Whisky; we love it. We're the home of whisky investment and rare whisky collecting on RU-vid. While you might find whisky reviews and whisky tasting notes being made on other channels - you will not find that here.
We produce in depth and detailed histories of iconic and premium bottles. From incredible modern Macallan releases to historic 20th century bottles, we appreciate whisky as being more than just a drink. It's about the history, the heritage, the investment potential and the fun of chasing bottles for your collection.
The advice we offer on cask investment is second to none. We are the pioneers of the advice regarding delivery orders and the importance of taking ownership of the casks you buy. This was later picked up by Forbes, Cask and Still Magazine and many others.
So if you are interested in learning about the old, rare and collectable whisky market this is the place for you!
buying a cask isn't worth it... once you add up all the costs.... your paying $100 plus for a bottle nobody will never hear of . you can go buy a well known 12 year for under $70
I would argue that it is - BUT - like I say, you have to be able to add 10-18 years of age into the cask. If you bought a 6 year old cask for say £5k and then let it mature until 18 it will likely offer a good return. Again, my experience is from helping peopl exit their cask investments. The problem is very few people are fully aware just how long they need to keep their investment for.
So much of this whole cask investment business seems to be overrun with scammers. Was in Ireland and Scotland in 2022 and saw lots of people in Whisky bars and distilleries who were talking about the casks they were buying. None of these people were Whisky nerds, rather they were well off folks from the US who had primarily come to play Golf and buying a cask sounded like a fun trendy investment.
Agreed - it's overun with people looking to exploit the industry. It's quite worrying when the Police are executing search warrants: mipp.police.uk/operation/4801020124P54-PO1#:~:text=OP%20GAMBOGE,and%20staff%20under%20police%20caution.
Hi, you are completely right but in my case for example: I am a French resident so I need a representative to own a cask, this is why I called cask trade. Do you agree with this? Thanks a lot
Well this might be somewhat of a diversion. Is the cask held in your name at the warehouse or do you have a delivery order? Unless it is held in your name at the warehouse (i.e. you have a delivery order) then you do not need a duty rep as the company who owns the cask is the owner, lol.
@@MarkLittler my non revenue trader contract allow me to have a registration in a bonded warehouse (to transfert in an other for example ) that l desire if I can justify I have an account in a warehouse. This is the way to have the entire ownership if I understand? Good evening
Hi Mark, really appreciate your videos. Have you looked at the craft irish whiskey co? Their first release of the Donn (the first reasonable price bracket from their other releases - they have the record for highest price for a whiskey ever sold) is quietly available for pre-public release for people who signed up to receive info on it. £215 - stunning bottle, blended whisky with a few awards (still very high price for a no age statement, but suppose they're targeting the ultra premium market from the outset). A box they designed for it did win a design award, but a shame they haven't included the box (they said this was to keep the price down), when compared to the likes of midleton very rare (bring back the wooden box!). In house designer worked for quite a few main brands before joining them. I've taken a punt given what they've sold previously and that this is the only one i can afford! Curious on your thoughts.
Please please please stop encouraging these distilleries calling themselves “luxury brands” in creating whisky for collecting and their arbitrary investment portfolio pricing of what is very ordinary whisky. They are not old or rare and the fact they come in a box is no justification for the outrageous price. It’s not an investment vehicle, it’s a drink and you can buy tastier 18 year old whisky for 1/3 of the price.
Whew! I was waiting for 2 months for the new upload! Finally! It was like a premiere episode for me. Haha! Solid points, can’t wait for the following episode related to this. And yes I agree, the whisky market is a bit crazy now, I don’t know if it’s a good time to collect for an investment or just like me, enjoy collecting and seeing it on my shelves, but I’m still hoping that someday it’ll have a worth of good amount of money. Now all the distilleries are into “limited edition.” Then release another year a new batch or series of “limited edition.” haha! Where will it go back to the time where the age is one that matters?
I have the first two, long term investments for me, not too worried about the short term. @Mark what do you think of the Bowmore Aston Martin masters collection for long term investment?
Question for you, I started paying closer attention to Macallan 18 and I’m trying to verify something on some bottles I just found at a local liquor store. They’re Macallan 18 in a purple metallicish bottle. I see some say a release year on the bottle but these two don’t. They just say distilled in casks 1993 or earlier. So does that make these a 2011 release?
The Loch Dhu has been on my whisky bucket list for ages now (along with the Fishky and TORF peat-aged whiskies), and I'm so excited to have finally got a bottle at auction. One of the 200ml bottles. Because I want to try it and share it. I don't want to have to drink an entire 700ml bottle.
It's spectacular! Just ordered my second bottle. If you like sherry bomb whiskey, you'll love this. Not normally a cognac guy, but this stuff is special.
Once again a great and informative video. One more thing that makes old transport casks different from the new ones is that in the old days the same transport casks were also used to ferment the sherry wines before they were filled with the final product and sent to the UK, and so the wood would have a different treatment prior to be filled with NMS in Scotland.
I just started investing in whiskey. I'm 60. I don't drink at all. I will never drink anything I own. My plan is to turn whatever collection I can build over to my kids. It will be placed in a trust and auctioned off or kept by them. I have no intention of ever selling anything and honestly don't care if it takes 20 years for something to rise big in value. I also buy Gold & Silver and have recently started also buying watches, jewelry. I have 0 intention of selling anything.
Hi Mark - love the videos. I’ve just bought The Macallan: A Night on Earth - The Journey and I’m looking to buy the two previous years of releases. The 2021 and 2022 A Night on Earth - In Scotland. The 2022 release is fairly easy to find, but the 2021 isn’t. Some places offer it for £130 where others are at about £215. I don’t know which to believe. Can you recommend a decent place to buy them from as to ensure authenticity and quality? Thanks!
Mark Do you know how to read the stamp on the bottles of laphroaig? Or the codes looked on line and not finding good information on how to date the bottle. I have a couple of 10 years that I’m trying to figure out when they were bottled. For example this is the code on one of the bottles L2 312 SB1 2372 1137 There is also a code on the label as well Any help under this would be appreciated. Thanks Jesse
Thank you for the whisky bottle education. The bottom of the nicer whiskies bottles are thicker. I did not know that. I have two Macallan whiskies. The 12 Sherry Oak Cast and the 18 Sherry Oak Cast. (The 18 was a retirement gift). The 18 of coarse has the thick bottom. It sure is nice!
Just recently averaged right down on the laphroaig 34. Purchased a second time at 675£ hammer price from the whisky shop auction. Worked it out that it has fallen 35% lol but now on average with the 2 bottles is down 17.5% but long term I think these bottles will go over 2000£ a bottle so its important to take advantage of market fear. Interest rates are said to start falling before long on more than one occasion and hopefully the start of a reversal. I have added so many bottles to my collection throughout this enormous dip. These opportunities only happen on a cyclical basis and must be taken advantage of if we want to be successful.
Say what you like about Loch Dhu: it has the longest finish of any whisky. My understanding is that it is 40% alcohol and 60% E150a. I found it so bitter.
Question I starting to begin my journey in collecting and investing in whiskey. Is Balvenie 17 years peaked cask a good investment ? here in the netherlands it’s priced 300€ and up I can purches it for 250€ are these bot invest. And the balvenie 12 years single malt single barrel (price verries between 75€- 100€ online) are these bottels worth somthing if you hold them for Lets say 5 a 10 years? Ore should I look for price class higher?
