2023-02-20 16:44
Whisky drinkers are getting ever more sophisticated and willing to make the drink that they love a defining part of their lives. One might expect that the distilleries of Scotland would be f… Read More
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Too many bottles on the shelf, and too many of them cradling just the last few mouthfuls of Scotch whisky which is rapidly oxidising and becoming something unexpected.
2023-01-25 15:38
Scotch Whiskies are world famous, their names widely known thousands of miles from home – but did you know that many whiskies also have less known trade names that easily identify the… Read More
2022-11-28 12:24
One huge advantage of private cask ownership of Scotch whisky is the opportunity it gives to raise and nurture the spirit in the way you’d like. This blog focuses on one small decision… Read More
2022-09-07 12:00
Selection
Purchase
Maturation
{Enjoyment}
Stage 4: Cask Enjoyment
All roads have been leading to this point in your cask ownership saga – enjoy the fruits of your personal Scotch Whis… Read More
2022-07-21 10:37
You find yourself in an enviable position: in possession of an actively maturing cask of Scotch whisky. The actual shape of that maturation is yours to influence. Take a moment and appreciat… Read More
2022-07-04 11:39
Private whisky cask ownership is becoming increasingly popular, but cask owners are still a rare breed. In these Cask to Glass blogs, we introduce you to some of the private cask owners we… Read More
2022-06-15 14:37
“I just bought a cask of Laphroaig.”
“A bottle, you mean.”
“Nono. A cask.”
“Whoa.”
Whoa indeed. This type of entirely natural conversation is… Read More
2022-05-17 15:04
The Four Stages of Cask Ownership:
#1 Cask Selection
You are thinking about buying a cask of whisky – how does that work? Don’t you need a warehouse to store it? What is th… Read More
2022-04-18 11:31
It has been a while since I looked in on our grand office living cask experiment. Now, over two years (and what a couple of years they were!) of PX quarter cask internment, it is time to onc… Read More
2022-03-17 16:21
Frequent followers of Cask 88 will have some idea of how proud we are of our Scottish Folklore Series of whiskies. Now they’ve done us proud again, as we can reveal that the last two e… Read More
2022-02-23 11:18
Pictish artefacts, mysterious slices of silver and petrified lava all surround Scotland’s best whisky distilleries. In truth – a rich and ancient history surrounds most distiller… Read More
2022-02-08 16:25
The following glossary will teach you the key terms you need to know in order to talk about the whisky casks you own.
When you are initiated into the world of whisky, there’s a whole l… Read More
2021-12-12 14:03
Let us continue with our recap of the rare and award winning whisky known as the Folklore series. Today we look at the 3rd, 4th and 5th bottlings from this sell-out line. In our last blog we… Read More
2021-12-08 10:18
What is the Folklore Series?
Like all good stories, the Folklore series has mythical origins. As in – nobody is really sure how we came up with it. The facts, figures, faces and names… Read More
2021-11-26 16:39
What do you get for the [insert personality type here] in your life?
Christmas looms, as it does every year – a delightful time of year, but often prefaced by an anxious hunt for the p… Read More
2021-10-13 15:38
The clue is in the name, we know about casks. You come to us for: how to procure a cask; how to find out how much casks cost; how long should you keep a cask; what kind of casks even are the… Read More
2021-09-29 14:17
With Cask 88’s celebrated ability to take you, the cask owner, on a complete journey From Cask to Glass(™), we hereby include a pretty comprehensive list of different cask sizes… Read More
2021-08-25 13:38
To make good Scottish casks, ready to be filled with whisky, you need good Scottish oak from good Scottish forests . . . or so you may think.
In truth, the vast majority of casks are made ab… Read More
2021-08-13 10:07
If you’ve been following Cask 88 for a while, you’ll have seen snippets of our magnificent whisky library on central Edinburgh’s Castle Street. Not our primary premises, bu… Read More
2021-07-30 14:36
May We Offer You A Dram?
For a lot of people, if you ask them to think about what an independent bottling or single cask whisky is, they think:
Extremely rare
Distillery exclusives
Unique… Read More
2021-07-01 13:30
We weren’t allowed into the IWSC’s protected judging chambers, but we imagine it looked a fair bit like this. (Image credit: Shutterstock)It makes us almost burst with pride to… Read More
2021-06-09 16:13
The next in our ‘From Cask to Glass’ series, where we talk to our clients and learn the stories about why, how, when and whatfor people buy whole casks of Scotch whisky. The answ… Read More
2021-05-19 14:21
A few of you may know, especially if you have seen Swedish Whisky Girl’s new video, that 23 Castle Street is home to a very peculiar whisky library. A veritable treasure trove to… Read More
2021-04-28 10:51
‘From Cask to Glass’ is a slogan that naturally fits our approach to whisky. We are there for the whole life of a whisky; while it matures in its cask, right up to figuring out w… Read More
2021-03-10 15:00
Buying a whole cask of whisky is quite a large step up from buying even the fanciest of bottles. The most avid whisky lovers rarely make that step – until recently casks have been som… Read More
2021-03-03 11:34
Welcome back to an abridged retelling of the ‘What is Whisky’ case of 1909 – a defining moment in Scotch Whisky history. When we left off both sides were preparing to battl… Read More
2021-02-25 17:51
Whisky fans are familiar with the historic but oft debated laws in regards to Scotch. This is the kind of nerdism we revel in. The recipe for the rules contains: three cups of economics, two… Read More
2021-01-28 15:18
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a person who finds themself in possession of good whisky, must be in want of advice on how best to drink it. The prevalence of ‘tasting vid… Read More
2021-01-13 12:38
Fungus in whisky – that’ll be the yeast, right? Well, yes – our relationship with those tiny little mushroom boys is the whole reason we can drink any alcoholic drinks at a… Read More
2020-12-14 11:47
Tied to the landscape
In my last entry, I gave the spotlight to our Scotch Express series – the bottles that celebrated the achievement of the Victorian era railways in connecting the… Read More
2020-11-27 15:51
Theming a Series
Two weeks ago, I wrote about a ‘Sense of Place’, and how important it is to ensure that the products we make are firmly attached to the place of their origins… Read More
2020-11-13 15:08
Why a Sense of Place is Important, Part I
Let me take you back almost 300 years, to the old Kingdom of Hungary where something revolutionary and modern was beginning to take shape. The volca… Read More
2020-10-12 15:55
It was a rough ride up but the Cask 88 Landrover Defender – known as ‘DEFENDA!’ – was built for these muddy tracks. Stu, in the driver’s seat, had a little trou… Read More
2020-09-18 12:18
Wow! The Folklore series must truly have a touch of the Fae because it entrances the judges on Scotch Whisky Panels year after year!
We are very proud to report that our Laphroaig 19, finish… Read More
2020-08-29 09:51
The Brown Mushrooms
In the 1980s, there was no such thing as a Portobello mushroom. Seems that our highly-strung ancestors of 30 years ago just weren’t interested in being served some… Read More
2020-08-10 10:44
A slow day of working at the kitchen table, a slow summer sun meandering across the sky and, at the end of the day, a nice slow drink? We have all had a little more time on our hands of late… Read More
2020-07-03 17:00
5 Chinese Tasting Notes You Didn’t Know You Knew
Since whisky tasting notes began to become the norm in the 1980s, we’ve gotten very comfortable talking about whisky in certain w… Read More
2020-06-08 15:29
A Whisky Drinker’s Introduction to Rhum
Drinks for a Summer’s Day
A slow day of working at the kitchen table, a slow summer sun meandering across the sky and, at the end of the d… Read More
2020-03-27 12:26
Under Lockdown, with Toddy
I write this to you now, surrounded by pillows and blankets – a full pot of hot ginger, lemon and honey brew sitting to my side. Once I pour it over a dram o… Read More
2020-03-17 17:14
Edinburgh Distilleries: New Stills in an Old Town
The front gate of Holyrood distillery. The new build of the distillery melds into the old engine shed behind. The impressive cliffs of the S… Read More
2020-02-24 16:02
The Truth of Grain
Scotland produces far more grain whisky than single malt whisky, but this alter-ego form of Scotch is overlooked by many. Like single malt before it, though, single grain… Read More
2020-02-13 14:23
Keeping the ‘Scotch’ in casks of Scotch Whisky
There are many rules that legally define Scotch whisky, in the cask and in the bottle. These keep trust high, and that status allo… Read More
2020-01-24 10:40
Perfecting your Collection
For the attention of budding collectors, and deeply rooted ones, too: this is one to mark on your calendar if you hadn’t already. Whisky Auctioneer are setti… Read More
2019-12-23 20:55
A Whisky for Christmas
Brace yourself an opinion from the echo chamber: whisky people are excellent people! Especially around this time of year, when gifting anxiety has set in, the whisky… Read More
2019-12-13 11:45
The Post-Finishing Process
Your author is delighted to be just about able to brandish an empty one of these.In August this year, you may remember that I wrote about our set of newly deliver… Read More
2019-10-01 14:43
Party at Errol Park
If there’s one thing Cask 88 knows, it’s how to throw a good party with whisky at its core. On Saturday the 14th of August, the beautiful Stables at Errol p… Read More
2019-09-23 20:05
The Last Few Drams.
Allow us to make a quick assumption here – if you’re reading this blog, and especially if you’ve come here from our scotch whisky collections newslett… Read More
2019-08-12 10:04
A Cask 88 sourced cask of Ardmore, matured for 10 years in an ex-Laphroaig cask has been bottled and sent to Singapore as a unique release by M&E Drinks and Porcine Partners. They have… Read More
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