multiday storm barrels across the country from Texas to New England.—
Emilie Megnien,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2026
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Producers did not have enough mature barrels to maintain consistent age statements across growing product lines.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Later on, some nights at his house, a fist of a man would come by to deliver a black tank of whey protein the size of a mini keg to bulk Rourke up.—
Steve Garbarino,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Jan. 2026
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Wines come from reusable kegs rather than single-use glass bottles.—
Erin Gifford,
Southern Living,
19 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In 2022, an Ardbeg 1994 hogshead fetched £205,000 at auction.—
Mark Littler,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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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
Noun
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Crews would build dams in a 13,000-acre area, and fill with the site with water brought in through pipes from the Sacramento River during periods of high flow.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2026
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My father preferred driving pipe.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Cask.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cask. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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