casks
Wooden beverage containers
Casks are barrel-shaped containers, typically made of wooden staves bound by metal hoops, used for storing and aging liquids—especially wine, whiskey, and beer.
The wood imparts flavor during aging: The bourbon aged twelve years in charred oak casks.
Cask can also refer to the quantity a cask holds, or any barrel-like container.
Small metal barrels
- tunsLarge wine casks
- vatsLarge holding tanks
- barrelsCylindrical storage vessels
- hogsheadsLarge wooden casks
puncheons · butts · pipes · drums · firkins · wooden · capacity · volume
Poles or music lines
- hoopsCircular bands or rims
- bungholeBarrel's stopper opening
- cooperWooden vessel maker
- oakQuercus genus member
charring · toasting · craftsmanship · wooden · banding · heading · bilge · chime
Underground storage room
- warehouseBulk goods storage building
- stockpileAccumulated reserve supply
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- reserveSupply kept back
stowage · repository · vault · racking · bunging · rolling · stacking · stillage
Grape-growing estate
- fermentationMicrobial sugar conversion
- tanninsAstringent plant compounds
- merlotDark-skinned wine grape
- cabernetDry red wine variety
chardonnay · vintage · winery · pinot · terroir · varietal · oenology · racking
kegs
Small metal barrels
hogsheads · puncheons · butts · pipes · drums · firkins · wooden · capacity · volume · gallons
staves
Poles or music lines
oak · charring · toasting · craftsmanship · wooden · banding · heading · bilge · chime · riveting
cellar
Underground storage room
- warehouseBulk goods storage building
- stockpileAccumulated reserve supply
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
reserve · stowage · repository · vault · racking · bunging · rolling · stacking · stillage · bonded
vineyard
Grape-growing estate
- fermentationMicrobial sugar conversion
- tanninsAstringent plant compounds
- merlotDark-skinned wine grape
cabernet · chardonnay · vintage · winery · pinot · terroir · varietal · oenology · racking · topping
maturation
Process of becoming complete
vintage · mellowing · refinement · complexity · depth · evolution · char · toasting · time · decades
ale
Warm-fermented malt drink
porter · cider · mead · firkin · conditioning · real ale · stillage · tap · draught · hogshead
- brewingwort, mash, brewery, hops, malt
- Alcohol Makingbrewing, distilling, winemaking, fermenters, distillery
- rum historyrum, molasses, sugarcane, distillation, grog
- wine cellarwine cellar, wine cellars, wine cave, cellar, wine storage
- beer cellarkegs, barrels, bottles, racks, shelving
- nuclear wasteradioactive waste, disposal sites, spent fuel, nuclear waste, repositories
- open casketFuneral with visible remains
- oak cask
- closed casketBurial container kept shut
- lowering the casket
- casket sprayFloral tribute for burial
- casket viewingSeeing the body displayed