Buy A Springbank Whisky Cask With Mark Littler Ltd
Are you looking to buy a cask of Springbank whisky? Mark Littler Ltd specialise in connecting clients with some of the rarest and most desirable casks in the world, including Springbank. Through our worldwide network we are able to source casks that are rarely available on the open market, often at the most competitive prices.
Every cask we broker is transferred into your name via delivery order and stored in your own bonded warehouse account, giving you complete control over how your whisky matures and what you choose to do with it.
Exclusive Access to Rare and Mature Springbank Casks
As a Forbes contributor and Spear’s 500 recommended whisky consultant, Mark has spent more than a decade advising collectors, investors and estates on buying and selling casks. With over 600 five-star reviews, you can be confident you are working with a trusted and independent expert.
New-fill and young Springbank cask are not currently available on the market. Mature Springbank casks start around £100,000. Please get in touch using the form below or book time in with Mark directly using the booking system on this page.
If you are interested in purchasing a Springbank cask, we’ll be happy to discuss your requirements and match you with suitable casks.
Buy A Cask Of Springbank
If you’re looking to buy a cask of Springbank, please use the form below to contact Mark Littler directly. Mark is a Forbes contributor and Spears 500 recommended whisky consultant, and he will personally reply to your enquiry.
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Why Buy a Cask With Mark Littler?
Mark Littler is an independent whisky consultant, broker, and professional valuer with over a decade of experience helping clients buy and sell rare whisky. He is the founder of Mark Littler Ltd, owner of The Whiskey Wash (the world’s most visited whisky website), a Forbes contributor, and a Spear’s 500 recommended adviser.
Mark’s expertise has been featured by the BBC, The Telegraph, and Which?, and his insights have even been cited in the Scottish Parliament. He works directly with collectors, investors, funds, family offices, and estates, providing trusted, transparent advice on every aspect of buying and selling casks.
With Mark, you’ll get independent guidance and personal service designed to help you make the right decision for your whisky journey.
Your Springbank Cask Buying Journey
Buying a cask of Springbank is just the beginning of the journey. What happens afterwards is just as important. Most owners choose one of two routes: either bottling their whisky or continuing to mature it. Each path has its own considerations, and at Mark Littler Ltd we’re here to guide you through the process with practical advice and the right connections to make things simple.
Buying To Bottle
If you choose to bottle your cask, you’ll want the final product to do justice to the whisky inside. We can connect you with some of the best in the business, from former Macallan designers and specialist packaging firms to trusted bottling facilities, import/export providers, and marketing experts. Whether your goal is a personal project or a commercial release, we’ll help you create a world-class product that matches your vision and budget.
Buying To Mature
If you decide to continue maturing your cask, we’ll help you put everything in place for long-term success. This includes opening and approving a personal account at an HMRC-bonded warehouse, setting up the right insurance, and choosing the best storage facility for your needs. For shorter-term plans (e.g. bottling within five years), we can recommend warehouses with on-site bottling capabilities. For longer-term maturation (10–20+ years), we’ll guide you towards facilities known for exceptional cask management. Either way, we make sure your whisky is in safe hands.
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Buying Casks Of Springbank Whisky
Mark Littler Ltd is a specialist broker with hundreds of five-star reviews and a proven track record of helping our clients make the right decision when they come to buy a cask.
Springbank casks start at around £100,000 for a mature cask, which come with their own issues in terms of managing your investment. If you are interested in purchasing a Springbank cask then do get in touch to find out more details, we also have our free PDF cask buying guide, which will introduce you to our aims when we look for cask investments for our clients.
By choosing to purchase a cask through Mark Littler you gain access to the whole cask market rather than just our own inventory. That means when you come to sell your cask you will not be selling the same product as everyone else, meaning your cask will command a premium.
A Delivery Order With Every Cask
Every cask that you buy through Mark Littler Ltd will be sold via a delivery order acknowledged by the warehouse where your cask will be stored. This means you have full autonomy over your cask throughout the lifetime of your purchase and that you have full certainty that the cask is what it says on your contract. Read more about delivery orders here.
Within our agency contract there are no ties to Mark Littler Ltd nor any obligation to sell back to us in the future.
You will have you own private account at the bonded warehouse where your cask will be matured.
Why Invest In A Whisky Cask With Mark Littler?
Our experience stems from helping hundreds of people EXIT their cask investments. We know what has worked for cask owners in the past, and use that information to shape the advice and casks that we offer to current investors.
We have sold millions of pounds of casks for our customers, helping them see returns from a few thousand pounds, to over £300,000 from initial investments of as little as £1,500.
We also understand that the market has changed and we will always provide clear and comprehensive information so that you can make an informed decision. Our ethos focuses on three simple principles:
Our experience selling hundreds of casks for clients exiting their cask investments means we are uniquely placed to help you enter your investment.
We also want you to have realistic expectations of potential and the time needed to invest in casks; we provide the information necessary for you to make an informed decision.
Our agreement with an exclusive bonded warehouse means we can make your cask ownership a unique, hands on experience throughout the lifetime of your cask.
Owning a cask via a delivery order gives you the option to draw samples and experience how your whisky is maturing. You can also visit your casks should you wish to.
We are open about what is involved in cask ownership and we would rather you knew all the facts and didn’t buy a cask than buy one based on misleading information. Please download our cask buying PDF and explore our whisky cask guides page to learn more.
Our open and honest approach is why we have over 600 five star reviews online.
Education Not Sales
At Mark Littler Ltd we sell whisky casks, but we are not sales people. Our aim when we started out with casks was to educate people about casks as an investment and that is the ethos we still work with.
As well as our extensive online library of guides, articles and videos when you choose to buy a cask with us you will have the opportunity to book in for 30 minute Q & A session with us where we will answer all your questions about casks and whisky cask investment. This is not a sales call, just a chance for you to ask questions and get answers. Please note that due to exceedingly high demand we do have a waiting list for both purchasing casks and free consultation calls. If you need answers faster then please get in touch regarding paid consultations.
The History Of The Springbank Distillery
Although the Springbank distillery wasn’t officially founded until the 1800s, it has a history that dates back to the 16th century. Campbeltown, Scotland, was known in that era as a centre for illegal whisky production and smuggling, and the Mitchell family, who were later responsible for founding the distillery, arrived in the town as settlers from the lowland areas. In 1927, Archibald Mitchell and, eventually his brother Hugh became partners at the Rieclachan Distillery in Campbeltown and in 1828, they officially founded the Springbank Distillery – Campbeltown’s 14th licensed distillery at that time.
During the 1830s, Archibald’s sons took ownership of the distillery and in 1838, Springbank’s profile had become so well recognised that John Walker of Kilmarnock bought no less than 118 gallons. By the turn of the 20th century, the public’s whisky preferences had changed, and so Springbank decided to alter their production methods, creating a lighter, less heavily peated whisky, which used coal instead of peat to dry the malt. As the years went by, many of the other distilleries in Campbeltown began to cut corners in order to meet the growing demand for whisky, resulting in their closure, and by the mid-1930s, only Glen Scotia and Springbank were left in operation in the town.
During the 1980s, the whisky industry took another downtown, and many more distilleries shut their doors all over Scotland. However, Springbank persevered in selling whisky, even though their production was sporadic. Luckily, the slump was shortlived, and in 1989, regular production was underway again, paving the way for Springbank’s single malt’s reputation to take off worldwide during the 1990s. A run of high-quality bottlings was released, cementing the reputation of the distillery as a producer of world-class whiskies.
In 2008, Springbank decided to take a 6-month break, halting its production so that new warehousing could be constructed. In 2009, however, the whisky-production process began once more, and in 2013, the distillery sold a bottle of 1919 50-year-old whisky to a whisky collector from China for an impressive £50,000.
Today, Springbank is one of just three remaining distilleries still in operation around the Campbeltown area – a far cry from the region’s heyday when more than 30 distilleries were operating in the town. It remains the oldest family-owned independent distillery in the whole of Scotland. The majority of its distillate is bottled as single malts, and a small amount is sold to blenders or used in one of the distillery’s own blended labels.
