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Scotch Whisky Investments

Invest in Scotch single malt whisky

Portfolios of maturing casks and rare bottles of Scotch single malt whisky, sourced, stored and managed end to end by the world's largest whisky asset manager. From 2018 through 2025 our portfolios returned an average of 9.6% a year.Maturing casks and rare bottles of Scotch single malt, sourced and managed for you end to end. From 2018 through 2025 our portfolios returned an average of 9.6% a year.

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Safeguarding Scottish heritage.

Owning rare Scotch means owning a piece of Scottish history. An asset you can hold, taste and pass on.

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The Scotch whisky market at half year

Our H1 2026 read on supply discipline, secondary-market depth and what maturing inventory means for cask valuations.

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€327 million
Assets under management
1,600+
Investors served
Since 2002
Scotch whisky expertise
Licence
Licensed by the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) since 2014
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Why Scotch Whisky

Whisky belongs in an investment conversation.

At Scotch Whisky Investments, this scarce, physical asset shaped by time is considered alongside portfolio construction, valuation and risk.

01

Physical assets

Tangible ownership of Scotch whisky assets, held in the investor's name.

02

Scarcity

Limited releases, limited vintages and a scarce maturing inventory.

03

Time

Casks continue to mature, while rare bottles can become increasingly scarce.

04

Diversification

Exposure spread across distilleries, vintages, cask types and collectible bottles.

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Investment Options

Three ways to hold Scotch whisky.

From personal ownership of single casks to fully managed portfolios of casks and rare bottles.

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From
€20,000

Cask of Generations

Personal ownership of selected Scotch whisky casks, with storage, insurance and management organised on your behalf.

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From
€100,000

Asset Management

Comprehensive portfolio management combining maturing casks and rare bottles, constructed, monitored and rebalanced over time.

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From
€250,000

Investors Club

Comprehensive portfolio management combined with access to more than 400 other investors, many of them business owners and entrepreneurs, and member experiences.

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How it works

Getting started with whisky investing.

Four steps, under our AFM licence. Your profile first, casks and bottles after.

01

Introduction

A no-obligation conversation about your goals and questions.

02

Client profile

We assess whether whisky suits you: within 10% of your freely investable assets.

03

Portfolio

Spread across maturing casks and rare bottles. In your name, insured and stored in Scotland.

04

Management and exit

We manage and report. The timing of a sale is something we decide together, when the time comes.

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Our approach

A disciplined methodology, from research to exit.

Casks and rare bottles follow different selection criteria, but fall under the same governance.

Research→ Source→ Select→ Acquire→ Manage→ Hold / mature→ Exit
MATURATION & CHARACTER

Casks

  • Distillery characteristics
  • Age & cask type
  • ABV & warehousing
  • Bottling potential
RARITY & PROVENANCE

Rare Bottles

  • Provenance & vintage
  • Historical relevance
  • Release size & condition
  • Collector demand

Managed portfolio

Casks and rare bottles are managed as one portfolio.

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The SWI Group

Vertical integration across the whisky value chain.

Investment, infrastructure and whisky sit under one group, which is why we can see an asset from selection to storage to market.

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Investment

Scotch Whisky Investments

Investment management, sourcing and portfolio construction for private investors.

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Infrastructure

Scotch Whisky Warehousing

Purpose-built, HMRC-compliant bonded warehouses with every cask service under one roof.

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Whisky

MO ÒR

Independent Scotch whisky brand and bottler, and our route to market for matured casks.

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Maturation

This cask matured for thirty-one years, from 1991 to bottling in 2022.

Every cask we hold sits in a bonded warehouse in Scotland, gaining character in the dark while the market moves elsewhere.

The still house where the 1991 spirit ran off
1991
Distilled at Macallan
63,5% ABV · OLA 159,30 litres
Cask head stencilled SWI Macallan
2014
Acquired by SWI
23 years old · Selected and acquired by SWI
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2014-2022
Six analysis reports
Sampled and regauged · 50,4% to 45,2% ABV
MO ÒR Release No. 58, Macallan 1991
2022
Bottled under MO ÒR
31 years old · 256 bottles · Recommended retail price €2,470
Experiences

Investors on Scotch Whisky Investments.

Four investors explain on film why they invest in Scotch whisky.

“Scotch Whisky Investments explained to me that there are emerging markets asking for old whiskies, which drives the value up – I believe in that.”

Arjan BroekhofEntrepreneur & investor with SWI

“I invest in shares as well, but I connect far more with this product – the craftsmanship too. There is a much greater sense of involvement.”

Boudewijn MullerEntrepreneur & investor with SWI
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Whitepaper

Whisky as an investment

The fundamentals, casks and bottles compared, and how we work, in one document.

39 pages, free, no obligation

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Our thinking

Research on whisky as an asset.

Perspectives on the Scotch whisky market, valuation and portfolio construction, from the group that selects, stores and bottles the whisky itself.

Market updates

Whisky Monthly Update October 2026: Brora takes the lead, Macallan 1926 sets dollar record

More bottles went under the hammer in October at the auctions tracked by Whiskystats than in any month since May, and the Whisky Index eased slightly. Brora overtakes Port Ellen to lead the brand ranking for the first time. On 9 October, a bottle of Macallan 1926 fetched £2.125 million on the distillery's estate, in dollars the highest auction price ever paid for a bottle of whisky.

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Whisky as an investment

Macallan 1926: forty bottles from one cask and the whisky auction record

The Macallan 1926 is a Scotch single malt distilled at The Macallan in Speyside in 1926, matured for sixty years in cask 263 and bottled in 1986. The cask yielded forty bottles. On 9 October 2026, one of them sold at Sotheby's for £2,125,000. In dollars, that is the highest auction price ever paid for a bottle of whisky; in sterling, only a bottle from the same cask has made more.

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Speak with us

Most conversations start with a question.

Tell us what you are trying to achieve and over what horizon. If Scotch whisky does not belong in your portfolio, we will say so.

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