Whisky / Whiskey / Bourbon

Hey Kboy. Just been mulling this over (if it's not too late for Baby warming gifts). Bruichladdich have a barrel ownership scheme. For example, my Dad 'invested' in a cask of spanking new spirit, distilled by Bruichladdich in Islay. He owns the barrell, they're looking after it, barreling it, aging it, storing it, taking care of the duty and when the time comes - bottling it. I'm designing the labeling etc and then we'll give it all away, lay some away, drink some and flog some. It's a few hundred quid obviously but he's a massive whisky fan and wanted to invest in a brilliant 'newly reborn' Islay distiller.

To cut to the chase, I wonder whether they offer a share of a cask scheme along these lines, so that you can start the ownership process now on some spirit, see it through its development and then when the time comes quarter cask it in a sexy sherry, portwine or rich rye cask or even eighth cask some????? (no idea how small a cask you can get).

The fella they have as chief distiller up there these days was honed at the original Bruichladdich factory, went to make lovely lovely Laphroig for years and returned once Bruichladdich was reborn. A clever sod to say the least!

Maybe there's a dozen bottle timeshare type oppo here for you if you catch my drift. Once the quarter casking and bottling is complete the little tyke will be well old enough to appreciate it, you can give him a couple of bottles and keep some for yourself.

Just a thought.

wrongcog, picking up on this, i wonder if there'd be an interest in a lfgss barrel?

the 2010 cask offering > http://www.laddieshop.com/acatalog/Bruichladdich_New_Fillings.html < £1,950