What we've learned moving casks.
Short, practical notes on delivery orders, warehouse accounts and paperwork. Drawn from real transfers, with the names left out.
Why one cask transfer takes three weeks and another takes three months
The warehouse stamp takes a day or three. Nearly all the waiting happens around it, and most of it can start sooner than you think.
Read the noteOpen your warehouse account before you pay
A company account at a bonded warehouse can take six to eight weeks. Most of that is documents going back and forth, and most of it is avoidable.
Read the noteWhy your delivery order names you, and how your client gets theirs
Each sale in a cask's life is its own transfer, recorded by the warehouse. Here's the chain, and what it means for you and your client.
Read the noteA seller can only pass on what the warehouse says they own
One question to ask any seller before your delivery order is prepared. Getting it wrong is one of the commonest ways a transfer stalls for weeks.
Read the noteComparing cask prices when one says OLA and another says RLA
A price per OLA and a price per RLA are different units. Here's how to put two offers on the same footing, and when a regauge is worth asking for.
Read the noteTrade names, distillery names and what naming rights cover
A cask sold under a trade name is still the cask you paid for. What can go on a label depends on the contract, and a stock list won't tell you.
Read the noteWho pays for storage while a delivery order waits
Storage and insurance follow the account a cask sits in. Here's what changes when the warehouse stamps your DO, and the questions worth asking.
Read the noteSix checks before you sign a delivery order
Small mismatches between an invoice and a DO are common, and each one can send a transfer back a step. Here's what to check before you sign.
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