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Understanding tax considerations for whisky cask ownership

Capital Gains Tax could be about to rise in the 28 October Budget. Here's how cask whisky is generally treated for tax, and what to check with...

Cask Ownership

The accountant behind MacInnes Whisky

Before founding MacInnes, Jonathan Hook spent 35 years in financial services. Here's what that taught him about buying whisky casks properly, ...

Cask Ownership

Linkwood Distillery: Speyside’s Quiet Overachiever

Linkwood Distillery is a historic Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery, located near Elgin in the heart of Scotland’s most famous whisky region. Known for ...

Tax considerations

A Different Kind of Gift: Long-Term Planning for Children and Grandchildren

As families look ahead, many are thinking about meaningful ways to mark milestones for children and grandchildren. Here we look at a whisky cask as a gift, and what...

Cask Ownership

Mortlach: Speyside’s Darker, Richer Whisky – and Why It’s Worth Owning by the Cask

Tucked into Dufftown – the small Speyside town that quietly calls itself the “whisky capital of the world” – Mortlach is one of those distilleries people talk about...

Scotland

Charles Doig — Architect of the Scotch Whisky Skyline

When you picture a Scotch distillery, with its stone walls, copper stills, and that graceful roof rising above the kiln house, that image owes a lot to one man. On 3 M...

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A Speyside Pilgrimage: Jon Hook’s Journey Through the Heart of Scotch Whisky

Discover MacInnes founder Jon Hook’s whirlwind whisky tour of Speyside — from Mortlach and Craigellachie to Glenfiddich, The Macallan and Cardhu. A day p...

Cask Ownership

A guide to whisky cask ownership

A practical guide to choosing a cask, storage, ongoing costs and what to understand before you buy.