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
  • Oil majors have weathered a turn in tide over the past year, as crude prices retreated after initial support following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine and Western and G7 sanctions against Moscow’s barrels.
    Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The fan gear was complimented by an assortment of spring denim, including barrel jeans, leopard and camouflage print pieces, and mid-rise miniskirts.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 10 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Because of Ammunition's origins, its bourbons are finished in wine casks.
    Peter Burke, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
  • There have been new age statements expressions (and rumors of even older ones to come), single malts, and various blends and cask finishes, but the best category the distillery has been releasing is rye whiskey—and the latest limited-edition release is proof of this.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • However, no issues were found when the pipe was last inspected as required every five years.
    Latoya Gayle, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025
  • If anything, avoiding the need to lay gas pipes can make the process faster and cheaper.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025

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