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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
Noun
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This 15% alcohol wine ages 12 months in large wooden barrels and seven months in bottles.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Like Balcones, the whiskey was aged in two different locations: half in Bardstown, half back in Blanco, all of it in full-size 53-gallon barrels.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
30 May 2025
Noun
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At John’s Pizzeria, a beer distributor now charges a congestion fee of $5 per keg, which adds up to an extra $65 each week.—
Winnie Hu,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
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Similarly, at Birdsong, Goulet said that the leadership team is not looking to add any new kegs or tanks this year.—
Timothy DePeugh,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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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The younger is the superior whisky (although both are excellent), aged for nearly 20 years in American oak ex-bourbon barrels and hogsheads and bottled at a strong 57.6 percent ABV.—
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 10 Jun. 2025.
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