Octave & Quarter Cask Range “The O&Q Range”

You possibly have noticed on visits to our premises here in Huntly that we have been experimenting for quite a few years on the use of Octave and Quarter casks. In fact we have been maturing whiskies this way since the mid 90’s but only more recently on a commercial scale. We currently have around a hundred Octave casks maturing with loads of new whiskies going into cask soon. Quarters will be available for sale soon.

We haven’t held back in any way with the type of  whiskies being used in our casks as we want to continue experimenting with many different whiskies, ages, woods and cask sizes. So far the outcome has been very positive, with excellent feedback on tastings and resultant sales to private UK clients.

Octaves are the ideal size for a broad spectrum of customers, they contain on average 70 bottles, are affordable and therefore not going to break the bank in these recessionary times. Private buyers, corporate customers, professional organisations, bars, private clubs, restaurants are all target markets for low volume single cask , cask strength bottlings.

This range is a separate concept from what we do with the Duncan Taylor Rare Auld range which is clearly single casks from first fill through to final bottling. The Octave and Quarter cask range contains whiskies of all ages, mainly from casks that have been matured for a number of years beforehand.

The “O and Q range” is available for bottling under any label and casks are only being sold on the basis that they are ultimately bottled at Duncan Taylor’s bottling plant.

We have produced an actual label “The Octave” or “The Quarter” for those people who want to identify the brand directly with Duncan Taylor, please see a copy of the label on the attached pdf. If a private or customer label is required then approval must be given by Duncan Taylor & Co Ltd beforehand.

Casks are only being sold on a CWO basis ( cash with order) and discounts are only given on multiple cask purchases. Duncan Taylor reserve the right of sale. Casks will be held after sale for a period of up to one year before bottling. All bottling costs and storage are included in the price. Label costs for own label will be the responsibility of the customer. Note that we do have a cask ratio system built into our sales so that we do not have too much emphasis on demand of our rarer whiskies.

If you require any further information please feel free to contact info@duncantaylor.com

We hope you are going to participate in our cask programme and good luck with sales.

Kind Regards

Karen Law

Marketing Manager

Duncan Taylor & Co Limited
Scotch Whisky Merchants & Bottlers
4 Upperkirkgate
Huntly
Aberdeenshire, AB54 8JU
Scotland
Tel.: +44 (0)1466 794055
Fax:  +44 (0)1466 794618
www.duncantaylor.com
IWSC 2008 , 2009 Trophy Winner
Independent Bottler of the Year 2008 – 2009