single-barrel
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of single-barrel
First recorded in 1840–50
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A single-barrel bourbon’s peppery spice “emotes off the palate.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
He converted part of Jack Rose into a bottle shop that includes coveted single-barrel selections for take-home options.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2022
An hour upstream of Nueva Unión, Andueza’s boatman, José Inuma Macusi, shut his engine, grabbed his machete and leaped onto a dirt bank, slinging a single-barrel shotgun over his shoulder.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 5, 2020
At the Old Seelbach Bar, customers can sip a smooth single-barrel bourbon or a classic cocktail at a restored bar from the early 1900s.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 9, 2014
Kit Carson had taken merely a single-barrel dragoon pistol which happened to be the first weapon that had fallen in his way, because of his hurry to be on the ground.
From The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself by de Witt C. Peters
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