1
: a large vessel (such as a cistern, tub, or barrel) especially for holding liquors in an immature state or preparations for dyeing or tanning
2
: a liquor containing a dye converted into a soluble reduced colorless or weakly colored form that on textile material steeped in the liquor and exposed to the air is converted by oxidation to the original insoluble dye and precipitated in the fiber
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Ligaya Mishan Anthony Cotsifas Emily Woo Zeller Tanya Pérez Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 13 May 2024
One of its oak vats, the General, dates from 1903 and holds ten thousand gallons of fermenting apple juice.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 May 2024
Advertisement Next, the bucket slid into position above a vat resembling a large cooking pot, and emptied its payload.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
In this vat, workers will count, identify and measure each fish by hand.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
After 11 years of presumably being stored in stainless-steel vats, the bourbon was bottled in February of this year.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2024
This process— still used by specialized tanners today — involves extracting tannin from the bark of oak trees, which is then infused into hides during an extended soaking process in vats at a tannery.
—Samuel M. Riley, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2024
Since the vats were never emptied completely, there’s some pretty old rum in the blend, of unknown provenance.
—Tony Sachs, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2024
Akihiro Kobayashi, manager of the Nomura Mekki Fukuyama factory, said a sheet covering the chemical vat was found partially torn when employees returned to work after the weekend.
—Dhruv Tikekar, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
Mark Littler, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Lastly, the whiskeys were vatted together and bottled at cask strength of 113.8 proof with no chill filtration.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 14 Jan. 2024
Black Art 11 is a 24-year-old single malt and 1994 vintage (it must have been vatted at some point over the past few years since that number indicates the youngest whisky in the bottle).
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 9 Nov. 2023
Triple-copper-pot-distilled, then aged in a combination of bourbon and Oloroso sherry barrels, the whiskeys comprising Rare Cask #3 were left to mature for 13 years, after which they were vatted together to continue developing for another 17 years in a trio of first-fill Madeira casks.
—Richard Carleton Hacker, Robb Report, 26 Feb. 2023
Noun
First the tomatoes are pasteurized in a vat at the precise boiling point of water, 212 degrees Fahrenheit, for an hour, then in a tank at 122 degrees for 20 minutes.
—Ligaya Mishan Anthony Cotsifas Emily Woo Zeller Tanya Pérez Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 13 May 2024
One of its oak vats, the General, dates from 1903 and holds ten thousand gallons of fermenting apple juice.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 May 2024
Advertisement Next, the bucket slid into position above a vat resembling a large cooking pot, and emptied its payload.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
In this vat, workers will count, identify and measure each fish by hand.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
After 11 years of presumably being stored in stainless-steel vats, the bourbon was bottled in February of this year.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2024
This process— still used by specialized tanners today — involves extracting tannin from the bark of oak trees, which is then infused into hides during an extended soaking process in vats at a tannery.
—Samuel M. Riley, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2024
Since the vats were never emptied completely, there’s some pretty old rum in the blend, of unknown provenance.
—Tony Sachs, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2024
Akihiro Kobayashi, manager of the Nomura Mekki Fukuyama factory, said a sheet covering the chemical vat was found partially torn when employees returned to work after the weekend.
—Dhruv Tikekar, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
Verb
This was a period when distilleries and their parent companies were still very much concentrating on blends alongside a limited number of single malts, which were often vatted to create a uniform taste and strength.
—Mark Littler, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Lastly, the whiskeys were vatted together and bottled at cask strength of 113.8 proof with no chill filtration.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 14 Jan. 2024
Black Art 11 is a 24-year-old single malt and 1994 vintage (it must have been vatted at some point over the past few years since that number indicates the youngest whisky in the bottle).
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 9 Nov. 2023
Triple-copper-pot-distilled, then aged in a combination of bourbon and Oloroso sherry barrels, the whiskeys comprising Rare Cask #3 were left to mature for 13 years, after which they were vatted together to continue developing for another 17 years in a trio of first-fill Madeira casks.
—Richard Carleton Hacker, Robb Report, 26 Feb. 2023
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