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Recent Examples of hogshead
In 2022, an Ardbeg 1994 hogshead fetched £205,000 at auction.
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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, 29 July 2025
According to the distillery, the whisky was initially matured in a combination of European oak butts and American oak hogsheads, and then finished for more than four years in Oloroso and Palo Cortado sherry casks that were sourced from Andalusia, where the Spanish city of Jerez is located.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 22 June 2025
Distilled entirely from barley harvested at a farm less than two miles from the distillery, 15.3 was aged in a combination of first-fill bourbon barrels and first-fill Oloroso sherry hogsheads from Jerez.
—Tony Sachs, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
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, 29 July 2025
According to the distillery, the whisky was initially matured in a combination of European oak butts and American oak hogsheads, and then finished for more than four years in Oloroso and Palo Cortado sherry casks that were sourced from Andalusia, where the Spanish city of Jerez is located.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 22 June 2025
Distilled entirely from barley harvested at a farm less than two miles from the distillery, 15.3 was aged in a combination of first-fill bourbon barrels and first-fill Oloroso sherry hogsheads from Jerez.
—Tony Sachs, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hogshead
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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Bottled at cask strength 117 proof.—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Nov. 2025
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Another spot of bright news for MGP that is worth mentioning is the recent release of the distillery’s best in-house whiskey brand—Remus Gatsby Reserve is back, a 15-year-old, cask-strength bourbon made from the distillery’s high-rye mashbill that is consistently excellent.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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But now, without improved results between the pipes, the Atlantic Division win the Leafs earned last season feels improbable.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Spoon or pipe yolk mixture into egg white halves.—
Maddy Bendgen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Hogshead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hogshead. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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