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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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Saudi Arabia has posted a budget deficit every year of the past decade, except 2022 when oil prices spiked to more than $100 a barrel.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Just didn’t get enough barrel on it.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The secondary maturation is longer than the first release, moving from about eight months to a total of 15 months in Maison Ferrand Cognac casks to soak up flavor, and the whiskey was bottled at 107 proof.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
22 Sep. 2025
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To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Niners’ 1985 Super Bowl victory, Gold Bar Whiskey is also releasing a Retro Edition 85-proof straight bourbon finished in wine casks.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
21 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Leaking pipes located underground can also attract tree roots.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
27 Sep. 2025
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If lightning hits your pipes, it could be conducted into the water in your bath or shower.—
Staff reports,
AZCentral.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Hogshead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hogshead. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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