Whisky Advice

You can choose from three cask types, each offering a unique maturation character:

200L First Fill Bourbon Cask – classic notes of vanilla, honey, and tropical fruit.

225L Ex-Red Wine STR Cask – rich and intense, with toffee, chocolate, and red fruits.

250L 2nd Fill Sherry Cask – deep, fruity, and spiced with chocolate notes.

Each purchase includes up to 10 years of storage in our bonded warehouse, plus an annual sample so you can follow your whisky’s journey.

For full details, please see our Cask Sales

If you have questions, contact us at caskbuying@cotswoldsdistillery.com

Scotch whisky must be entirely produced in Scotland (from barley to bottling), but Scotch whiskey encompasses single malt and blended styles. Some producers even use a blend of different grains other than malt (Grain Scotch). Single malt can come from anywhere in the world, but must be made using 100% malted barley, produced from a single distillery. 

Double malt whisky combines 100% malt whisky from two distilleries. They’re usually the result of a collaboration between creators and result in an artistic blend that harmonises flavour profiles. While single malt whiskies are revered in the whisky world, you’d be missing out on a world of flavour by dismissing a malt whisky blend. 

Single malt whisky is whisky made from only malted barley at a single distillery. Blending can only occur between barrels from the same distillery and no other grains can be used in the mash bill. ‘Malt’ refers to a 100% malted barley mash bill. Meanwhile, ‘single’ refers to the number of distilleries involved.

Our single malt whiskies are unsuitable for vegans as we use a very small amount of butter during the fermentation process.