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Recent Examples of casks
Kilchoman also launched the 20th Anniversary Cask Series last spring, a set of four releases from five casks—two 14-year-olds, one 15-year-old, and one 18-year-old single malt.
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2026
Finding barrels, the very rare casks, is really important.
—Eric Blumer, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
Southern California Edison, the utility that operates the now-shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, has released to the public some 1,749 images taken by robotic cameras during inspections of canisters enclosed in casks that store radioactive waste at the plant.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
It’s typically aged in ex-bourbon casks, although the distillery has been experimenting with maturing or finishing rums in various other cask types, including Cognac casks.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2026
Finding barrels, the very rare casks, is really important.
—Eric Blumer, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
Southern California Edison, the utility that operates the now-shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, has released to the public some 1,749 images taken by robotic cameras during inspections of canisters enclosed in casks that store radioactive waste at the plant.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
It’s typically aged in ex-bourbon casks, although the distillery has been experimenting with maturing or finishing rums in various other cask types, including Cognac casks.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for casks
barrels
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The new praise came after Rodríguez offered to ship millions of barrels of oil to the US and authorized a visit by US chargé d’affaires Joe McNamara to explore the possibility of reopening the US embassy in Caracas, closed since 2019.—
Stefano Pozzebon,
CNN Money,
14 Jan. 2026
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The whiskey is a riff on the original Double Oaked bourbon, an expression that is aged for five to seven years and then spends an additional year in a new set of charred oak barrels.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Casks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/casks. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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