Different casks will be set with different sale dates depending on their age and the details we receive when re-gauging the cask. If the ABV% drops too low we will sell the cask. If a whisky cask goes below ABV 40% it will no longer be known as a whisky. Once a sale has gone through you will receive your money back through PayPal or as a refund to your credit card. If you are from the UK, then bank transfer will be an option.

Yes, you can. However, we would encourage you not to do so as it would be an impractical way of purchasing a small quantity of cask whisky to drink. It also requires undue levels of cask handling during the maturation process and so the withdrawal fees to remove your fraction prior to the displayed sale date reflect the negative impact this action would put on the cask. If you were thinking of doing this, please read our terms and conditions on withdrawal before purchasing. If you would like to drink some nice whisky, please take a look at our bottles that we have for sale.

A lot of casks are priced beyond an individual's comfort level and even if you, with some mates decided to chip in and buy a cask as a group there is still the 'all your eggs in one basket' factor to consider. With cask fractions, you can still get involved in cask stock even if you don't have any mates. The appreciation as a percentage is the same on a fraction as it would be on an entire cask but at an affordable price. It makes a unique present to buy for friends and family as a gift. You own the percentage of liquid in the cask you are buying, so worst-case scenario you can drink it. In excess of 20% PA is possible on a small outlay of funds. You are able to trade your fraction.

Our concept cask was a February 2009 Dalmore cask aged for 8 years. We broke it down into 200 fractions, valuing each fraction at GBP 20.00. This gave the cask a total value of GBP 4,000.00. Anyone with any whisky knowledge will know that a Dalmore cask of this age is worth considerably more. Yet we sold it at this value to demonstrate that not only could we make a profit from our Cask Fractions system but so could the Fraction owners.

We went on to sell our Dalmore Concept Cask for GBP 12,000 at auction in July 2018.

One of the best places to find casks online to purchase is whisky-online auctions. In 2017 a 1995 Macallan, cask #7739, was sold for GBP 52,100.00. This was followed closely by a 1990 Macallan, cask # 4048, selling for GBP 135,100.00 and then a 1996 Macallan, cask # 15538, selling for GBP 168,300.00. This was topped in 2018 by a 1989 Macallan, cask # 1248, selling for a whopping GBP 242,200.00.

These are large numbers and similar jumps in value are possible with casks from other brands such as Bruichladdich, Ben Nevis, Dalmore, Jura, and many more. The appreciation of aged whisky is something that has gone unnoticed due to the lack of information about the asset.

Storage and insurance fee GBP 50 per year.

Payments are made by bank to bank wire transfer to our HSBC bank account or via card payment using Stripe Online invoicing.

Yes. There would be costs involved in bottling, depending on which bottles, corks + stoppers, labels and not to forget UK Duty and VAT payable. You could roughly estimate this would cost around GBP 5,000.00 for a standard bottling for a cask purchased at under GBP 5,000.00. The VAT is calculated as 20% of your purchase price of the cask. So, if you buy one of our Bourbon Barrels for GBP 1,700.00 at the time you bottle the VAT will work out to be around GBP 340.00. These figures are subject to change depending on how many years you have aged your cask etc.

Yes. There would be costs involved in bottling, depending on which bottles, corks + stoppers, labels and not to forget UK Duty and VAT payable. You could roughly estimate this would cost around GBP 5,000.00 for a standard bottling for a cask purchased at under GBP 5,000.00. The VAT is calculated as 20% of your purchase price of the cask. So, if you buy one of our Bourbon Barrels for GBP 1,700.00 at the time you bottle the VAT will work out to be around GBP 340.00. These figures are subject to change depending on how many years you have aged your cask etc.

At the current rate UK Duty is GBP 31.64 per litre of pure alcohol.

The most important elements to investing in a cask is buying it at the right price for the amount of time you are willing to wait. You cannot make money out of something you pay too much for in the first place.

For example. If you buy a first fill cask of whisky at GBP 5,000.00 which is the average we have seen on the market you would be waiting a minimum of 5 years before you were actually able to sell it at a profit. Then there is time. If you are willing to hold this cask for 20 years this may still be a profitable experience, depending on the brand and cask type and whether the cask will make it to that age.

Cask type plays an important role in the maturation of your whisky. If you plan to keep your cask for 18 years or more you may want to start the ageing process in a refill cask, which means it has previously been filled with whisky, maybe once, twice or even three times in some cases. Once your cask gets a few years from your target maturation, put it into a sherry, bourbon or wine cask to finish it off. If on the other hand you want something to drink in 8-12 years, then using a first fill sherry, bourbon or wine cask would be suitable, it will add colour and flavour to your spirit.

The longer you wait the better, in our opinion your whisky will get. The contact with carbon via the charred interior of the cask will draw out impurities in the in the spirit and make it overall a more pleasant experience.