The guide, by email
Usually within twenty minutes, from admin@oakandmason.co.uk. Not there by then? Look in your spam folder, then write to us and we will send it again. One more email follows three days later.
Write to usFree guide
A short guide to whisky casks
Eleven pages on what you own, where it is held, how the tax works, what it costs and how selling works. Free, and sent by email, usually within twenty minutes.
- What you own, and the paperwork that proves it
- How the tax works, stated plainly
- Storage, insurance and the fees, year by year
- How selling works, and how long it takes
CoverThe whisky cask guide
Page 3What you own
Page 4Where it is kept
Page 7How the tax works
Inside the guide
What is in the guide
One subject to a page, in this order, ending with the questions cask buyers ask.
- 3What you own
- 4Where your cask is kept
- 5How it works, in three stages
- 6What it costs, year by year
- 7How the tax works
- 8How selling works
- 9Scotch whisky, in figures
- 10Questions
What happens after you ask
The guide comes first. Everything after it is at your pace, and nothing is bought until you have the price and every fee in writing and have said yes.
A call, if you want one
A member of the team may call the number you gave, to answer any questions about the guide. Or choose a fifteen-minute call at a time that suits you.
Arrange a callA recommendation
A short questionnaire on your budget and your horizon. We write back naming specific casks, with the price of each. No charge, no obligation.
Request a recommendationCommon questions
Is there a charge for the guide?
No. The guide is free, and asking for it does not commit you to anything.
Is the guide advice?
No. It explains how whisky casks are held, taxed and sold. Nothing in it is personal investment, tax or legal advice, and tax rules can change.
What do you do with my details?
We use them to send the guide and the emails that follow it, and a member of the team may call to answer any questions. We do not share them. The privacy notice sets out the rest.
Can I have the gold guide too?
Yes, from the UK gold guide page. Ask for it once this one has arrived: each comes in its own email.
The other guide
A short guide to UK gold
What you own when you buy Royal Mint gold coins, where they are kept, what they cost, how the tax works and how they are sold.