Sell your cask
Access our global network of buyers and sell your cask with complete confidence. Our specialists offer expert guidance at every stage, from valuation to the completion of all documentation.
Four stages from re-gauge to bank transfer. Most sellers are done with their part of it within a week.
Order one from the bonded warehouse holding your cask, and we’ll take care of the rest.
Send us the report and any purchase paperwork. A specialist comes back with an honest estimate, with no obligation to sell.
Your cask runs in front of bidders all over the world, with a reserve set at a price you are comfortable with.
We handle the delivery order and the ownership transfer paperwork, then pay you once the transfer is confirmed.
Auction results
A selection of verified cask sales from previous Just Whisky auctions. Real casks, sold at auction to bidders worldwide, with no commission taken from any of them. Every figure below links to the lot it came from.
The process in detail
The overview above covers it in four lines. This is the same process written out properly — what we do at each stage, and how long each part takes.
A re-gauge report tells us — and every buyer — exactly what is in the cask today: bulk litres, strength, litres of alcohol, and the cask's current condition. It is the single document a cask sale is built on.
Most bonded warehouses can produce one within a few working days for a small fee. If you are not sure who holds your cask, or you have never ordered one before, ask us and we will point you in the right direction.
Send us the re-gauge report along with any purchase or transfer documents you hold. We value the cask against recent comparable auction results rather than a published guide price, and agree a reserve with you before it is listed.
There is no obligation to proceed at this stage. Plenty of people ask what a cask is worth and decide to hold on to it.
Your cask goes in front of bidders all over the world. You can follow the bidding from your account as it happens, and the reserve means it will not sell below the figure you agreed.
All cask sales remain 100% anonymous — buyers see the cask details and condition, not yours.
Once the auction closes we handle the delivery order and the transfer paperwork that moves ownership to the buyer while the cask stays in bond. This is the part that puts most people off selling privately, and it is the part we do for you.
You are paid once the transfer is confirmed — typically within 21 working days of the auction ending.
The full hammer price, yours to keep. We manage every detail without taking a cut.
Sell your cask
Tell us what you have and a cask specialist will come back to you. There is no obligation to sell, and no charge for the valuation.
How valuations work
No two casks are quite alike, and a bottle price list will not tell you what a cask sitting in bond is worth. A valuation weighs what the cask is, what the re-gauge says is left in it, and what comparable casks are actually selling for right now.
There is no fixed price list.
Every cask is assessed against its own re-gauge.
Distillery, cask type and size all shape what a cask is worth. A first-fill sherry butt from a sought-after distillery sits in a very different market to a refill hogshead from a widely available one.
How the cask has been used matters as much as what is in it. First-fill, second-fill and refill casks mature spirit differently, and the wood is part of what a buyer is bidding on.
The re-gauge report is the single most important document in a cask valuation, and it is checked against what a buyer would expect for a cask of that age and type.
Ultimately, value is set by what buyers are prepared to pay today.
We value against recent comparable cask sales rather than published guide prices. Demand by distillery and age moves faster than any price list can track, and a cask that was slow to sell a year ago can be in strong demand now.
This is why we re-check pricing before every auction.
Not sure what you have?
Send us your re-gauge report and a specialist will come back with an honest estimate, with no obligation to sell.
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