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cask

[kask, kahsk] / kæsk, kɑsk /
NOUN
rounded container for liquids
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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

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

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

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

The poisoned wine was leaking from the broken cask into the dirt.

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

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

Earlier, SWA director Graeme Littlejohn said the tariffs also harmed the US bourbon industry, which exports casks to Scotland for whisky maturation.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2025

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

Shorehands rolled casks of wine off the Tyroshi trader, fisherfolk cried the day's catch, children ran and played.

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




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