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When you invest in a cask, you buy the whisky while it’s maturing. You don’t just buy one bottle with a label. You get a cask full of whisky while it’s ageing. One cask might yield between 200 and 300 bottles and because the cask improves a whisky’s taste over time, the longer it’s in the cask, the more valuable it becomes.

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Cask Spirits specialise in the sale of investment-grade casks to investors around the globe. Innovative technology, combined with a team of investment professionals and enthusiasts, allow the company to build portfolios that have, historically, helped to protect wealth and deliver strong capital growth to investors.

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We help our clients source quality single malt whisky and rare casks. We provide an end-to-end service that can help you buy, store, bottle or sell casks of premium spirit.

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The Complete Guide to Cask Investment teaches you about investing in all types of spirit.

We’ll give you information about the investment process, and potential returns. We’ll help you answer the question: ‘is investing in spirits the right strategy for me?’
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How cask investment works

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Step 1
Select your casks

We’ll work with you to understand your investment goals. Based on your objectives, we’ll create a bespoke cask portfolio.

Step 2
Get your papers

After you select your casks, we agree a price and prepare the paperwork for a simple transaction.

Step 3
Store your cask

We will manage your casks in a bonded warehouse and pay storage and insurance for the first 3 years.

Step 4
Get your return

The demand for spirits far outstrips supply, making it a lucrative investment. There are multiple exit strategies.

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Until recently, cask whisky was difficult to purchase. So, 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.

Casks are the industry name for a wooden barrel. Casks are sourced from the US and made from American oak, where they have previously been used to age Bourbon whiskey. Scotch Whisky doesn’t like to mature in newly made casks as it takes on too much flavour from the wood. Bourbon, however, prefers newly made casks.

Casks can be described as ‘first fill’ or ‘refill’. An American whiskey 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 purchase gives you a package that includes the high-quality oak cask and the New Make Spirit inside. Just as importantly, it secures bonded storage for 3 years to allow the whisky to mature and increase in value. Insurance is also included on the casks to ensure your peace of mind when purchasing.

Purchasing a complete package with Cask Spirits means there are no additional fee’s during the first 3 years

The good news is that whisky casks are classed as a wasting asset. As such, they’re not subject to capital gains tax. Even though it may be good news that your whisky cask won’t be subject to capital gains when you come to sell it, you may be wondering why your cask is classed as a wasting asset?

Casks are made from wood, which is porous. Some whisky is absorbed by the wood and some is lost to evaporation. An average of 2% of the whisky in a cask is lost each year, which is known as The Angels’ Share. Because of alcohol lost to the Angels’ Share, HMRC classifies whisky spirit in casks as wasting goods, therefore the CGT exemption applies.
A bonded warehouse is a tax-free storage location. Duty and tax payable on goods held there are deferred until the goods are purchased and shipped out. This is usually by a professional blender who acquires your whisky for bottling when it’s mature. Because of the high potential tax take from alcohol, bonded warehouses are licenced and closely monitored by HMRC. They’re among the most tightly controlled locations in the country. Your cask’s in safe hands.
This refers to the amount of whisky lost during the aging process. In order for whisky to properly age, it has to breathe. Anytime you store a liquid in a non-airtight container, you will lose some to evaporation.

However, The Angels’ Share actually plays something of a necessary role in whisky maturation. This process of evaporation is how distilleries eliminate some of the unwanted ingredients of their whiskies. While some “fresh” brews may be clocking in at a very high alcohol content, this is guaranteed to taste awful. Distilleries rely on this evaporation process to eliminate some of the alcohol and allow the other ingredients to take a more prominent role within the whisky.