FAQ

Yes. The price on a cask's record is the full price. Nothing else is added at checkout.

Card payments up to £5,000. Above £5,000, you pay by bank transfer.

We sell as principal: each cask is sourced from our supplier at the point of sale, and the contract of sale is with us directly, not an introduction to a third party.

You pay in full at purchase, and that's also when our contract for the sale is formed. Once your payment clears, we secure your cask and register you as its owner at the warehouse. We aim to register your cask within 5 working days of your payment clearing. A bank transfer usually clears the same day. A card payment can take a few working days longer. If you cancel, we refund you within 14 days. Once registered, that's the moment your ownership becomes legally complete. Afterwards, we move your cask to Castlelaw at our own cost and risk, in your name (skipped if it's already there), where We set up your Castlelaw account in your own name, free of charge; we can't access it, and you're notified when your cask arrives. These are the same steps shown on every cask's own record page.

Once the warehouse holding your cask confirms the transfer into your name — "registered" — your purchase is recorded against the cask's ownership history with us, and the warehouse's own records show you as the owner. That's a separate, later event from payment, which is captured in full at purchase. Moving your cask to Castlelaw afterwards is a separate step again, and doesn't affect when your ownership became legally complete.

Once your cask transfer is confirmed, We set up your Castlelaw account in your own name, free of charge; we can't access it, and you're notified when your cask arrives.

Storage and insurance at Castlelaw are included for your first year. From your second year they cost £100 a year per cask. Your first year runs from the day your cask is registered in your name. We are not VAT registered. Casks are sold in bond, so no VAT or duty is due unless the whisky is removed from bond.

It compares the asking price per litre of alcohol with our other current asking prices. It is never a valuation.

Every buyer, wherever you're buying from, has a real 14-day right to cancel your purchase after the warehouse confirms the transfer, for a full refund in the currency you paid.

You'll verify your identity and age before paying. The minimum purchase age depends on your country — 18 in the UK, but genuinely different in some other jurisdictions — and is checked at the point of purchase, not assumed in advance.

Yes, and there are a few real routes: sell to another private buyer (you find the buyer and set the price), sell to the trade (bottlers, brokers or our own supplier — usually a lower, trade price), a specialist auction house, or have it bottled. See selling your cask later for the honest detail on each. We can't promise a buyer, a price or a return, and we don't buy casks back ourselves.

Whisky casks are illiquid and their value can fall as well as rise. Price context shown on this platform is a comparison based on available data, not a guarantee of price, resale timing, buyer demand, or future performance. Nobody, including us, can tell you which cask will rise in value. Each fact on a cask's own record carries its own evidence state — see how records work — and none of it is a warranty of authenticity, condition, or value beyond what was actually checked. This is not financial advice.

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