puncheon

as in barrel
an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages stored the puncheons of rum in the cellar

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Recent Examples of puncheon Each bottling of Gorovka, cut to 55% ABV, only partially empties the puncheon after which the barrel is topped up with fresh spirit. Don Tse, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025 The Arizona La Osa is a 2019 Grenache aged 18 months in neutral 500-liter puncheons and bottled unfiltered. Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 17 Nov. 2024 After being distilled in pot stills at Hioki, the whisky is aged in new American oak puncheons and ex-bourbon barrels for a minimum of three years. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2024 Decades of experience led us to fill the spirit into a first-fill Sherry puncheon for long-term maturation. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 24 July 2022
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Noun
  • Now operated by the 3rd generation of the Scott family, who still cook burn-barrel style on big cinderblock pits under the curving metal roof of the pit house.
    Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Amphorae gave way to wooden barrels, and Venetian shipbuilding ensured wines could travel further with less spoilage.
    Layne Randolph, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • To enter the distillery's cavernous aging rooms is to be surrounded by the same oloroso sherry casks that Don Fernández once used.
    Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Last spring, Bushmills released a 46-year-old single malt aged in a pair of sherry casks that was the oldest Irish single malt bottled to date (there have been older pot still whiskeys).
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In 2022, an Ardbeg 1994 hogshead fetched £205,000 at auction.
    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, Literary Hub, 29 July 2025

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“Puncheon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puncheon. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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