cask

as in barrel
an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages casks of wine that had been in the castle for many years

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Recent Examples of cask The component blends were finished separately in Kentucky in Hungarian oak barrels and casks previously used to mature Spanish brandy; then, they were blended together. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 July 2025 Brand uses a large-format Austrian Stockinger cask to mellow the juice, preferring to focus on the wine’s inside voice. Laura Ness, Mercury News, 8 July 2025 According to a Facebook post, it is made with a blend of imperial stouts that were aged between 25 and 31 months in Four Roses and Wild Turkey Distillery casks and conditioned on Madagascar vanilla and marshmallow. R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2025 This one is a blended malt whisky aged in first-fill sherry casks that’s proven to be a particular hit in Asian markets. Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for cask
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Noun
  • Instead, use one or more rain barrels in the yard to catch and collect rain.
    Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 July 2025
  • As for the projection figures, the OPEC report forecast that oil demand will average 105 million barrels per day this year.
    Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
Noun
  • There is also no glass, kegs or Styrofoam coolers allowed.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
  • On the boat’s return trip to Buffalo, Mayor Samuel Wilkeson poured a keg of water from the Atlantic into Lake Erie.
    David Moin, Footwear News, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Oban 15 Cask Strength Sherry Cask Finish is a new, limited-edition Highland single malt that spends the majority of its life across a combination of European oak butts and American oak hogsheads.
    David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025

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