as in barrel
an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages the ship's hold carried 164 hogsheads of molasses

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Recent Examples of hogshead It was aged for the majority of those years in refill hogsheads and butts, and then finished for more than a year in Oloroso sherry casks. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024 The younger is the superior whisky (although both are excellent), aged for nearly 20 years in American oak ex-bourbon barrels and hogsheads and bottled at a strong 57.6 percent ABV. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024 Distilled entirely from barley harvested at a farm less than two miles from the distillery, 15.3 was aged in a combination of first-fill bourbon barrels and first-fill Oloroso sherry hogsheads from Jerez. Tony Sachs, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024 In 2025, an American oak hogshead cask filled in 1973 will be married with the whisky, followed in 2026 by an American oak barrel filled in 1974 for the Third Edition. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2024 The latter was aged in bourbon barrels, quarter casks, and Pedro Ximenez sherry hogsheads; the former was matured in bourbon barrels, then put into quarter casks, and finally aged in European oak Oloroso sherry casks. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 July 2024 Volume was measured by the hogshead, a cask or a barrel that holds sixty-three gallons. Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024 Trott sent the trio back to the Fancy, weighed down with a cask of wine, a hogshead of beer and a cask of sugar, as well as permission for Avery to land at his leisure. Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024 This new 15-year-old single malt is a limited-edition expression that was initially aged in hogsheads for 13 years before being finished in barrels used to age reposado and añejo tequila for a final two years. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2024
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Noun
  • These fans draw cooler air in through slots on the front of this thin slab section and spit out hot air from identical slots in the barrel’s rear section.
    Joe Osborne, PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The violent feminist spin on actresses staring down the barrel of old age — and a lack of work as decided by shellfish-chewing male producers — won Best Screenplay back at Cannes in May.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 5 Jan. 2025
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  • As producers continue to innovate with flavors, cask aging, and sustainability practices, rum is poised to strengthen its position as a versatile and diverse spirit.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
  • The tunnels, lined with wine racks, barrels and large wooden casks, are part of a sprawling subterranean city.
    Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In California, water systems were required to develop their inventories on the public side of the service line from the water main under the street to the meter by 2018, and submit a plan for replacement of all lead pipes and fittings by 2020.
    Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Deputies worked together to lift the metal grate off a storm drain before freeing the dog, who had become trapped in a pipe.
    Simone Jasper, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025

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