cask
- Noun:
- A cylindrical container, typically made of wood or metal, used for storing and transporting liquids, especially alcoholic beverages like wine, beer, or spirits. It is often constructed with curved sides and flat ends.
- The quantity of liquid that such a container can hold, used as a unit of measure.
- Noun:
- The winery aged its finest port in an oak cask for ten years.
- They ordered a cask of ale for the festival.
- The cask was carefully rolled into the cellar.
"Cask strength": A term used in the spirits industry, particularly for whisky, to describe a spirit that is bottled directly from the cask without being diluted with water.
- This single malt is bottled at cask strength, offering a more intense flavor.
"Cask-conditioned": Referring to beer, especially real ale, that undergoes a secondary fermentation inside the cask from which it is served.
- The pub is known for serving excellent cask-conditioned ales.
Caskful (n): The amount that fills a cask.
- They emptied a caskful of cider.
Cask-like (adj): Resembling a cask in shape or function.
- The cask-like structure was used for storage.
Barrel: A similar cylindrical container, often used interchangeably with "cask," though a barrel may have a specific standardized size (e.g., in oil) and a more bulging shape.
- Keg: A small metal cask, often used for beer.
- Tun: A large cask or barrel, especially for wine or beer.
- Barrel
- Keg
- Vat (a large tank or tub, often for holding liquids)
- Hogshead (a large cask)
"In cask": Stored or aged within a cask.
- The whisky is still in cask and won't be bottled for another five years.
"Cask in bond": Refers to spirits that are stored (bonded) in a warehouse under government supervision before taxes are paid.
- The distillery has several cask in bond whiskies maturing.
- "To be a cask of laughs": (A playful, informal variation of "a barrel of laughs") To be a source of great fun or amusement.
- With his jokes, he's a real cask of laughs at parties.
- a cylindrical container that holds liquids
- the quantity a cask will hold