BARREL OWNERSHIP
We began filling whisky barrels on 28th July 2017.
Coming into our fourth year of Private Barrel Ownership, we are looking to raise the bar in terms of exclusivity, obscurity and the sense of having something truly unique to offer to our barrel owners.
You will be able to purchase 2020 Premium Series Barrels from the beginning of March, when we will be offering and filling some very bespoke barrels.
2020 Premium Series: This year, we are having 4 periods in which you can buy a barrel from our premium and extremely limited series.
Once these casks are gone, they’re gone. Be sure to check our website, social media platforms & newsletters to find out how and when you can buy these said barrels, or better yet, get in touch with Jenni our Barrel Custodian to give you the best insight to what to buy and when.
Private Barrel Owners will truly become a part of the history of Coburns Distillery and the history of Australian Whisky, as together we watch the spirit mature into Single Malt Whisky.
Ultimately, owners of Private Barrels will have their own unique bottling of Coburns Distillery Single Malt Whisky, which can be personalised with your name, company logo, family crest etc.
SELECTING YOUR BARREL
We are very happy to work with you and find or select the whisky barrel that you would like to put your spirit into.
Understandably costs will change depending on the barrel you have selected and how much spirit it has been filled with, but we feel it’s important that you have some connection and input into this very important part of the maturation process.
Throughout our past 3 years of production Coburns have filled well over 200 individual barrels for both ourselves and for the lucky private buyers.
This year in 2020, we will be doing 4 premium and extremely limited cask offerings, which will only be available for a set period.
If you’re after that perfect gift for someone, or that unique corporate gift barrel to bottle for colleagues in the future, this is something worth looking out for.
Our core barrel listing is available all year round, but some barrels will be limited due to demand and popularity, so please fill out our enquiry form to find out more. Prices start from $9000 (not including excise, bottling, and warehousing costs).
THE EXTRAS
As well as your Barrel you will also receive:
An official certificate of ownership
The opportunity to come and fill your cask
Advanced notification of any future special bottlings
An invitation to all exclusive events we host for barrel owners
Your name carved onto a barrel stave on the wall of the Friends Of Coburns Bar
WHY INVEST IN A
WHISKY BARREL
Many whisky fans buy a barrel as an investment – for instance the Knight Frank Wealth Report 2019 revealed that investment in Scotch whisky is now seeing greater returns than classic cars, wine, jewellery, diamonds and watches. With bottles of Scotch whisky achieving more than $1M at auction in 2018, the potential for return in entire barrels has never been stronger. Over the last 10 years, rare whisky has witnessed a 580% increase in value and Andrew Shirley, a Knight Frank partner says that;
“Nothing can be compared with whisky in terms of its profitability, it has proved its status as an alternative investment to oil and gold”
While this may be true, we have found that many more people buy barrels for consumption. Often a group of friends or family club together to buy a barrel, because they may want something to bottle for gifting in the future, perhaps to celebrate a marriage or the birth of a new baby. Others buy whisky barrels because they are fascinated by its evolution, and love to follow the progress of the spirit as it matures.
And that’s part of the attraction: whisky in the barrels goes on evolving in a way that bottled whisky does not. What’s more, every single barrel that we fill is unique: we can fill two identical barrels with the same spirit and put them in our warehouse for the same period of time, and they’ll still turn out slightly different. This is what makes buying whisky by the barrel so fascinating.
COSTS INVOLVED
Barrels start from $9000 there are three main options of barrel purchase.
As an example, the costing for a 225-litre barrel would be:
Option 1: $9900 inc gst. for the barrel with the associated later charges (at bottling, further payments of ATO excise would be approx. $9000 plus a bottling payment of $2500 ($10 per bottle approx)).
This would produce approximately 225-270 bottles of Cask Strength which would work out at a cost price of just $90.00 per bottle.
Option 2: $9000 inc gst. one off payment with no further charges, we will bottle, pay excise and deliver 1/3 of the barrel to you and retain the remaining 2/3 (At the agreed bottling strength).
This would produce approximately 80-90 bottles of Cask Strength which would work out at a cost price of just $100.00 per bottle.
Option 3: $10,000 inc gst. one off payment with no further charges. We sell you a barrel with a buyback contract attached. Suitable for SMSF ownership.
At maturity in 2-7 years we buy the barrel back giving you a return of 8% p.a. compounded. You are able to keep up to half the whisky in the barrel on a pro rata basis.
CORPORATE BARREL OWNERSHIP
As an organisation or business you could take up the unique chance to purchase a whisky barrel from our fourth year of production and have it filled with Coburns spirit.
Perhaps your organisation has an event or anniversary coming up in the next few years and you want to remember it in a special way. You could mark that occasion with a bespoke bottle of whisky for your selected guests.
Alternatively, if you are looking to reward your customers, partners or colleagues and want to find a special way to acknowledge their efforts, what better gift than a bottled whisky from your organisation?
Ultimately, as Corporate owners of your own barrel, you would have your own unique bottling of Coburns Distillery Single Malt Whisky, which can be personalised with your organisations name and company logo.
The bottles can be custom branded and labelled to your requirements, when the whisky is matured and ready for bottling.
You could then choose to keep these bottles as Corporate gifts, incentives or you could choose to retail them yourselves.
The possibilities are endless.
ENQUIRE NOW
We could go on but believe the best placed person to discuss this fantastic opportunity with is our Barrel Custodian Jenni, after all she is the person who will be keeping an eye on your spirit and barrel for the next 7 years.
In 2020 we will be delighted to once again offer individuals or groups the chance to purchase a whisky barrel from our fourth year of production filled with Coburns spirit, so get in touch if you would like to find out more and reserve your 2020 barrel. We will recommence filling in Feb 2020 for the 2020 allocation.
If you would like to register your interest in a barrel, please complete the form below with your details and Jenni or one of the team will be in touch very soon.