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Recent Examples of caskThe 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
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.
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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.
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