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One of the most compelling alternative assets on the market today is cask whisky. The rates of return achievable by whisky casks dwarf those of fine wine, with less risk though there is a more prohibitive cost of entry with casks starting around £3,600 (equivalent to HK$38,500 or SG$6,685) for newly filled barrels and hogsheads and progressing steadily up to 15-year olds at £15,000-£20,000 (equivalent to HK$161,200 - HK$215,000 or SG$27,845 - SG$37,130), at which point the value and cost can begin to truly soar.

Cru is pleased to offer cask sales from some of the finest, most sought after distilleries in Scotland with blue-chip icons Mortlach, Springbank, Laphroaig and Bowmore all attainable for the right price, while more boutique names including closed distilleries and rare single grains, offering incredible upside for comparatively reasonable sums of money.

With Cru's industry-leading automated sales platform designed for fine wine and the first in the world to be applied effectively to cask whisky, there is not where better to invest in this remarkable asset. Whether you're looking for en primeur new make casks, maturing casks with superb upside or venerably mature 25+-year-old single malts we have a uniquely varied supply chain and agile platform built upon our long-standing expertise and close contacts within the industry.

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Year	Wine	Region	Format	Qty	Score	Price
Ardmore Highland Single Malt Hogshead Cask No. 86 Full Cask 2009 Inc. VAT: £20,658.00
2009	Ardmore Highland Single Malt Hogshead Cask No. 86 Full Cask 2009 Estimated Arrival to United Kingdom: 4-6 weeks	Highlands	Barrel	1	-	Inc. VAT: £20,658.00
Craigellachie Speyside Single Malt Bourbon Barrel Cask No. 800592 Full Cask 2011 Inc. VAT: £37,721.26
2011	Craigellachie Speyside Single Malt Bourbon Barrel Cask No. 800592 Full Cask 2011 We are thrilled to have secured a small parcel of 2011 casks from this rising Speyside superstar and to be able to present them with recent regauges carried out just this past August and compelling prices which combine to suggest excellent upside for the next ten-plus years. Estimated Arrival to United Kingdom: 4-5 months	Speyside	Barrel	1	- Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £37,721.26
Glenglassaugh Highland Single Malt Refill Hogshead Cask No. 111 Full Cask 2014 Inc. VAT: £19,947.42
2008	Glenglassaugh Highland Single Malt Refill Hogshead Cask No. 111 Full Cask 2014 The Glenglassaugh distillery is one of the great success stories of the 21st century in Scotch Whisky though the roots of the distillery’s success go back much further than its current period of operation. Founded in 1875 by James Moir, a local grocer in the nearby town of Portsoy, the idea was to supplement his burgeoning business with proprietary whisky that met the highest quality standards of the day. Situated on a site to the west of town to take advantage of a superb water source; the pure Glassaugh Springs, the distillery lies just out with the boundaries of Speyside, making this a Highland malt, though one very much in the Speyside style. The operation was a tremendous success heading into the whisky boom of the Victorian era and within twenty years the distillery was snapped up by Highland Distillers, the forerunner of the Edrington Group (Macallan & Highland Park). The 1900s saw the expansion and reconstruction of the distillery as it began to supply malt for the likes of Cutty Sark and Famous Grouse. After the complicated problems of the 1980s and a 23-year stretch mothballed, Glenglassaugh was purchased by new owners, reopened and began releasing pre-1986 stock as limited edition single malts, winning numerous awards in the process and placing the distillery firmly in the spotlight as a high-quality, craft producer. Since the distillery’s acquisition by Brown-Forman it has benefitted from the same treatment as legendary stablemates BenRiach and GlenDronach. Cask Note This 2014 Refill Hogshead is an excellent long term proposition with excellent upside given the increasingly prominent reputation of the distillery. Glenglassaugh has made a name for itself in recent years with distinctive cask finishes; including wine and sherry, so this relatively understated wood type will do well to see it through the initial, most lengthy period of ageing but will easily lend itself to re-racking into more active wood further down the line. Estimated Arrival to United Kingdom: ~1 week	Highlands	Hogshead	1	- Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £19,947.42
Highland Single Malt 'Inchfad' Distilled at Loch Lomond Bourbon Barrel OLA 124.8 ABV 63.5 Full Cask 2016 ~~£12,689.26~~ Inc. VAT: £12,689.26
2016	Highland Single Malt 'Inchfad' Distilled at Loch Lomond Bourbon Barrel OLA 124.8 ABV 63.5 Full Cask 2016 High road or low road, there is no place in Scotland more touchingly beautiful than Loch Lomond. The modern day serenity, gentle scenery and tragically poetic history of gallant highland clans make it a place of pilgrimage for people from all over the world. A place where dramatic lochsides create secluded glens; sanctuaries for ancient oak woodlands, red deer and feral sheep, Loch Lomond's bonnie banks captures Scotland's spirit in microcosm. Though relatively new by the region's standards, Loch Lomond's eponymous distillery is much the same; capturing the essence of the country's spirit under one roof. Producing mostly unpeated malt, but also moderately peated, heavily peated, grain whisky and even some rare peated grain, Loch Lomond has many tricks up its sleeve and presents each one with style and quality. Much like Croftengea, Inchfad is a heavily peated spirit (albeit a bit 'peatier') that was produced at Loch Lomond, but it was discontinued and has since found cult status among cask collectors. Not quite a closed distillery or silent still, but it is a malt that will never be made again, adding to its scarcity, without yet driving the price up. As the market becomes more sophisticated we can't imagine that remaining the case for long! Named for one of the small isles on the loch, Inchfad was once home to a small distillery until the mid 1800s, the ruins of which can still be seen today. Estimated Arrival to United Kingdom: 7-9 weeks	Highlands	Barrel	1	- Read Review/Description	~~£12,689.26~~ Inc. VAT: £12,689.26
Highland Single Malt Distilled at Deanston Refill Barrel Cask No. 301704 Full Cask 2021 Inc. VAT: £8,507.26
2021	Highland Single Malt Distilled at Deanston Refill Barrel Cask No. 301704 Full Cask 2021 A stablemate of classic Islay distillery Bunnahabhainn and the iconic Tobermory Distillery on Mull, Deanston is a hidden gem of a Highland Malt. Founded on the banks of the River Teith in 1795 as a cotton mill, the beautiful stone building was converted to its present purpose in 1965. Drawing water from the river which also powers its own hydro-energy facility, it has the distinction of being the only energy self-sufficient distillery in Scotland. The spirit produced here is a classically fine, balanced Highland Malt with a bit of punchiness to its profile that does well ageing relatively unhindered in ex-Bourbon wood as is the case here. The distillery’s production of bottled single malt is small with 85% of the output going into blends. That gives holders of Deanston casks a point of relative rarity that very little of this delicious spirit is bottled as single malt, and even rarer, bottled at an advanced age. As such this will greatly reward patience. Estimated Arrival to United Kingdom: 4-5 weeks	Highlands	Barrel	1	- Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £8,507.26
Holyrood 'Golden Promise' 1st Fill Oloroso Hogshead Cask No. 231 Full Cask 2021 Inc. VAT: £25,464.00
2021	Holyrood 'Golden Promise' 1st Fill Oloroso Hogshead Cask No. 231 Full Cask 2021 The focus in this casks is the barley variety; distilled from a mash bill of 100% pure Golden Promise barley - the same type used in the distillation of The Macallan and Glengoyne single malts, and filled them into 1st Fill Oloroso Sherry hogsheads (in which Golden Promise has shown excellent success at both the aforementioned distilleries) of the highest possible quality. Filled in April of this year, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to follow the development of a new distillery with one of their earliest distillations. Imagine having a cask of 2001 Port Charlotte bought for under £17 IB per bottle when casks now go for £60,000-plus! The one difference is that Port Charlotte is just a sub-brand from the Bruichladdich distillery which had been running for many years already; here we have a new distillery entirely founded with a commitment to making the best possible whisky in the heart of Scotland’s capital. Estimated Arrival to United Kingdom: ~1 week	Lowlands	Hogshead	1	- Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £25,464.00
Holyrood 'Golden Promise' 1st Fill Oloroso Hogshead Cask No. 238 Full Cask 2021 Inc. VAT: £25,500.00
2021	Holyrood 'Golden Promise' 1st Fill Oloroso Hogshead Cask No. 238 Full Cask 2021 The Holyrood Distillery is the first malt distillery to open in Edinburgh in nearly 100 years and its founding comes amidst a truly exciting time for the whisky industry in Scotland. With an innovative and ambitious spirit sweeping the country buttressed by steadily growing global demand for the world’s most famous distillate, Scotch whisky has been reinvigorated by new start-ups and micro distillers placing the ancestral homeland of whisky back at the forefront of this global industry. Founded by Canadians Rob & Kelly Carpenter and Scot David Robertson, it is in many ways remarkable that Holyrood is the first malt distillery for so long to make a home in Edinburgh (Glenkinchie is well out of town in Pencaitland and North British is single grain only). The city has a long and proud history of brewing and distilling (legal and otherwise) and the city’s natural underground water supply is known through history as “the Charmed Circle” for its purity and abundance. The focus in this casks is the barley variety; distilled from a mash bill of 100% pure Golden Promise barley - the same type used in the distillation of The Macallan and Glengoyne single malts, and filled them into 1st Fill Oloroso Sherry hogsheads (in which Golden Promise has shown excellent success at both the aforementioned distilleries) of the highest possible quality. Filled in April of this year, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to follow the development of a new distillery with one of their earliest distillations. Imagine having a cask of 2001 Port Charlotte bought for under £17 IB per bottle when casks now go for £60,000-plus! The one difference being that Port Charlotte is just a sub-brand from the Bruichladdich distillery which had been running for many years already; here we have a new distillery entirely founded with a commitment to making the best possible whisky in the heart of Scotland’s capital. Estimated Arrival to United Kingdom: ~1 week	Scotland	Hogshead	1	- Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £25,500.00
Linkwood 1st Fill Oloroso Barrel Cask No. 2107147 Full Cask 2021 Inc. VAT: £19,643.26
2020	Linkwood 1st Fill Oloroso Barrel Cask No. 2107147 Full Cask 2021 We are pleased to have secured a number of 2021s in a year when many distillers are severely cutting their allocations of casks to the market and it is a particular coup's barrels specially selected for us; bourbon-sized barrels previously used for top-grade Oloroso sherry giving a smaller surface area than ex-sherry hogsheads, butts or puncheons. Therefore the whisky will develop relatively quickly, rewarding the years more profoundly than lower-quality, lower-cost refill barrels. 1 In Stock - Immediate Delivery	Speyside	Barrel	1	- Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £19,643.26
The Speyside Distillery Speyside Single Malt Refill Barrel OLA 121.5 ABV 63.8 Full Cask 2015 Inc. VAT: £12,083.26
2012	The Speyside Distillery Speyside Single Malt Refill Barrel OLA 121.5 ABV 63.8 Full Cask 2015 Estimated Arrival to United Kingdom: 7-9 months	Speyside	Barrel	1	-	Inc. VAT: £12,083.26
Tullibardine Highland Single Malt 1st Fill Barrel Cask No. 54 Full Cask 2021 Inc. VAT: £12,797.26
2021	Tullibardine Highland Single Malt 1st Fill Barrel Cask No. 54 Full Cask 2021 Estimated Arrival to United Kingdom: 3-4 months	Scotland	Barrel	1	-	Inc. VAT: £12,797.26
Tullibardine Highland Single Malt Red Burgundy Pièce RLA 150 ABV 69% Full Cask 2016 Inc. VAT: £12,917.96
2015	Tullibardine Highland Single Malt Red Burgundy Pièce RLA 150 ABV 69% Full Cask 2016 Few producers of spirit, Scotch or other can claim as dynamic a history as Tullibardine. Tullibardine’s modern history begins in 1949 though there was a brewery on the site dating back to 1488 which made ale for the coronation of James VI, (later James I of England). Originally part of the Whyte & MacKay portfolio it was under-appreciated and mothballed in 1995, until it was bought by independent investors setting up the Tullibardine Distillery Ltd. who resumed production and rejuvenated the brand. A classic Highland gentleman, it is a whisky of fine character and a good example of the terroir of whisky as the distillery draws its water from the Danny Burn flowing from the Ochil Hills, known as some of the purest in the country (the same source of Highland Spring water). This splendid source gives Tullibardine its soft generosity, not to mention its agreeable nature, affording it a remarkable propensity to take to wine casks better than most. Estimated Arrival to United Kingdom: 9-11 months	Scotland	Hogshead	1	- Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £12,917.96

Year	Wine	Region	Format	Qty	Score	Price
Ardmore Highland Single Malt Hogshead Cask No. 86 Full Cask 2009 In Bond: £17,215.00
2009	Ardmore Highland Single Malt Hogshead Cask No. 86 Full Cask 2009 Estimated Arrival to United Kingdom: 4-6 weeks	Highlands	Barrel	1	-	In Bond: £17,215.00
Craigellachie Speyside Single Malt Bourbon Barrel Cask No. 800592 Full Cask 2011 In Bond: £29,710.00
2011	Craigellachie Speyside Single Malt Bourbon Barrel Cask No. 800592 Full Cask 2011 We are thrilled to have secured a small parcel of 2011 casks from this rising Speyside superstar and to be able to present them with recent regauges carried out just this past August and compelling prices which combine to suggest excellent upside for the next ten-plus years. Estimated Arrival to United Kingdom: 4-5 months	Speyside	Barrel	1	- Read Review/Description	In Bond: £29,710.00
Glenglassaugh Highland Single Malt Refill Hogshead Cask No. 111 Full Cask 2014 In Bond: £14,795.00
2008	Glenglassaugh Highland Single Malt Refill Hogshead Cask No. 111 Full Cask 2014 The Glenglassaugh distillery is one of the great success stories of the 21st century in Scotch Whisky though the roots of the distillery’s success go back much further than its current period of operation. Founded in 1875 by James Moir, a local grocer in the nearby town of Portsoy, the idea was to supplement his burgeoning business with proprietary whisky that met the highest quality standards of the day. Situated on a site to the west of town to take advantage of a superb water source; the pure Glassaugh Springs, the distillery lies just out with the boundaries of Speyside, making this a Highland malt, though one very much in the Speyside style. The operation was a tremendous success heading into the whisky boom of the Victorian era and within twenty years the distillery was snapped up by Highland Distillers, the forerunner of the Edrington Group (Macallan & Highland Park). The 1900s saw the expansion and reconstruction of the distillery as it began to supply malt for the likes of Cutty Sark and Famous Grouse. After the complicated problems of the 1980s and a 23-year stretch mothballed, Glenglassaugh was purchased by new owners, reopened and began releasing pre-1986 stock as limited edition single malts, winning numerous awards in the process and placing the distillery firmly in the spotlight as a high-quality, craft producer. Since the distillery’s acquisition by Brown-Forman it has benefitted from the same treatment as legendary stablemates BenRiach and GlenDronach. Cask Note This 2014 Refill Hogshead is an excellent long term proposition with excellent upside given the increasingly prominent reputation of the distillery. Glenglassaugh has made a name for itself in recent years with distinctive cask finishes; including wine and sherry, so this relatively understated wood type will do well to see it through the initial, most lengthy period of ageing but will easily lend itself to re-racking into more active wood further down the line. Estimated Arrival to United Kingdom: ~1 week	Highlands	Hogshead	1	- Read Review/Description	In Bond: £14,795.00
Highland Single Malt 'Inchfad' Distilled at Loch Lomond Bourbon Barrel OLA 124.8 ABV 63.5 Full Cask 2016 In Bond: £8,850.00
2016	Highland Single Malt 'Inchfad' Distilled at Loch Lomond Bourbon Barrel OLA 124.8 ABV 63.5 Full Cask 2016 High road or low road, there is no place in Scotland more touchingly beautiful than Loch Lomond. The modern day serenity, gentle scenery and tragically poetic history of gallant highland clans make it a place of pilgrimage for people from all over the world. A place where dramatic lochsides create secluded glens; sanctuaries for ancient oak woodlands, red deer and feral sheep, Loch Lomond's bonnie banks captures Scotland's spirit in microcosm. Though relatively new by the region's standards, Loch Lomond's eponymous distillery is much the same; capturing the essence of the country's spirit under one roof. Producing mostly unpeated malt, but also moderately peated, heavily peated, grain whisky and even some rare peated grain, Loch Lomond has many tricks up its sleeve and presents each one with style and quality. Much like Croftengea, Inchfad is a heavily peated spirit (albeit a bit 'peatier') that was produced at Loch Lomond, but it was discontinued and has since found cult status among cask collectors. Not quite a closed distillery or silent still, but it is a malt that will never be made again, adding to its scarcity, without yet driving the price up. As the market becomes more sophisticated we can't imagine that remaining the case for long! Named for one of the small isles on the loch, Inchfad was once home to a small distillery until the mid 1800s, the ruins of which can still be seen today. Estimated Arrival to United Kingdom: 7-9 weeks	Highlands	Barrel	1	- Read Review/Description	In Bond: £8,850.00
Highland Single Malt Distilled at Deanston Refill Barrel Cask No. 301704 Full Cask 2021 In Bond: £5,365.00
2021	Highland Single Malt Distilled at Deanston Refill Barrel Cask No. 301704 Full Cask 2021 A stablemate of classic Islay distillery Bunnahabhainn and the iconic Tobermory Distillery on Mull, Deanston is a hidden gem of a Highland Malt. Founded on the banks of the River Teith in 1795 as a cotton mill, the beautiful stone building was converted to its present purpose in 1965. Drawing water from the river which also powers its own hydro-energy facility, it has the distinction of being the only energy self-sufficient distillery in Scotland. The spirit produced here is a classically fine, balanced Highland Malt with a bit of punchiness to its profile that does well ageing relatively unhindered in ex-Bourbon wood as is the case here. The distillery’s production of bottled single malt is small with 85% of the output going into blends. That gives holders of Deanston casks a point of relative rarity that very little of this delicious spirit is bottled as single malt, and even rarer, bottled at an advanced age. As such this will greatly reward patience. Estimated Arrival to United Kingdom: 4-5 weeks	Highlands	Barrel	1	- Read Review/Description	In Bond: £5,365.00
Holyrood 'Golden Promise' 1st Fill Oloroso Hogshead Cask No. 231 Full Cask 2021 In Bond: £21,220.00
2021	Holyrood 'Golden Promise' 1st Fill Oloroso Hogshead Cask No. 231 Full Cask 2021 The focus in this casks is the barley variety; distilled from a mash bill of 100% pure Golden Promise barley - the same type used in the distillation of The Macallan and Glengoyne single malts, and filled them into 1st Fill Oloroso Sherry hogsheads (in which Golden Promise has shown excellent success at both the aforementioned distilleries) of the highest possible quality. Filled in April of this year, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to follow the development of a new distillery with one of their earliest distillations. Imagine having a cask of 2001 Port Charlotte bought for under £17 IB per bottle when casks now go for £60,000-plus! The one difference is that Port Charlotte is just a sub-brand from the Bruichladdich distillery which had been running for many years already; here we have a new distillery entirely founded with a commitment to making the best possible whisky in the heart of Scotland’s capital. Estimated Arrival to United Kingdom: ~1 week	Lowlands	Hogshead	1	- Read Review/Description	In Bond: £21,220.00
Holyrood 'Golden Promise' 1st Fill Oloroso Hogshead Cask No. 238 Full Cask 2021 In Bond: £21,250.00
2021	Holyrood 'Golden Promise' 1st Fill Oloroso Hogshead Cask No. 238 Full Cask 2021 The Holyrood Distillery is the first malt distillery to open in Edinburgh in nearly 100 years and its founding comes amidst a truly exciting time for the whisky industry in Scotland. With an innovative and ambitious spirit sweeping the country buttressed by steadily growing global demand for the world’s most famous distillate, Scotch whisky has been reinvigorated by new start-ups and micro distillers placing the ancestral homeland of whisky back at the forefront of this global industry. Founded by Canadians Rob & Kelly Carpenter and Scot David Robertson, it is in many ways remarkable that Holyrood is the first malt distillery for so long to make a home in Edinburgh (Glenkinchie is well out of town in Pencaitland and North British is single grain only). The city has a long and proud history of brewing and distilling (legal and otherwise) and the city’s natural underground water supply is known through history as “the Charmed Circle” for its purity and abundance. The focus in this casks is the barley variety; distilled from a mash bill of 100% pure Golden Promise barley - the same type used in the distillation of The Macallan and Glengoyne single malts, and filled them into 1st Fill Oloroso Sherry hogsheads (in which Golden Promise has shown excellent success at both the aforementioned distilleries) of the highest possible quality. Filled in April of this year, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to follow the development of a new distillery with one of their earliest distillations. Imagine having a cask of 2001 Port Charlotte bought for under £17 IB per bottle when casks now go for £60,000-plus! The one difference being that Port Charlotte is just a sub-brand from the Bruichladdich distillery which had been running for many years already; here we have a new distillery entirely founded with a commitment to making the best possible whisky in the heart of Scotland’s capital. Estimated Arrival to United Kingdom: ~1 week	Scotland	Hogshead	1	- Read Review/Description	In Bond: £21,250.00
Linkwood 1st Fill Oloroso Barrel Cask No. 2107147 Full Cask 2021 In Bond: £14,645.00
2020	Linkwood 1st Fill Oloroso Barrel Cask No. 2107147 Full Cask 2021 We are pleased to have secured a number of 2021s in a year when many distillers are severely cutting their allocations of casks to the market and it is a particular coup's barrels specially selected for us; bourbon-sized barrels previously used for top-grade Oloroso sherry giving a smaller surface area than ex-sherry hogsheads, butts or puncheons. Therefore the whisky will develop relatively quickly, rewarding the years more profoundly than lower-quality, lower-cost refill barrels. 1 In Stock - Immediate Delivery	Speyside	Barrel	1	- Read Review/Description	In Bond: £14,645.00
The Speyside Distillery Speyside Single Malt Refill Barrel OLA 121.5 ABV 63.8 Full Cask 2015 In Bond: £8,345.00
2012	The Speyside Distillery Speyside Single Malt Refill Barrel OLA 121.5 ABV 63.8 Full Cask 2015 Estimated Arrival to United Kingdom: 7-9 months	Speyside	Barrel	1	-	In Bond: £8,345.00
Tullibardine Highland Single Malt 1st Fill Barrel Cask No. 54 Full Cask 2021 In Bond: £8,940.00
2021	Tullibardine Highland Single Malt 1st Fill Barrel Cask No. 54 Full Cask 2021 Estimated Arrival to United Kingdom: 3-4 months	Scotland	Barrel	1	-	In Bond: £8,940.00
Tullibardine Highland Single Malt Red Burgundy Pièce RLA 150 ABV 69% Full Cask 2016 In Bond: £8,940.00
2015	Tullibardine Highland Single Malt Red Burgundy Pièce RLA 150 ABV 69% Full Cask 2016 Few producers of spirit, Scotch or other can claim as dynamic a history as Tullibardine. Tullibardine’s modern history begins in 1949 though there was a brewery on the site dating back to 1488 which made ale for the coronation of James VI, (later James I of England). Originally part of the Whyte & MacKay portfolio it was under-appreciated and mothballed in 1995, until it was bought by independent investors setting up the Tullibardine Distillery Ltd. who resumed production and rejuvenated the brand. A classic Highland gentleman, it is a whisky of fine character and a good example of the terroir of whisky as the distillery draws its water from the Danny Burn flowing from the Ochil Hills, known as some of the purest in the country (the same source of Highland Spring water). This splendid source gives Tullibardine its soft generosity, not to mention its agreeable nature, affording it a remarkable propensity to take to wine casks better than most. Estimated Arrival to United Kingdom: 9-11 months	Scotland	Hogshead	1	- Read Review/Description	In Bond: £8,940.00