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 Because of Ammunition's origins, its bourbons are finished in wine casks. Peter Burke, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025 There have been new age statements expressions (and rumors of even older ones to come), single malts, and various blends and cask finishes, but the best category the distillery has been releasing is rye whiskey—and the latest limited-edition release is proof of this. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2025 These main roots relate to the 10 casks chosen back in 2008. Mark Littler, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025 The Warren family bought the defunct plantation and its triple-gable Jacobean mansion in 2006 and uses sugarcane syrup from stalks grown on the property to make its award-winning rums, aged in bourbon casks from Kentucky. Patrick Scott, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cask
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Noun
  • Coffee and chocolate notes fuse with vanilla oak flavors from the barrel aging process for an intense and memorable drinking experience.
    Erik Ofgang, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Seoul, South Korea CNN — Europe is staring down the barrel of a stark new reality where the United States being the backbone of NATO – the alliance that has guaranteed the continent’s security for almost 80 years – is no longer a given.
    Brad Lendon, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Hybrid drinking is the antithesis of the frat-party keg stand or boozy brunch binge.
    Joe Chura, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The bartender noted this was one of New Museum’s final kegs, as the 2-year-old craft brewery had just announced its closure.
    Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • It was aged for the majority of those years in refill hogsheads and butts, and then finished for more than a year in Oloroso sherry casks.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The younger is the superior whisky (although both are excellent), aged for nearly 20 years in American oak ex-bourbon barrels and hogsheads and bottled at a strong 57.6 percent ABV.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024

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