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Bottles are the end product in the chain of producing whisky. You can't change the characteristics of a bottle (e.g. age) anymore. Whisky in cask is like a raw material, where age, quality and scarcity are not yet finalized. The table below shows the differences. 

Bottles in cask are bottles which are currently maturing in a cask. This bottle is actually the bottle after the maturation period ended. How do I know if I get the bottle at the end of the maturation period? And what is the quality of the bottle? These are questions that arise. Therefore we give certain guarantees when you purchase a bottle in cask.

Quality guaranteed

We guarantee a high quality whisky upon bottling. This means that the whisky scores at least 80 points on a scale of 0-100, determined by a independent whisky panel.

Quantity guaranteed 

We also guarantee the quantity. This means that your bottle in cask will be an actual bottle upon bottling. If, for example due to evaporation, we can't meet this, we will compensate you with a bottle of similar quality. 

Bottles

All bottles listed on the SWEX are checked for authenticity and stored in the whisky safe in Sassenheim, The Netherlands. That means the authenticity of all bottles is guaranteed. However, once a bottle leaves our storage facility, this guarantee lapses, because we no longer have any insight into what happens to the bottle. The fill level of ceramic bottles cannot be checked and is therefore not guaranteed.

When someone wants to have their bottles listed on the SWEX and the bottles appear to be unauthentic, we are forced to exclude this person from trading on the SWEX and inform the authorities. This also applies to other forms of fraud.

Whisky in cask

The casks (whisky in cask) are stored in a secure bonded warehouse in Scotland. In order to receive the protected name Scotch, legislation requires whisky to be distilled, stored, and bottled in Scotland.

Investing in whisky, like all forms of investing, involves risk. To assess the risks, you should ask yourself what kind of investor you are. You can then always refer back to that with the investments you make. There are three general types of investment.

Defensive investment
Offensive investment
Neutral investment 

1. Defensive investment 

Defensive investing is investing with as little risk as possible. It's focused on healthy yield in the long term, paired with minimal risk of loss in the short term. A well-diversified investment portfolio is an important part of defensive investing. A defensive investor always prioritises stability over high yields. A defensive strategy focuses on capital preservation, with the possibility of slight profit. Because you do not expect high yields, there is no need to run a high risk.

2. Offensive investment 

Offensive investing is about maximising yields, which requires a bit more risk. An offensive investor is not afraid of risk, so they can achieve much higher yields than a defensive or neutral investor. At the same time, of course, their losses can also be greater. 

When investing offensively, you always have to take short-term losses into account, which is why it is important to have a long investment horizon, so short-term losses can be compensated by years of gains. That means offensive investing is not a good choice for the short term.

3. Neutral investment 

A neutral strategy is somewhere between defensive and offensive. You run less risk than an offensive investor, but that means you will also potentially generate lower yields. However, compared to a defensive investor, a neutral investor achieves higher potential yields. In return, of course, they take on a little more risk. So risk and return go hand in hand.

A neutral investor has a longer investment horizon, so possible loss-making years are compensated by profitable years. A neutral strategy involves some risk to achieve a considerable yield. The goal of this strategy is to grow assets with a well-considered average risk.

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