Private Cask I Buy your own cask of whiskey

Our configurator offers you the opportunity to select your own and highly individual cask of whiskey and to order it conveniently and securely online. If you have any questions during the ordering process, you can of course contact us at any time. Your contact person is Bastian Heuser (bestellung@spreewood-distillers.com).

If you feel uncomfortable making such an investment online, that's no problem either. Simply send us your keg configuration as a web link and we will create your offer based on it.

After the purchase you will receive an invoice that meets all accounting requirements. Please understand that we will not commission your Private Cask until the invoice amount has been paid.

You have the option to personalize your keg. We will laser your company logo or your name on the front of the barrel for free!

Please note that we can only offer this service when you place an order. Such a refinement is no longer possible after the barrel has been filled.

Please send us the file to be lasered as a PDF.

Please note that the barrels used are not calibrated. The communicated filling quantities of the barrels are approximate and can deviate by a few hundred milliliters.

We store your barrel in our warehouses in the Spreewald with its unique microclimate. The price includes 3 years storage time. Longer storage times are possible for a surcharge. Your cask is insured with us during the storage period.

According to EU regulations, whiskey produced in Europe may only be called whiskey in Europe if it has been stored in oak casks for at least 3 years. Recognizing this, we mature your whiskey in our warehouses for a minimum of 3 years. The smaller the cask you choose, the more the distillate interacts with the wood of the cask. The distillates mature “faster” this way. Overripening is also possible, especially when selecting new barrels without pre-assignment. We therefore recommend that you choose a maximum aging of 3 years for barrels with a capacity of 50 liters.

You want to visit your barrel? No problem! Please contact us at least 14 days in advance to arrange an individual appointment. Since we have ongoing operations, we ask for your understanding that we cannot meet every appointment request.

You will receive a 20ml sample of your keg once a year. This "taste" is included in the price of the barrel. The tasting gives you the opportunity to experience the development of the distillate in your cask! Larger barrel samples are unfortunately not possible for customs reasons.

We fill your barrel with distillates that have approx. 60% alcohol by volume. Due to the individual nature of the warehouses and the general weather conditions, either a higher proportion of water in the distillate evaporates over time (the alcohol content increases over the years) or a higher proportion of alcohol in the distillate (the alcohol content decreases). Neither the one nor the other is better or worse per se, it is simply "different". Whiskey is and will always be a natural product!

The "Angel's Share" refers to the evaporation of the distillate in the barrels over a certain period. In our warehouses, we typically estimate about 4-8% Angel's Share. What does this mean for your barrel? Even if we fill your barrel with, for example, 50 liters of raw distillate (at 60% vol.), you will have about 12-24% less in the barrel after three years. We didn't just lie under your barrel on a merry evening; this amount has evaporated through contact with the barrel and exchange with the air.

Furthermore, the rule is: the smaller the barrel, the higher the Angel's Share, as the ratio of distillate to wood surface area is exponentially greater than in large barrels. Please note that we cannot guarantee how much whisky will still be in the barrel after the aging period. The spirits tax is included with us!

After placing your order, you will receive an invoice that meets all accounting requirements. Please understand that we will not commission your Private Cask until the invoice amount has been paid.

We are happy to fill your keg into bottles after the storage time as desired (500ml or 700ml, unfiltered and at cask strength or filtered and reduced to your desired drinking strength). This service is included in our price.

If you want to store your keg at home, however, we can no longer offer you subsequent bottling, filtration or adjustment of the alcohol content.

ATTENTION: not included is the label as well as the labeling. If you wish that, please contact us in good time before your barrel is "ripe"! We would be happy to make you an individual offer.

The brandy tax is included in the purchase and storage of at least 3 years until bottling in our warehouses. If you want to store your keg at home, we will also pay the spirits tax for you in this case.