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Casks

Aged casks of Scotch whisky are available for purchase. We have access to a number of these casks, but the list changes as purchases and sales are made.

Cask stock across the regions

GLASGOWEDINBURGHINVERNESSABERDEENArdbegLagavulinLaphroaigBowmoreBruichladdichBunnahabhainCaol IlaKilchomanArdnahoePort EllenSpringbankGlen ScotiaGlengyleTaliskerTorabhaigTobermoryArran (Lochranza)LaggIsle of RaasayHighland ParkScapaIsle of HarrisWolfburnOld PulteneyClynelishBroraGlenmorangieDalmoreGlenWyvisDornochTomatinMacallanGlenfiddichBalvenieKininvieGlenfarclasAberlourCardhuCragganmoreGlen GrantGlen MorayLongmornGlen KeithStrathislaKnockandoTamdhuGlenallachieSpeyside DistilleryDalwhinnieGlendullanMortlachDufftownBallindallochBenromachKnockdhu (anCnoc)GlenglassaughGlenDronachArdmoreGlen SpeyGlenlivetAllt-a-BhainneLoch LomondGlenturretEdradourRoyal LochnagarGlencadamArbikieObanArdnamurchanHolyroodPort of LeithGlenkinchieRosebankDaftmillKingsbarnsLindores AbbeyEden MillInchDairnieAberargieClydesideLochleaAnnandaleBladnochBorders (Hawick)

Solid dots are distilleries with casks we can source, sized by how many; faint dots are the rest of Scotland’s distilleries. Touch a dot to see it; pinch or use + to look closer.

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Value index: 100 = the median of this list on price per litre of pure alcohol per year of age; lower means more whisky per euro. Shown for casks of three years and over. Prices, cask type and full details on enquiry.

Worth knowing — click to open
  • A cask is a physical asset in a bonded warehouse, owned in your name — not a share in a scheme. Ownership is recorded with the warehousekeeper; we oversee the transfer.
  • You buy a cask to let the whisky mature. When you want, you bottle it or sell it.
  • Single malt Scotch whisky must by law be bottled in Scotland, so a cask cannot be exported as a cask. The whisky leaves Scotland in bottles.
  • A cask from a less-known distillery can be better value than a famous name.
  • No duty or VAT is due while the cask stays in bond, and none if it is bottled and exported — they arise only if the whisky is sold in the UK.
  • The warehouse charges the owner storage and insurance — typically £40–55 a year.
  • A cask loses roughly 2% of its contents a year to evaporation, and strength falls with it — below 40% it can no longer be bottled as Scotch whisky.
  • When a cask is ready for sale, it is independently measured — regauged — to confirm the litres of pure alcohol (LPA) and the strength. Payment is usually based on the LPA.
  • The trade compares casks on price per LPA per year: price ÷ litres of pure alcohol ÷ age. A cask of 100 LPA at 10 years priced at €3,000 is €30 per LPA — €3 per year of maturity. The value index in the list is built from our asking prices: 100 is the median on price per LPA per year; lower means more whisky per euro. It is arithmetic, not advice.
Whisky casks are not a regulated investment and nothing on this page is investment advice.

The value of a cask can go down as well as up, and your capital is at risk. Storage and insurance costs are payable by the owner for as long as the cask is held. Duty and VAT become payable if the whisky is sold in the UK.

Before buying a cask from anyone, read the Scotch Whisky Association’s guidance on cask ownership. Any bonded warehouse in Scotland can be checked on the HMRC register.

RSD Whisky acts as agent in cask transactions. Questions — c.shirlaw@rsdwhisky.com.