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Recent Examples of cask
The Jamaican edition features a tropical twist with the whisky finished in casks that previously held Jamaican rum — inspired by Treasure Beach on the south coast of the island.
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Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
Aged for 11 years in ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks, then finished for over eight months in ex-Caribbean rum barrels, this expression layers Lagavulin’s signature peat smoke with tropical sweetness.
—Brittany Loggins, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Oct. 2025
The bare cask was breached, but the cask within a concrete jacket, or overpack, was not breached.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 2 Oct. 2025
After resting for a minimum of six months in Cognac casks, the bourbon develops soft fruit notes and a refined sweetness.
—Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Oct. 2025
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Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
Aged for 11 years in ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks, then finished for over eight months in ex-Caribbean rum barrels, this expression layers Lagavulin’s signature peat smoke with tropical sweetness.
—Brittany Loggins, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Oct. 2025
The bare cask was breached, but the cask within a concrete jacket, or overpack, was not breached.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 2 Oct. 2025
After resting for a minimum of six months in Cognac casks, the bourbon develops soft fruit notes and a refined sweetness.
—Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cask
Noun
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The cartel members agreed to raise their December production target by 137,000 barrels per day, matching the hike for October and November.—
Lee Ying Shan,Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
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Each bottle provides details including the proof, age, warehouse location, lot number, serial number, and barrel number.—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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After helping one of the Dutchmen lug a keg of liquor to the game, Rip drinks several flagons, passes out, and wakes up two decades later.—
John Swansburg,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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Reuters reported that one yakitori joint on its last keg of Asahi had to temporarily switch to Sapporo.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Oct. 2025
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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For now, imagine a skater launching off a quarter pipe two thousand feet high, then somersaulting.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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That fingerprint was sufficient enough to qualify for a warrant to search the rest of the Norman home, where tests of the pipes leading out of the washing machine revealed some matter containing Beryl’s DNA.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Cask.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cask. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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