Embark on an incredible Scotch whisky journey and mark life’s greatest moments with a gift that grows richer with every passing year. Laying down a private cask with the Isle of Raasay Distillery is more than securing exceptional single malt—it is an invitation to walk alongside us as your spirit matures, creating an unforgettable gift for a major milestone or a legacy to share in the years ahead.
Whether celebrating a landmark birthday, a wedding, a newborn, or a personal achievement, your cask quietly slumbers in our Hebridean warehouse—drawn from our mineral-rich Jurassic sandstone water and shaped by the salty sea air.
As a cask owner, you are part of our story from day one. You won’t just wait for the final bottle; you’ll share in every chapter of its evolution. Enjoy an included one-night Island Experience stay at our distillery, sample your developing spirit during private tastings overlooking the Cuillin mountains, and create memories attached to a dram that is truly your own.
This year we bring you 3 types of cask which have never been offered before. As always, you can choose if you would like peated or unpeated spirit.
Your cask will be filled with your choice of peated and unpeated Isle of Raasay spirit at 63.5% ABV.
Uniquely, we split our production and run peated and unpeated spirit at different times of the year.
Mineral-rich water and long fermentations of up to five days develop rich, dark, fruity flavours in your spirit before it even touches the oak of the cask. Isle of Raasay Distillery peated new-make spirit is 48-52 PPM (Peat or Phenol Parts per Million) and, as is to be expected, has a higher viscosity than our unpeated spirit.
We mash only 100% Scottish barley, and donate all our draff (spent malted barley), to local farmers and crofters as cattle feed. We have also grown and malted Raasay barley using local peat for the first ever 100% Isle of Raasay barley.
Our peated barley is malted using Highland peat, giving a gentle, fragrant smokiness to our spirit. The PPM (Peat or Phenol Parts Per Million) of our peated malt is 48-52. Uniquely, we split our production between peated and unpeated spirit, filling our casks with either peated or unpeated 63.5% ABV Isle of Raasay spirit at different times of the year.
Falling as rain on Dùn Cana, the island’s highest peak, our water flows across volcanic rock and filters through Jurassic sandstone into our own well, Tobar na Ba Bàine (the Well of the Pale Cow), lying deep beneath the distillery.
This mineral-rich water adds character to our spirit at every stage of production, from mashing, fermentation and distillation, to cask reduction and bottling.
All of our whisky casks are matured in our island warehouses next to the distillery, maximising the influence of the Hebridean climate on your single malt Scotch whisky.
Mineral-rich water, long fermentations and our unique distilling process help develop sweet dark fruit characteristics in our spirit before it even touches the oak of the cask.
Your very own Isle of Raasay Single Malt is distilled, matured, and bottled in the Hebrides.
1. CHOOSE YOUR CASK
Choose from the cask types available: unpeated or peated sherry quarter cask, unpeated or peated American oak, unpeated or peated sherry hogshead.
2. THE PAPERWORK
We will send you our full terms and conditions for you to sign along with your cask owner’s certificate.
3. TIME TO MATURE
Your cask will mature in Raasay’s heady island air for 5-15 years, depending on the cask type you have chosen.
4. VISIT YOUR CASK
Cask owners will be invited to exclusive Cask Owners Events and will be able to sample their maturing spirit at set times agreed with the distillery.
5. BOTTLING
We will bottle your spirit at standard industry bottling rates. Your bottles can be delivered to you or collected from the distillery.
The 125 litres Quarter Cask, is a chance to purchase this size of cask privately for thefirst time. These casks are expertly coopered to increase the surface-area-to-spirit ratio by approximately 30% compared to a standard barrel.
We have used this size of cask to create our award winning DùnCana – Sherry Quarter Cask and now have a limited number for private sale. These casks are the ideal choice for those seeking a vibrant, oak-forward profile that showcases the interaction of our island spirit with premium wood which we recommend to be bottled between 5 – 10 years old.
Cask price: £4,250
Our American White Oak barrels provide a chance to see our Isle of Raasay spirit in a ‘classic maturation’ of American Oak barrels. Sourced from central and eastern North America, these casks are crafted
from Quercus alba (White Oak), a wood prized for its high concentration of vanillin which gives the vanilla flavours associated with this species of oak.
Stored in our traditional dunnage warehouse on the Isle of Raasay, this will be its resting place until you decide to bottle it. These casks have previously held Isle of Raasay spirit, which will allow your cask to take on the flavours from the barrel in a more mellow format over the years of
maturation, making it ideal for 10 -15 years storage.
Cask price: £5,500
These Spanish oak casks were first dried for 36 months before being seasoned with Oloroso sherry for 18 months. Subsequently, the notes they impart on the spirit are more sherry forward, such as
dark fruits and salted almond.
This gives the whisky a rich and distinctive character, as well as beautifully dark colour. Sourced from the renowned Tevasa Cooperage, these Spanish oak (Quercus robur) casks are the specification for our upcoming Machrihanish Distillery in Campbeltown. Our Master Distiller, Alasdair Day, visited the cooperage and saw the incredible process from stave to cask.
Cask price: £9,000
Register your interest on our private cask programme by completing the form below. A member of our team will then contact you to discuss your requirements and provide more information on our available casks.
Please note if you are not already a Slàinte Club member (our free to join whisky club) you will be added to the club.
Enjoy a night’s stay at our award-winning whisky hotel with breakfast and a distillery tour.
All cask owners will receive the following benefits:
