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cask

[kask, kahsk] / kæsk, kɑsk /
NOUN
rounded container for liquids
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If you let him, Alasdair Day, the co-founder and master distiller, will speak at length about oak species and cask types—I particularly enjoyed a limited release aged in Sicilian Marsala wine casks.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 16, 2026

Two middle-aged Americans, matching orange ringlets marking them as brothers, quizzed the bartender about cask types and chill filtration.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 16, 2026

But the BBC can also reveal that Brooks is running another cask whisky company, Cask Spirits Global Ltd, under another false name, Craig Hutchins.

From BBC Mar. 26, 2025

Another bottle from the same cask was sold by Sotheby’s in 2019 for almost 1.5 million pounds, until Saturday a record for wine or spirits.

From Seattle Times Nov. 18, 2023

Someone started pounding on the top of the cask and the lid cracked open suddenly.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Spent nuclear fuel is stored in lead and stainless steel casks and bolted into concrete at a specially built pad at Diablo.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

They would need to be put into transportation casks to protect against accidents.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 29, 2026

If you let him, Alasdair Day, the co-founder and master distiller, will speak at length about oak species and cask types—I particularly enjoyed a limited release aged in Sicilian Marsala wine casks.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 16, 2026

He argued that it would be a "win-win" if zero tariffs were applied to Scotch arriving in the US in exchange for zero tariffs on US bourbon and used bourbon casks coming to the UK.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2025

The ring beyond was filled with steaming water: a bubbling cauldron, in which there heaved and floated a wreckage of beams and spars, chests and casks and broken gear.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien




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