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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

Investors buy a cask of whisky when it is first produced and then hope that it rises in value as the spirit ages in the barrel.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2025

But Gerry's lament is drawn from a cask of finely aged romance no twenty- or thirtysomething could possibly access, a heretofore unknown cocktail on this show.

From Salon • Sep. 28, 2023

Some 380 employees departed after closure while about 220 remain, handling site and security upgrades and preparing to transfer spent fuel from a cooling pool to dry cask storage.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2023

The merchant rummaged about in the back of his stall and produced a small oaken cask.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin




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