Auction Your Cask

Last orders for the Jun 2024 auction your cask!

Our second auction of the year is coming to a close today at 8pm BST. This is your final chance to bid on 18 delicious casks ranging from Guyana Rum to Orkney Island Single Malt.

It's the final day of the Summer Cask Auction. The hammer drops at 8pm tonight, so get your final bids in! Have you been looking at a nutty Tullibardine 2007 cask, the light, bright and fruity Royal Brackla 2008, or perhaps the rarely seen Miltonduff 2013 cask? Let us know in the comments which cask has caught your eye.

Its the final 24hrs of the Summer Auction Your Cask. We've seen some strong bidding on the lots but there is still time to bid on your favourite casks. With 18 casks to choose from there is incredible variety across category, region, age and price.

The June 2024 auction closes at 8pm tomorrow.

Lot: 130010
Distillery: Guyana Rum (Port Mourant) 2011
AYS: 01/04/11
ABV: 56.20%
Litres: 96.1 RLA
Date of Regauge: 01/10/2023
Estimated Number of bottles: 244

The Port Mourant distillery achieved distinction for its production of rums, contributing to the renowned navy rums cherished by the Royal Navy. This rum from The Diamond Distillery has harnessed this historic design to create a liquid bursting with tropical flavours. Rich and oily, the spirit has matured well over 13 years giving a beautiful balance to the rum punchiness, as well the colour.

In recent years rum has become one of the hottest and most exciting spirit categories around. As people began to appreciate how complex and layered older rums can be, enough to rival top malt whiskies and old cognacs in many eyes, some distilleries have shown an ability to consistently produce amazing quality.

Diamond Distillery is a Guyanese rum distillery capable of producing over 26 million litres of alcohol per year, most of which is used for bulk rum and blending. Diamond Distillery is probably most famous for bottling under the renowned El Dorado brand and is also very popular with independent rum bottlers, including Hunter Laing. They use nine stills at Diamond Distillery of which the double wooden Port Mourant still is their most renowned. The wooden stills and copper swan neck which runs directly into the second still contributes to its unique deep and rich flavour. Pussers Rum and other navy rums continue to use rum from the Port Mourant stills at Diamond Distillery.

Lot: 130009
Distilelry: Glencadam 2011
Cask: Barrel
AYS: 16/03/11
ABV: 62.90%
Litres: 95.37 RLA
Date of Regauge: 19/10/2023
Estimated number of bottles: 217

Cask Trade have never sold a cask from this distillery, making this barrel somewhat of a first time exclusive for Auction Your Cask.

In 1824 legitimate distilling was legalised in Scotland and merchant George Cooper wasted no time in establishing Glencadam distillery only one year later. Lying a half a mile from the River Esk it is only one of four distilleries between Dundee and Aberdeen on Scotland’s East Coast, 10 miles from both Arbikie and Fettercairn distilleries.

Over the following 200 years there was a number of different owners and thankfully each owner was careful not to spoil the charming character of Glencadam. Glencadam is not a distillery many are familiar with since historically, its whisky has mainly been used in blends. Since 2003, it has been owned by the Hillman Family under their Angus Dundee PLC business (also the owners of Tomintoul) who, for the first time in its history, bottled Glencadam Highland malt commercially as a 15 years old expression in 2005.

Amazingly, the shape of the stills at Glencadam has never altered over the years. Their lyne pipes run upwards at an angle of 15 degrees rather than downwards which it is believed to help produce a particularly delicate and mellow spirit and sweet , fruit notes after maturation. The particularly soft water lends an additional creamy taste to the whisky, which when matured in refill American oak, has a soft buttery quality and silky palate. This is an underrated distillery that’s starting to get the attention it deserves.

Lot: 130006
Distillery: Tormore 2009
AYS: 16/02/09
ABV: 58.50%
Litres: 88.3 RLA
Regauge Date: 31/01/2024
Estimated Number of Bottles: 216

Tormore is one of the most stunning examples of 1950s distillery architecture, but official bottlings are hard to come by. Previous owners Pernod Ricard reserved most of this great liquid for its blended Scotches. That's what makes this a fantastic cask, the renewed focus and investment from passionate whisky owners that have experience building successful businesses.

Traditionally there has only been a handful of Tormore Distillery Bottlings and these have not always been a priority for owners Chivas. Built in 1959 by famed architect Sir Albert Richardson it looks very palatial being made out of Scottish granite in a two-toned colour scheme. There is also a clock tower and everything is trimmed in copper and oak with beautifully landscaped gardens surrounding it.

New owners - The Singh brothers - founders of The Whisky Exchange, are planning on opening the distillery to the public with a visitor centre. Investment from passionate whisky owners that have experience building successful businesses is a great asset for this cask.

Lot: 130008
Distillery: Glen Grant 2007
AYS: 10/04/07
ABV: 58.81%
Litres: 119.8 RLA
Regauge Date: 20/07/2023
Estimated Number of Bottles: 291

Glen Grant is one of four distilleries in the Speyside village of Rothes and is best known for being the number one single malt in Italy. Its story goes hand in hand with Italy's love affair with single malt Scotch. This 2007 Hogshead is a bursting with fruity citrus flavours and has a nice note of sweet cinnamon spice, along with biscuity undertones. A fine whisky to have in summer.

Glent Grant distillery has a large capacity of 6.2million litres per annum and a new, highly efficient, £5m bottling hall which can handle 12,000 bottles per hour. Glen Grant is unique amongst large distilleries since it bottles all its production on site.

The whisky ages very well in sherry casks but these are becoming increasingly more difficult to find. For the investor, this is an opportunity to own a very famous distillery that makes very good whisky. Campari is clearly putting the investment in and has plans to restore former glory and get the brand back to the upper echelons, so the whisky could well be undervalued. Either way, there’ll always be independent bottlers who would be interested in this Malt so there is a secure exit strategy. What is worth exploring is holding onto the cask for a longer investment as the whisky does age very well.

Browse the 2007 Glen Grant Hogshead on the June https://hubs.ly/Q02zQd7Y0 website now via the link in our bio.

Our Summer Auction is now live! Good luck to all the sellers and prospective cask owners. There are 10 days to secure your perfect cask. Have you requested any samples yet?

Our summer Auction Your Cask online auction starts tomorrow. Don't forget to visit the auction website to view the 18 casks we have in the auction and request samples to taste!

Happy bidding :)

The auction runs from Midday on 18th June until 8pm on 28th June.

Here's just a few of the fantastic distilleries which are available in our June Auction. Will you be joining us 18th to 28th June 2024?

Clockwise L to R:
Tormore
Glen Grant
Glencadam
Guyana Rum
Braeval
Staoisha
Orkney Island
Miltonduff

Here are 8 reasons to buy and sell casks via our online cask auction. Our next cask auction runs between 18th and 28th June at https://hubs.ly/Q02zPKR40

It's one week until the start of our summer auction. With 18 fantastic whisky casks available for bottlers and private individuals to explore, head over to our June 2024 auction page at https://hubs.ly/Q02zCRXS0 to browse the lots, add casks to your wish list and request samples before the auction starts at midday (GMT) on 18th June.

We've reduced buyer premiums from 15% to 10% on all lots in the June 2024 auction.

Head over to https://hubs.ly/Q02zCHMF0 to view the auction lots and request samples.

Cask Whisky samples are now available to try for many of the lots in our June Auction.
1. Register on https://hubs.ly/Q02zCQcB0
2. Visit the lots you are interested in and request samples
3. Our team will send them out to your asap

The lots are live, so head over to https://hubs.ly/Q02zCQcB0 to have a browse of the fantastic casks going under the hammer in June.

*Post 5/5*

Final chance to a bottle of Speyside Single Malt matured in Oloroso sherry! Can you guess this Scottish distillery in 3 clues?

Write your answer in the comments section of this post and in all of the five posts of the series for the chance to win a bottle of 16 year old Glenrothes oloroso cask strength whisky bottled by Cadenheads.

We will announce the winner on 31st May. Good luck! 🥃

*Post 4/5*

It takes 3 years to make a whisky, can you guess this distillery in 3 clues?

It's post 4/5 in our guess the distillery competition. Write your answer in the comments section of this post and in all of the five posts of the series for the chance to win a bottle of 16 year old Glenrothes oloroso cask strength whisky bottled by Cadenheads. The final post is out tomorrow, and don't forget to comment on previous posts for the chance to win!

We will announce the winner on 31st May. Good luck! 🥃

*Post 3/5*

It takes 3 years to make a whisky, can you guess this distillery in 3 clues?

Over the next three days we're going to be testing your whisky knowledge. Guess the distillery and write your answer in the comments section of this post and in the two following posts for the chance to win a bottle of 16 year old Glenrothes oloroso cask strength whisky bottled by Cadenheads. Don't forget to comment on previous posts for the chance to win!

We will announce the winner on 31st May. Good luck! 🥃

*Post 2/5*

It takes 3 years to make a whisky, can you guess this distillery in 3 clues?

Over the next four days we're going to be testing your whisky knowledge. Guess the distillery and write your answer in the comments section of this post and in the three following posts for the chance to win a bottle of 16 year old Glenrothes oloroso cask strength whisky bottled by Cadenheads. Don't forget to comment on previous posts for the chance to win!

We will announce the winner on 31st May. Good luck! 🥃

It takes 3 years to make a whisky, can you guess the distillery in 3 clues?

Over the next five days we're going to be testing your whisky knowledge. Guess the distillery and write your answer in the comments section of this post and in the four following posts for the chance to win a bottle of 16 year old Glenrothes oloroso cask strength whisky bottled by Cadenheads.

We will announce the winner on 31st May. Good luck! 🥃

Finally, we get to the top 4 most popular distilleries with independent bottlers:
Royal Brackla
Glenrothes
Glen Moray
Ardmore

Which one is your favourite?

Maybe you have a cask from one of these distilleries? If you have a cask to sell, don't forget to talk to us about a free valuation or entering your cask into an auction.

Most Popular Distilleries with Independent Bottlers numbers 8-5:
Linkwood
Ledaig

Caol Isla

There are some absolutely delicious drams in here, two of which are peated whiskies. Do you know which?

From 12 - 9: our records show these are some of the most popular casks with independent bottlers:
Craigellachie
Staoisha



Are these a surprise?

We've been through the archives for for Auction Your Cask and to see which distilleries have been the most popular with indie bottlers. Stay tuned as we share the top 12.

Our summer auction dates have been announced and we're already working hard to get a fantastic lineup of casks into this auction. If you have a cask to sell and please use the link in our bio for a free valuation.

If you are a buyer, mark your diary that the auction kicks off on Tuesday 18th June at 12pm GMT. See you there.