How buying works

From your yes to your name on the warehouse record.

A cask is yours when the bonded warehouse records you as its owner. Here's every step to that moment, and whose turn each one is.

The title chain

Every sale is its own delivery order.

A delivery order, or DO, tells the warehouse to move a cask from one owner's account to the next. So a cask moves one sale at a time.

Your DO names your company, because you're the buyer.

When you sell to your client, they open their own account and you issue a DO to them. They buy from you, at your price, and never deal with us.

Read the full note on the title chain
Seven stages

You always know whose turn it is.

On CaskLayer, each purchase shows these stages with a date as each one is reached.

  1. 1

    Purchase confirmed

    CaskLayer

    We confirm the casks and the price, and send you the payment details.

  2. 2

    Funds received

    Youthen CaskLayer

    You pay, and we confirm the cask is secured once the payment lands.

  3. Stages 3 and 4 run at the same time
  4. 3

    Seller's title confirmed

    CaskLayerWarehouse

    The warehouse records the cask in our account. Any move or regauge happens here, and you approve the cost first.

  5. 4

    Your warehouse account ready

    YouWarehouse

    Your company needs its own account at the warehouse. We tell you which one when your hold is confirmed.

  6. 5

    DO ready for your signature

    CaskLayer

    We prepare the DO from CaskLayer to your company once stages 3 and 4 are done.

  7. 6

    With the warehouse

    Youthen CaskLayer

    You sign and return the DO, and we submit it to the warehouse.

  8. 7

    Registered owner

    Warehouse

    The warehouse stamps the DO and records your company as the owner. From here, storage and insurance are between you and the warehouse.

Stamped means the warehouse has changed the owner on its records. Keep the stamped copy with our invoice.

Where the time goes

Three weeks or three months.

The same kind of purchase can take three weeks or more than two months. The warehouse is rarely the reason: it usually stamps a DO in one to three working days.

The warehouse stamps a DO1 to 3 working days
A personal account opens, once the documents are in3 to 5 days
A cask is moved in on its ownabout 1 week
The DO comes back signedsame day to over 3 weeks
A cask is moved in on a shared run2 to 8 weeks, and the date can slip
A company account opens6 to 8 weeks
Typical waits from recent transfers. Every warehouse and every cask is different.
Your account

Start it the day your hold is confirmed.

A company account is the longest wait. Send every document in one go.

What to send
The move

Choose solo or shared quickly.

A solo move goes now. A shared run is cheaper, but its date can slip. Nothing is booked until you choose.

Your signature

Sign the DO the day it arrives.

The warehouse can't record you until every signature is on it, and storage runs while it waits.

Who pays storage meanwhile
Your account checklist

Have these ready before you buy.

Each warehouse sets its own list. These are the usual asks, and one missing document turns days into weeks.

Add the warehouse's email address to your contacts. Account replies often land in junk.

0 of 7 ready

Your documents go straight to the warehouse. CaskLayer only records whether your account is open. Ticks are saved in this browser only.

Who does what

We handle the chain. You keep the client.

CaskLayer handles

  • Buying the cask and taking title first
  • Confirming our title at the warehouse before your DO is prepared
  • Arranging any movement or regauge, once you've approved it
  • Preparing your DO and submitting it to the warehouse
  • Chasing the warehouse for the stamped copy
  • Telling you the moment you're the registered owner

You handle

  • Opening your company's warehouse account
  • Paying for the cask
  • Approving any movement or regauge cost
  • Signing and returning your DO
  • Your client, your price and your onward DO
Questions

What brokers ask us most.

Do I need an account at the warehouse?

Yes, at the warehouse where your cask lies. We tell you which one when your hold is confirmed. If you already have one there, that stage is done.

Who pays storage and insurance?

Whoever holds the cask in their account. Once your DO is stamped, the warehouse bills you directly. Ask what the insurance covers and the date your storage is paid to.

What if the cask needs a regauge?

A regauge measures what's in the cask now and usually takes about two weeks. If it changes the figures, you agree the new ones before your DO is prepared.

Who do I deal with during the purchase?

Only CaskLayer. You get our paperwork, our updates and the stamped DO at the end.

Brokers only

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