cask Definition
cask (kask, käsk)
noun
- a barrel of any size made of staves, esp. one for liquids
- the contents of a full cask
Etymology: ME caske < Fr casque < Sp casco, potsherd, cask, helmet < cascar, to break < VL *quassicare, to break, freq. of L quassare: see quash
cask Synonyms
cask Usage Examples
Converse of object
fill: The packaging plant processes bright beer from Robinson's own brewery and many others ready for filling casks, kegs or bottles on site.
Adjective modifier
- wooden: Both colors benefit from some time spent in wooden casks, not surprisingly these come from France.
- mini: Today Summer Lightning is not only a cask ale, but also comes bottle conditioned and in an eight pint mini cask.
- empty: Ullage: Waste beer left at the bottom of an empty cask or overflowing into a drip tray.
Modifies a noun
- ale: Properly kept cask ale demands a licensee who knows his or her stuff.
- bottlings: Further single cask bottlings will be released in the near future.
- bottling: Number four was a cask strength bottling of Macallan from the Scotch Malt Whiskey Society.
- beer: Good to see they are giving cask beer a try.
- breather: I suppose I should explain what a cask breather is.
- malt: Be sure to drink the contents, as cask strength malt does not like to be stored in a hip flask for too long.
Noun used with modifier
- bourbon: Some Highland malts, are famous for their Sherry casks, whilst others are more renowned for Bourbon casks.
- sherry: What sets Black Bush apart is its aging in sherry casks for approximately 10 to 11 years.
- ex-bourbon: The new make spirit had been matured in an ex-bourbon cask.
- ex-sherry: The dark colored sample was from an ex-sherry cask which had been filled in 1996.
- oak: The smaller oak casks are then taken outside to age for a full 12 months.
- refill: The fifth bottle was another proprietary bottling, cask strength Macallan, matured in a first refill sherry cask.
Preposition: of
- whiskey: Q: I'm thinking about investing in a cask of whiskey.
- wine: From every cask of wine for sale, 2d.
- beer: Some agents may sell opened bottles of spirits, but partly used casks of beer are considered to be of no value.
Preposition: from
distillery: Single Cask Single cask whiskey is the product of one single cask from one distillery.

