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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

This week, the Tennessee-born chain, once defined by its gingham-tinted nostalgia, retired the logo of a man in overalls leaning against a wooden cask in favor of a stripped-down wordmark.

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2025

The most expensive cask she bought – which cost her £49,500 – does not exist.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2025

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

Jon built a cookfire, claimed a small cask of Mormont's favorite robust red from stores, and poured it into a kettle.

From "A Clash of Kings" 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 told me there was no mark-up on the casks they bought for investors, and they only made money down the line from the sale of those casks.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2025

Beside her, casks of wine, bales of sourleaf, and pallets of striped hides were being trundled up the gangplank onto the Bride in Azure, to sail on the evening tide.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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