How to Use cask in a Sentence

cask

noun
  • They drank a cask of wine.
  • The higher proof of the cask strength expression amplifies the flavors and provides a greater intensity.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The name comes from the distillery's use of casks to age the brown spirits.
    Kellie Hwang, azcentral, 19 June 2018
  • Downstairs, 16 taps will flow, and a cask ale is in the works.
    Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Young’s cask ales, first brewed in London in the 1550s, are on tap.
    Kitty Greenwald, WSJ, 25 Dec. 2017
  • VomFass means ‘from the cask, from the tap’, in German.
    Daina Saleh, Naperville Sun, 22 June 2018
  • Whiskey, on the other hand, needs at least two years to age in casks.
    Erin Hegarty, Naperville Sun, 16 June 2018
  • The beer is pumped from a cask in the basement cellar to the bar upstairs.
    Carol Kovach, cleveland.com, 26 Feb. 2018
  • All of the fuel used since the 1980s remains on the site, packed into dry casks and parked at the edge of the ocean.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2024
  • The rods are stored in pressurized lead and steel casks.
    David Anderson, The Aegis, 15 June 2017
  • The best option was an old one: the casks still used today to age wines and whiskies.
    Brian Jacobson, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Each iteration of the scotch will come from the same cask.
    Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 25 Sep. 2024
  • It’s named 1800 after the year Tequila was first aged in oak casks.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The Port cask influence gives the whisky a pronounced red hue.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 5 May 2022
  • Plus, there’s a large bathtub converted from a wine cask and set in the open air among the vines.
    Robert Joseph, A-LIST, 2 July 2018
  • And Stewart, in turn, has laid down casks that won’t be bottled for many years and decades.
    Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2023
  • It’s bottled at cask strength of 116.6 proof, and is one of the best bourbons out there overall.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 2 Dec. 2022
  • So the liquid itself never made the journey, but the staves of the cask that finished it.
    Brad Japhe, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
  • All of these whiskies are bottled at cask strength, and this one clocks in at 59.9 percent ABV.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2021
  • The result is a blend inspired by the sherry and custom made for these casks.
    Ameunier, oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Scotch whisky, for example, must sit in oak casks for at least three years.
    Andrew Daniels, Popular Mechanics, 10 May 2019
  • Just a portion of the whisky in the blend is finished in these special casks, not the entirety of the liquid.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 12 Feb. 2024
  • All three of the whiskies were bottled at cask strength, have no color added, and are not chill filtered.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The centerpiece of the Milan store is a 6.5-meter (22-foot) high bronze cask, part of the roasting process.
    Fox News, 6 Sep. 2018
  • As a result, the cask pour tastes denser, deeper, more intense.
    Craig Laban, Philly.com, 23 Mar. 2018
  • This unique 5-year-aged bottling all comes from one sherry cask.
    Dan Q. Dao, GQ, 2 Apr. 2018
  • Irish whiskey must be distilled in Ireland and aged in wooden casks for at least three years.
    Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 1 Oct. 2018
  • The whisky was aged in American oak and bottled at cask strength of 49.5 percent ABV.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024
  • After all that time, the cask yielded just 158 bottles.
    David Thomas Tao, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Redlight Redlight mainly works with this class of beer, so casks are kept in the brewpub.
    Lauren Delgado, OrlandoSentinel.com, 28 Apr. 2017

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