How can you invest in whiskey?

To invest in whiskey is one of the latest options and attention gaining areas in the investment industry. There are two principles ways to invest in whiskey and today we are going to discuss them. The first one is to invest directly in bottles and the second option is to invest in whiskey. It can either be an old or new bottle and in that, the brand and distillery are extremely important. In the casks of whiskey, the distillery from which the whiskey comes is less important. A good return of around 10-15% can be made from whiskey casks from any distillery.

Let’s have a detailed view at both the options and get a better view on how to invest in whiskey –

• Investing in bottles

Investing in the bottles requires a huge amount of capital in order to even make a minimum investment. In order to invest in bottles you need to buy them from auctions and releases by using your expertise and skills. Inspite of all the skills and expertise a high amount of return is not guaranteed when investing in bottles while making an investment in whiskey.

• Investing in Whiskey Casks

Whiskey is considered a depreciating asset and thus, no amount of capital gains is payable on the sale. Casks give a different perspective to whiskey investment. These are a simple asset, held in bond and no duty is levied whilst it stays in bond. When it comes to investing in whiskey, the best way is to invest in a diverse portfolio. Casks can be bought at different stages during their process. They can be bought freshly filled to well-aged.

The casks become more expensive as they gain maturity and they are of less price on their early stage. The cask at a zero age is called a new fill cask and the liquid is called a new make spirit. It takes 3 years and a day for a new spirit to legally become whiskey. Casks can be bought at any age the buyer thinks it would be beneficial.

More of such guidance is available when you join New Hibernian Whiskey Advisory and decide to invest in whiskey. For more information, you can visit www.new-hibernian.com

About New Hiberian Whiskey

Our Model of Whiskey Cask Purchase

The Irish Whiskey cask purchase model is a way for private investors and institutions to enter into a market that was historically limited to the select few; Either those with direct links to distilleries or Ultra High Net Worth individuals with the financial prowess to buy their way into the market of their choice.

Our model allows investors to enter into the advanced purchase of casks of raw Whiskey from one of renowned partner distilleries at prices way below wholesale. This ensures future profits for the cask owners whilst also creating cash flow for the distillery. For full details on our pricing structure contact info@new-hibernian.com

BOXING DAY SIZZLING SALE

Merry Christmas! We hope you have a wonderful holiday. Not one to let the fun stop, we’re keeping the festivities going with our sizzling Boxing Day Sale.

Available online now until 10pm, Friday 31 December – now is the time to go BOLD for the New Year, explore new flavours and taste experiences that you may never have tried before. Enjoy a spectacular 20% saving on our selected bottles PLUS we’ve created our Seasonal Mystery Malt Parcels that are sure to surprise and delight the senses.

SPECTACULAR 20% SAVING on our seasonal selected bottlings:
Use Coupon Code: SIZZLINGSALE20
Excludes Mystery Malt Parcels

Simply visit our Boxing Day sale selection online, add your bottles to your basket and apply our coupon code above to enjoy your discount.

GO BOLD

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, The Vaults, 87 Giles Street, Leith EH6 6BZ

Contact: sales@smws.com or call 0131 555 2929 (Mon-Fri 9am-4.45pm). Visit the Society at here for membership information

This is your chance to join and to take advantage of their great offers!

Spot the SMWS bottles in this amusing You Tube video

Firstly I would like to wish all our customers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Below you will find our first UK Collection schedule of 2022. Please note the week we collect is now a week later with the exception of the North West of England. Please pay attention to the deadline dates as we are now on a tight schedule to get the North West routes planned.

To register your interest in a collection please complete the form which can be found here.

Please note home collections are available to those customers sending 10+ bottles or bottles to the value of £1000 and above in towns and cities where we do not offer a collection point.

Please get in touch if your area is not listed below but you would like a home collection. We will do our best to accommodate all requests.

Collections are limited and by appointment only. If you would like to attend please complete the form which can be found here. Please note dead lines apply for collection requests. It would be appreciated if bottles could be packed for uplift. In addition the attached submission form and label should be completed.

A winner in our auction? We are now offering a delivery (to collection point) service to customers who are dropping bottles off for a future auction. This service is charged at £12 (inc VAT), optional loss and breakage cover is available.

Submission Form & Label

Westland “#6062” K&L Exclusive Single ex-Jack Daniels Maple Wood Barrel Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky (750ml) $109.99 View

This exceptional and usual barrel comes one of the country’s premier producers of America Single Malt. Few would argue that Westland isn’t one of the very best and this exciting cask is one of the oldest we’ve ever sold from this venerated Washington producer. They started with malted barley from Baird’s in the highlands of Scotland. This batch was peated to a hefty 55ppm before being shipped to Washington to be fermented with their proprietary Belgian saison yeast and distilled on their gorgeous copper pots. Filled into a new Coopers Select on June, 19th 2014, it aged a full 4 years before being transferred to a maple wood barrel that had previously held the famous Tennessee whisky from Lynchburg. After nearly 2.5 years more, the barrel was dumped and bottled exclusively for K&L without chillfilteration or coloring of any kind at a seamless 108.88 proof. The rich complexity of this cask cannot be overstated. The dense peat mingle perfectly with the multiple wood types offering both classic and new world flavors that will entice even the most smoke averse whisky drinker. Only 120 bottles made it out of the notoriously leaky maple wood barrel and we’re certain they won’t last long. The wonderful single barrel program is the perfect complement to the newly release and perfectly executed Flagship product that so much value and consistency as to literally define the category. All should continue to take note of what this fabulous distillery is doing in the heart of Seattle.

Bardstown Bourbon Company “Discovery Series #6” Blended Straight Bourbon Whiskey (750ml) $135.00 View

The exceptional Discovery series from Bardstown Bourbon Company have consistently been some of the highest quality releases each year. This fabulous new gleaming distillery isn’t shying away from the details when it releases these sourced products and they spend an inordinate amount of time and energy making sure these small batches deliver an incredible drinking from the first nosing to the final sip. This batch is a meticulous marriage of whiskies from three states. The primary component, 68% of the blend, is an 11 year old Kentucky Bourbon with a classic 75% corn, 13% rye mashbill. This is presumed to be distilled at Barton Distillery just miles from the Bardstown Distillery, but the distillery has never confirmed that fact. The rest of the blend is made up of equal parts of Tennessee 17 year old at 8% rye and an Indiana 7 Year old at 21% rye. These are pretty obvious considering no other distillery in either state sells to others parties, so we assume Cascade Hollow and MGPi for these components respectively. Despite the very distinctive profiles of each distillery, neither dominates in the blend and the resulting bourbon is a perfect balance of the rich dusty old Tennessee Bourbon, deep fruit forward Kentucky and the zesty youthful Indiana. Ultimatley, very few products in this price point or any other offer such a high quality drinking experience and with no allocation, you’re free for once to load up the bunker.

Email: wine@klwines.com
Phone: (877) KL-WINES (Toll Free 877.559.4637)
K&L Wine Merchants 3005 El Camino Real Redwood City, CA 94061 USA
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Travel the wonderful world of whisk(e)y!

Here is your friendly reminder of some of the incredible whisk(e)y available from outside the boundaries of Scotch. Expand your horizons with a dram from the legendary Yamazaki, an Irish favourite from Bushmills or in search of the perfect Old Fashioned with Woodford Reserve. There are plenty to choose from so have a look at our extensive range!

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Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 416: Auchentoshan 22 Year Old 1998 Klubb23

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tastes yet another Auchentoshan. His friends from Klubb23 got their hands on a cask of Auchentoshan, bottled especially for the Dram Brothers Whisky Society of Luxembourg. Mark had to hurry to get his hands on one as there are only 70 bottles available. It’s a belter!

https://youtu.be/k63KjJUJ1Bo

EX-PAUL JOHN WHISKY’S REGIONAL MANAGER, SHILTON ALMEIDA, JOINS M&H DISTILLERY

Tel Aviv – December 2021 — Shilton Almeida, formerly of Paul John’s Whisky, joins the M&H Distillery as the Global Brand Ambassador.

Almeida will bring to the Tel Aviv-based distillery a decade of experience in retail sales, marketing, and branding, as well as a wealth of knowledge and expertise. For more than six years, Almeida worked as a Regional Manager for John Distilleries, focusing on sales, marketing, and branding for Paul John Whisky in the United Kingdom and Europe. Shilton Almeida has been named Icons of Whisky – Highly Commended World Whisky Brand Ambassador of the Year for 2021.

“Almeida’s experience, passion, and understanding of the industry will undoubtedly be a huge asset as we look forward to a busy year ahead,” stated Gal Kalkshtein, founder and owner of the M&H Distillery. “I’ve been in love with M&H since they released their Young Single Malt, which I first tried in Frankfurt and got me all excited about the future there.” said Almeida. It’s fascinating to see what the team is doing in those climatic conditions in Israel. It is a privilege to be a part of this fantastic team”.

M&H finalizes the year with great enthusiasm, winning top honors including “Craft Producer of the Year” in Whisky Magazine’s 2021 Icons of Whisky (Rest of World), and after successfully launching its APEX series, the distillery’s signature core line of innovative, forward-thinking bold whiskies. M&H is currently presenting worldwide its most exciting release, the APEX Dead Sea, the first single malt whisky matured in the lowest place on earth, where temperatures climbing as high as 55 ºc.

About M&H Distillery: M&H Distillery (Milk & Honey), established in 2012 by entrepreneur and investor Gal Kalkstein, is Israel’s first whisky distillery and produces high-quality distillates in Tel Aviv. All raw materials, equipment, casks and processes were selected to ensure that the final product – whether white distillates or aged whisky – meets the highest quality standards. M&H Distillery received guidance and advice from the late Dr. Jim Swan, a world-renowned master distiller. All the products of the distillery are kosher.

Glenfarclas Donates to Moray Food Plus

Whilst this has been an unusual year for everyone, we are thrilled to be back welcoming visitors to our distillery with both tours and tastings. It has been great to have our distillery visits back up and running where we have been able to welcome visitors from all around the world. In accordance with government guidelines, we have enjoyed running our full tours.

The Glenfarclas team have continued their fundraising efforts for Moray Food Plus over the past six months with tour charges being replaced by donation requests following the reintroduction of distillery visits. It is safe to say that we could not have predicted the overwhelming response, support and generosity from our visitors. Distillery Manager Callum Fraser hosted a special manager’s tour for his birthday (which happened to be during the whisky festival) and all proceeds of this special tour went to Moray Food Plus as part of the donations. We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who visited for their contributions and we are very excited to announce that the grand total raised was an amazing £16,580.94. The cheque was presented to Mairi McCallum from Moray Food Plus by our Visitor Centre Manager Matthew Porritt on Wednesday 8th December. Overseeing the handover was Major General Seymour Monro (Lord-Lieutenant of Moray) and Patricia Seligman (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Banffshire). Proudly photographed at the cheque handover are Suzanne, Kirstin, Steve and Lauren who were all involved alongside Donna (not photographed) in persuading visitors to part with their cash for such a good cause. Despite the Covid-19 restrictions the Visitor Centre has had a fantastic season and we are looking forward to welcoming back guests to Glenfarclas in the New Year.

Since our reopening announcement we have had a very busy second half of the year and have been thrilled to be able to host and attend a number of events. In August we had an unexpected visit from some very special guests who were raising money for Police Care UK and The Fire Fighters Charity by walking over 600 miles from Gloucestershire to Elgin. The Glenfarclas team had a lot of fun welcoming William, Millie and Boo Boo and even got the chance to feed them some of our very own draff.

As per tradition Glenfarclas Distillery put forward its team for the Dramathon who ended up winning the We Dram relay. On behalf of Glenfarclas we would like to say a massive well done to both our team and those who participated in this annual event.

November was a very exciting month for us with the return of the rescheduled in-person Speyside Whisky Festival. As well as welcoming visitors to the distillery and attending tastings we were very excited to find out that we won overall best whisky at the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Awards from 2020 which was accepted by Callum at a launch event in October.

On the topic of awards, we are also thrilled to be able to announce that we also took away a bronze award from the Fields of Whisky Challenge which was accepted on behalf of Glenfarclas by our very own Deborah Stewart.

December has been a busy end to the year for us with our specially designed 1965 decanter and crystal tumblers which are housed in a beautiful rose wood box going to the Distillers One of One Auction. The auction was in aid of disadvantaged young people in Scotland and is led by The Worshipful Company of Distillers. This unique, one of kind whisky and decanter exceeded expectations and raised a total of £17,000.

We are also very excited to announce that our Chairman John Grant has been inducted into the Whisky Magazine’s Hall of Fame. This very prestigious honour was accepted by John himself at the award ceremony held in Edinburgh at the Balmoral Hotel. Please join us in congratulating him on his success.

As the year draws to a close, we would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to Mark, Scott and Niall, who are the three new faces that have joined the Glenfarclas team and will be involved in the production of our Glenfarclas spirit. Whilst we have made new and exciting changes our vision to produce traditional Highland Single Malt Whiskies remains the same. We would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years from everyone here at Glenfarclas.

Introducing Mark who has joined us in the Mash House as an operator.

Please welcome Scott who has taken on the role of Bio plant operator.

And last but not least Niall, who is our newest Still House operator.

Fettercairn 16 Year Old 2nd Release: 2021

The 2021 batch of the 16-year-old Fettercairn has just landed! And here we have a delcious trio of casks in this unique maturation: first-fill Oloroso, refill Oloroso and rare Palo Cortado sherry butts. Expect that tropical fruit forward character with the influence of those sherry casks bringing complexity and depth. Bottled at 46.4% abv as a limited annual release, we can’t wait to taste a bit of Summer in a dram!

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The 2021 batch of the 16-year-old Fettercairn is here! And here we have a delicious trio of casks in this unique maturation: first-fill Oloroso, refill Oloroso and rare Palo Cortado sherry butts. Paired with the Highland distillery’s unique distilling process of dousing their stills in cool water to increase condensation leading to a lighter spirit, we have something truly wonderful! Expect that tropical fruit forward character with the influence of those sherry casks bringing complexity and depth. Bottled at 46.4% abv as a limited annual release, we can’t wait to taste a bit of Summer in a dram!

A Singular Scotch Collectible from Renaissance Star
1992 Bruichladdich “Black Art – Edition 9.1” 29 Year Old Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky (750ml) ($599.99)

The rebirth of Islay’s renowned Bruichladdach distillery has been one of the most exciting developments of the past decade in the Scotch world, which makes this release that much more compelling. The oldest single malt ever sent to market by Bruichladdach, the Black Art – Edition 9.1 is an unparalleled glimpse into history and tradition, as it was produced and laid down before the distillery’s closure in 1994. Matured for 29 years in cask (only head distiller Adam Hannet knows what kind of cask), this extraordinary unpeated whisky is hands-down one of the most impressive collector’s items we’ve seen come through the door in recent years. Displaying opulent, layered aromatics and flavors carried by mesmerizing depth and viscosity that are second to none, it’s a Scotch experience unlike any other. We’ve taken in a painfully small allocation, so avid aficionados will want to move fast, as opportunities like this only come along once in a blue moon.