If you are a whisky lover, the chances are that at some point you have considered the benefits of owning your very own cask of whisky. As well as buying a cask through a broker like Mark Littler LTD, in 2025 is possible to buy casks direct from some distilleries. There are also parent companies and even some independent bottlers that offer entire casks. In this article we have collated as many as places as we can find (excluding brokers and dealers) where you can buy an entire cask of whisky.
It is important to note that many of the companies we have linked to below explicitly state that they are not cask investments. The lists in this article are intended as a way to explore and compare casks offered directly from the whisky makers to consumers, and should be used as an initial starting point when buying a cask. Whether they are right for you is down to your specific circumstances and the offering you’re considering. We have more information on buying a cask as an investment here.
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Where Can You Buy An Entire Cask Of Whisky In 2025?
The below tables summarise the different places you can buy casks from. They includes every distillery we have found where you can buy a whole cask of new make whisky, and there is a separate table for mature casks offered as premium options by some parent companies. As we are a specialist whisky broker we have added equivalent from prices for casks sold by us for comparison.
At the end of the article we have included a list of distilleries that have sold casks in the last few years but no longer have an active private cask programme. For detailed information on each company’s offering, including prices, please see each company specific section below.
Everywhere You Can Buy A Young Or New Make Cask Of Whisky In 2025
Important Considerations
It is important to reiterate that we are not endorsing or otherwise any of the opportunities listed. Whoever you decide to buy a cask from you should ensure you do your full due diligence before purchasing the cask.
It is also extremely important to note that many of the distilleries and companies specify that their offerings are not suitable for an investment and some require you to bottle the cask after a certain period. As such they are a way to support the distillery and enjoy some exclusive whisky but you need to ensure you are aware of any future financial commitment.
Why Do Distilleries Sell Casks To The Public?
Selling casks to the public can release capital, build brand loyalty and create a premium and bespoke experience for distilleries to offer their customers. The latter “experience value” is something that is increasingly important in luxury orientated whisky markets.
For new distilleries it has historically been a way to release funds while waiting for the whisky to mature, and increase brand visibility. For distilleries it can also be a lot of additional work, so today there are a select few that will offer new make casks of whisky direct to private buyers.
For the parent companies of established distilleries that are offering mature casks then these programmes are a way to add a premium experience for their VIP customers. These casks are usually selected because they are ready for bottling now and have limits on how long you should keep them for. Whether your budget is £2,000 or £90,000 make sure you do your research to decide if what is being offered meets your current and future needs.
Everywhere You Can Buy A Premium, Mature Cask
Some distilleries and parent companies also now offer a premium experience for their high and ultra high net worth customers. They offer a small selection of hand-picked casks for customers to select and personalise for immediate bottle. These are explicitly not sold as an investment; they are a luxury experience, with prices starting from tens of thousands of pounds up to in excess of two million.
The List: Where To Buy Casks Direct In 2025
Borders Distillery – Casks from £2,400
Borders distillery is a Lowlands distillery that opened in March 2018 and has planned to make available just 1,837 casks. This is to commemorate the fact they are the first whisky distillery in the Scottish Borders since 1837. The distillery is located in Hawick, probably best known as the birthplace of tweed.
Borders casks start from £2,400 and you can specify your fill date as well as choosing between five cask types. They also suggest they can help you bottle the cask if you wish. Bottling doesn’t appear to be compulsory, although it is specifically not included, so (as always) ensure you understand costs if that is what you intend.
For more information, visit Borders’ website.
Mark Littler Ltd – Casks From £2,000
We are not a distillery, but we’ve added the starting price for our new make casks in here for reference. We source casks from the secondary market and as such can offer options from a range of distilleries at a range of ages, including casks from distilleries that you cannot buy from directly.
Many of the options in this list are a great way to support a new distillery or if you’re a keen whisky fan to create your very own whisky bottling. The casks we offer are selected because we believe they offer a sound option for those looking for a cask investment. However we can also help you bottle casks if you’re after that side of the experience too.
Our new make spirit starts at around £2,000 for a barrel. We also offer a broad selection of older casks around 4 to 12 years old from £4,000 to £8,000. This “young” age range is still competitively priced but gives you a head start on your investment compared to new make. All our casks are sold with a delivery order and stored in your name at the warehouse, giving you the same protection as you would get buying direct.
More information on how to buy a cask can be found here.
Penderyn Distillery – Casks from £2,900
Penderyn Distillery creates Welsh whisky and was founded in 2000 to become Wales’ first whisky distillery in over 100 years. It now has three sites across Wales. The original distillery is located in the foothills of the Brecons Beacons National Park in South Wales and was opened in 2004. In 2021 they opened a site in Llandudno and this was joined in 2023 by a site in Swansea, the latter of which paused distillation in 2024 due to fluctuations in demand.
Penderyn’s cask maturation programme begins at £2,900 for a first fill ex-bourbon barrel and there are a range of other cask types and sizes available, included peated options. Maturation period is suggested at 5 to 7 years and the cask must be bottled on maturation so ensure you take those costs into account.
You can read more on Penderyn.wales
The Penderyn Distillery’s original site in The Brecons Beacons National Park, South Wales.
Annandale Distillery – Casks from £3,000
Annandale Distillery was first established in 1836 but in 1919 it was one of many Lowland distilleries closed as surplus to requirements and fell into disrepair. The site was bought in 2010 and the long and expensive (c. £10.5 million) task of returning it to a functioning distillery began. Distilling re-started in 2014 and their first whisky was released in 2018.
Annandale offer the largest range of cask purchase options we have come across. As well as a range of cask types and sizes you can also choose between new make and older casks all the way back to 2014. New make ex-bourbon barrels start at £3,000. The distillery will help you bottle the cask (make sure you understand the fees) but you are also free to sell the cask whole. You can find more information about buying Annandale casks on their website.
The Annandale distillery offers the widest selection of cask purchase options we have come across.
The Milk and Honey Distillery – Casks from c. £4,300
The Milk and Honey distillery is in Tel-Aviv, Israel. It was founded in 2013 by a group of friends who wanted to create Israel’s first whisky distillery. The hot climate creates a distinctive whisky that matures more rapidly than scotch and other whiskies distilled in more temperate climates.
The Milk & Honey Distillery offer a limited number of first-fill ex-bourbon casks and STR ex-wine casks and will mature the casks for a three years. You can mature for longer but the angel’s share is around 9% per year, compared to 2% per year on average for scotch. Casks start around £4,300 (depending on exchange rates) and bottling costs are applicable.
Nc’Nean still advertise their cask programme but the popularity means they have a waiting list.
Nc’nean – Waiting List
Th Nc’Nean distillery was founded in 2017 as a sustainable whisky distillery. They broke records for the most expensive first release from a new distillery, which was sold at auction in 2020. There is currently a waiting list to buy a cask of their award winning whisky.
Prices are not currently shown but previously had been from £3,500 for a barrel. You can contact them through their website to be added to the waiting list for 2025 filling dates.
The SMWS have a selection of casks available to purchase as part of the runnup to their 50th Anniversary celebrations in 2033. Photo: The Scotch Malt Whisky Society
The SMWS – Casks From £4,000
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) have introduced a cask programme in the runup to their 50th Anniversary in 2033. They have three different cask styles from a selection of different distilleries including peated and unpeated styles. The 50th Anniversary Cask club has been designed with the SMWS’s whisky loving members in mind and the casks must be bottled at 10 years old.
Bottling costs are not included in the initial cost so ensure you are comfortable with this before considering this option. You can enquire and buy direct through the SMWS website.
Arran Distillery – Casks from £5,000
The Arran Distillery was founded in 1993 and was one of the first new scotch distilleries to open following the mass closures of the 1980s. It was also the first recent distillery on the Isle of Arran (the last one closed in 1837 and there was some illicit distilling before that). The distillery lays claim to having the purest water in Scotland.
Arran have had various cask programmes since they opened and at their sister distillery Lagg. You cannot get standard Arran casks anymore or Lagg casks, but you can still get involved with the (relatively) new distillery through a cask of their peated Lochranza whisky. First fill ex-bourbon barrels start at £5,000 and other cask types and sizes are available. You can bottle your cask at ten years or transfer to a third party with Arran’s permission. Find out more on their website.
The Arran distillery offers casks of peated Lochranza single malt whisky.
Spirit Of Yorkshire Distillery – Limited Availability
Spirit Of Yorkshire Distillery is the first whiskey distillery in the Yorkshire area, using barley grown on their family farm in Hunmanby, meaning that they are in control of the whisky making process right down to seed planting.
Spirit of Yorkshire offers a limited number of ex-Bourbon and ex-Red wine casks each year. Cask purchases are made via direct enquiry through their website.
Lindores Abbey – Casks starting from £4,000
Lindores Abbey Distillery is a microdistillery founded in 2017 on the grounds of an old abbey in the Scottish lowlands. It is thought that distilling was taking place on the site as early as 1494, recorded in a letter instructing one Friar John Cor to make “aqua vitae, VIII bolls of malt” by order of King James IV, which was the first written record of whisky making in Scotland.
Casks are available in three sizes and finishes and start at £4,000. Contact details to find out more are listed on their website, here.
The Lindores Abbey Distillery is built on the site where the oldest record of whisky making in Scotland hails from.
Raasay Distillery – Limited Availability
Raasay distillery is named after the island on which it sits, and in 2017 became the first legal distillery on the island. They produce both a peated and unpeated expression. They do still advertise a cask programme, however numbers are limited to just 60 per year and they operate a waiting list system. Prices aren’t listed, but previously had started at £6,000 for a 190 litre cask.
Find out more and enquire to be added to the waiting list for 2025 on their website, here.
Karuizawa – From £90,000
The renowned Japanese whisky distillery Karuizawa reopened in 2022 and in from 2024 they began offering a small number of casks per year through dekantā. Each year they release 250 casks to discerning fans who want to get involved with the rebirth of this iconic distillery.
Prices start at £90,000 for new make with a minimum 10 year maturation. We are unsure whether bottling is compulsory or what bottling costs would be in Japan so ensure you familiarise yourself with these aspects when enquiring through the dekantā website.
The List: Premium Mature Casks
The Chivas Vault is one of a handful of premium whole cask programmes offering mature casks, these are sold as an experience for HNW whisky enthusiasts. Photo: Chivas Brothers
Chivas Brothers – The Vault
Chivas Brothers have created The Chivas Vault to offer a luxury and bespoke experience. “For me whisky is the essence of luxury, its about ultimate quality and craft. The products we are offering today through the vault are phenomenal, hand picked from millions of cask, the rarity gives me goosebumps,” explained Jacques-Henri Brive, who is Head of Luxury Development at Chivas Brothers.
At any point there are around 14 casks available, which have been selected as being the pinnacle of their maturation. In Chivas Brothers’ new Olfactory Room customers will be guided through selecting the best cask for them as well as bottling choices etc. They weren’t keen to disclose starting prices due to the variations in cask options, but you can enquire through their website.
The Dalmore
For fans of The Dalmore there is the option to buy a whole cask from this premium distillery. The cask options can be completely personalised from almost Dalmore’s entire range. Prices for this premium experience are on demand. You can register your interest and begin the process of enquiring more via email, here.
“The Twelve” make up Diageo’s Casks Of Distinction in 2024. Photo: Diageo
Diageo – Casks Of Distinction
Drinks giant Diageo has operated its Cask of Distinction programme for its discerning and high net worth whisky fans since 2017. A small selection of exceptional casks are selected from Diageo’s 50 warehouses and marked with a star to show they represent the epitome of that particular spirit. Once they reach perfection they become available through Casks of Distinction. In 2023 and 2024 there were just 12 casks made available through this programme and the options included a 47 year old Brora.
Whisky fans can mature their chosen cask for up to five more years but they must be bottled. Bottling can be personalised, as can the cask head following bottling. We understand cask prices vary but go up to seven figures for the rarest casks, interested parties can enquire and learn more direct with Diageo.
Martell – Les Fûts Uniques de Martell
In 2024 Martell became the first of the four big cognac houses to offer a private cask programme through their “Les Fûts Uniques de Martell.” Discerning cognac fans can choose between four eaux-de-vie (single cask cognac), aged between 27 and 32 years that has been specially selected from the best of House Martell’s casks.
“No eau-de-vie will ever be released twice, making Les Fûts Uniques de Martell, quite literally, a one-and-only cask collection, which is also a truly unique proposition for the consumer,” explained Martell.
This is once again an experience led cask programme and purchasers will also get a three-day experience at Maison Martell. Prices for the four casks in the initial release start from €840,000. Potential acquires need to register their interest through with Martell (or via your personal shopper/ private client manager).
Distilleries That Used To Offer Casks Direct To members of the Public
The following is a brief list of distilleries that have offered casks in recent years but do not have an active cask programme in 2025. There are other distilleries that have offered whole casks to private individuals in the past but I’ve limited it to distilleries that offered in the 2020s to keep the list from getting too long!
Ardnamurchan Distillery – Not Currently Available
- Founded: 2014
- Region: Highlands
- Price: Previously £3,475-£8,900
Lagg Distillery – Not Currently Available
- Founded: 2019
- Region: Highlands
- Price: Not currently available
Ardnahoe Distillery – Not Currently Available
- Founded: 2017
- Region: Islay
- Prices: Not currently available
Midleton Distillery – Not Currently Available
- Founded: 1825
- Region: Cork, Ireland
- Prices: Not Disclosed
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Additional considerations
Please note that this guide is not meant as a suggestion of what to buy but is simply intended as a guide and starting point for your investigation into cask purchases. If you are looking at buying a cask in 2025, whether from a broker like ourselves or direct from a distillery, then you need to make sure that it is the right option for you.
Bottling costs
Some of distillery offers listed above specify that the whisky must be bottled at the end of the maturation period. As such, you need to ensure you are fully aware of the costs and taxes involved in bottling and the implications of how that might shape the purchase of an investment or otherwise. Many of the distilleries give examples of the expected costs and will likely advise you of them if you ask.
You can also use our cask calculator for more information on bottling costs.
Taxes
Whisky casks are classed as a wasting asset with an expected lifetime under 50 years, and therefore in the UK they are not currently subject to capital gains tax. However bottles are not classed as a wasting asset and therefore capital gains tax will be applicable over relevant thresholds. We are not tax experts and we suggest taking professional advice if you are unsure.
If you have any questions then please feel free to get in touch. You can send us an email to [email protected].
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