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Topic: Buy a barrel

Posted By: Guests
Subject: Buy a barrel
Date Posted: 13.02.2005 at 01:31

I woulde like to know which distilleris sells Barrels

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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 13.02.2005 at 01:31

hi christian,

in the usa you can buy a (full or empty) barrel at nearly every distillery.
just contact them. you can find the e-mail-adresses at their homepages.

good luck

rainer

Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 13.02.2005 at 01:32

Isle of Arran Distillery have some one month ago announced that they are reintroducing cask selling.

Also perhaps Bruichladdich have some casks over for selling.

Good luck!

Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 13.02.2005 at 01:34

An acquaintance of mine purchased a barrel of Van Winkle Lot B Special Reserve bourbon from Julian Van Winkle and Buffalo Trace distillery in Frankfort, KY, USA, and had it bottled as a 12yo, single-barrel bourbon. Mr. Van Winkle selected several barrels aged and ready to be blended from which to choose, and led the selector through the process.
A consortium of several other bourbon aficianados combined resources to similarly purchase a single-barrel bottling of the distillery's eponymous Buffalo Trace bourbon.
See here:
http://www.straightbourbon.com/ubbthreads-6.5/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=33074&an=0&page=1#33074 - http://www.straightbourbon.com/ubbthreads-6.5/showflat.php?C at=0&Number=33074&an=0&page=1#33074

and here:
http://www.straightbourbon.com/ubbthreads-6.5/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=37368&an=0&page=0#37368 - http://www.straightbourbon.com/ubbthreads-6.5/showflat.php?C at=0&Number=37368&an=0&page=0#37368

for some details/descriptions.

Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 13.02.2005 at 01:50

I have heard several times that there are distilleries that offer one to buy a full barrel, they will store it for a time, probably around 10 years or more and let me come and taste it once a year or something.
I really would like to do this with a couple of friends so that we could meet once a year in Scotland, go and taste our whisky and do some fishing in a lake over a weekend or so.
Does it exists?
I have surfed the web quite a lot but I can't really find any information about it.

Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 13.02.2005 at 01:51

Hi Thomas.

Try Danish retailer Mac Y's http://www.whiskyfad.dk - www.whiskyfad.dk where they sell new spirit Ben Nevis and 3 yo Ben Nevis for reasonable prices.

Bruichladdich might also still be selling casks of the spirit to private customers.

Slainthe,
Sixsquare.dk