Yes. We can arrange bottling, labelling and packing to your specifications. This process will have separate fees but please bear in mind that duty and VAT are payable before your bottles leave a bonded warehouse.

We provide a unique cask number for all stock purchased through us and we will provide all of the necessary ownership documentation. Casks cannot be forged or faked so they provide a secure means of investing in whisky.

Whisky River is the first global marketplace to sell your whisky cask. Once you register with us, we will get your cask up for sale on out platform. You can sell 25% of your cask to free up some capital or you can sell 100% of your cask. Once you have registered with us, you will get an offer on your cask within 7 days.

Some of the key factors that affect the price of a whisky are the reputation of the distillery and its brand value. Each whisky cask is unique and possesses many variables such as age, cask type, finish, strength, and volume. We have pioneered a unique methodology in order to determine their value.

Until recently, cask whisky was difficult to purchase therefore unlike equities and bonds it’s not a ‘crowded trade’. Buying tangible assets gives you more financial security as products can’t go bust like organisations can. It makes buying a cask of whisky a much more attractive option.

Financial modelling is not possible across the wider whisky market and must be carried out on individual casks due to each being unique; however, statistics on whisky investment from recent years indicate returns that average between 8-12% per annum.

We see very limited downsides to investing in casks of whisky. The main risk is that whisky falls out of fashion and there is suddenly less demand. Although past performance is no guarantee of future performance, we simply cannot see this happening. With more and more developing nations rising through the ranks, we feel that there will be an even greater demand in the future than we see today. Whisky exports have seen year-on-year growth every year for over 30 years now. Furthermore, due to Scotch making up 21% of all UK food and drink exports, the industry receives a lot of government support.

In the form of trade and legislative backing. This careful management lessens the risk.

Casks can be described as ‘first fill’ or ‘refill’. A cask that is being used to mature Scotch for the first time is referred to as ‘first fill’. It becomes a ‘refill’ cask when used for a second or subsequent time.

A cask is the wooden container that whisky is stored in while it matures and it plays a critical role in developing flavours. Casks can come in all different sizes and wood types, but the most common type used for whisky is a 200L barrel that was originally used to mature American Bourbon. Whisky is also regularly matured in other types of casks including sherry, wine and tequila, all of which bring their own flavours to the spirit.

Single malt Scotch is the elite of Scottish whiskeys. The “single” in the name refers to the fact it comes from a single distillery and is made from 100% malted barley. As long as all the liquid comes from the same distillery, this is a single malt. The number on the label refers to the youngest whiskey in the blend, even if the liquid in the bottle comes from a few hundred different barrels. As a general rule of thumb, single malt whiskey is generally aged for 10 years or more but can be aged anything from 12-21 years. In general, the older it is, the better it gets.

Blended whiskies are the mixture of single malt whiskeys from different distilleries. The choice of using liquids from various places is down to the Master Blender and is an incredibly difficult task. The Master Distiller will create the blend using different types of whiskeys from single grain Scotch to rye whiskey in order to create the unique taste identity that will define the drink. They work in meticulous detail ensuring that proportions are just right and that each blend is not only phenomenal but consistent in quality and brand identity.

Malt is the premium traditional style of whisky, but the artisanal manner of its production is not easily scaled. Grain whisky is made continuously via a modern column still on an industrial scale. The output is purer alcohol, but with less flavour and character than a malt. The most important fact about whisky is that the fate is that most single grain whisky is to be blended with one or more malt stop produce a much better tasting derivative type called blended whisky.