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Cask vs Solera - What's the difference?

cask | solera |

As nouns the difference between cask and solera

is that cask is a large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks while solera is (uncountable) a method of producing sherry in which small amounts of younger wines stored in an upper tier of casks are systematically blended with the more mature wine in the casks below.

As a verb cask

is to put into a cask.

cask

English

(wikipedia cask)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks.
  • (obsolete) A casket; a small box for jewels.
  • * 1593 , , III. ii. 409:
  • A jewel, locked into the woefullest cask / That ever did contain a thing of worth.

    Derived terms

    * cask beer

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To put into a cask.
  • Anagrams

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    solera

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia solera)
  • (uncountable) A method of producing sherry in which small amounts of younger wines stored in an upper tier of casks are systematically blended with the more mature wine in the casks below
  • (countable) A large wine cask, on the bottom tier in this system, that contains the oldest wine
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