We would like to offer you the unique opportunity to invest in an individualised cask of pot stilled single Malt Irish Whiskey. 

As part of our initial production in 2020 we will offer the first 500 casks to individuals looking to invest in something different. Owners of the first 500 casks will join the exclusive Founders Club. 

The Founders Club will be your chance to own a strictly limited cask of Whiskey produced in Kinsale, and to become part of an exclusive business network which will comprise of 500 like minded business individuals and investors from all corners of the world spanning many different industries.

Each year the Founders Club will host a weekend in Kinsale for all involved, giving you the opportunity to meet other members, visit the distillery and creating the opportunity to build new links with like minded individuals. It will also be a great party!​

Full details of the Club below the sign up form below.

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Cask Prices

All casks types limited to total 500 casks - only 3 casks per person
Cask type First fill	Approx. Capacity	Cask Price	Average Number of 700ml Bottles		*Price -Per 700ml bottle
Ex Bourbon	200 Bulk Litres	€6,500	56.5% cask strength 281	40% cask strength 397	56.5% bottle €23.1	40% bottle €16.37
Ex French / Spanish Wine	220 Bulk Litres	€6,500	56.5% cask strength 309	40% cask strength 437	56.5% cask strength €21.03	40% cask strength €14.87
Ex Port	225 Bulk Litres	€6,800	56.5% cask strength 316	40% cask strength 446	56.5% cask strength €21.51	40% cask strength €15.24
Ex Sherry / Oloroso / Ximinez	250 Bulk Litres	€7000	56.5% cask strength 315	40% cask strength 496	56.5% cask strength €19.94	40% cask strength €14.11
*Ultra Limited Edition Items (50 casks Total)
Ex Bourbon with final finishing in Blacks Beer Barrels!	200 Bulk Litres	€6,500	56.5% cask strength 281	40% cask strength 397	56.5% cask strength 21.71	40% cask strength 15.37

*Choose a beer from Blacks range and we will fill a Bourbon cask with that beer type for 3 months prior to emptying and filling with new make spirit. This gives a unique flavour to the spirit and you can possess an ultra rare and unique product that is paired with your favour beer.
Production will begin in Dec 2019 and casks will be offered for sale until the total allocation of 500 casks is sold.

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What are the options available to Founders club Investors after 5 years?

Investors may choose to have the contents of their personalised Whiskey casks bottled on site by Blacks Distillery. These can be used as corporate gifts for your clients, gifts for friends and family or sold on the secondary Whiskey market. Cask owners may choose to either take ownership of the cask, removing it from the bonded warehouse and reselling it at a potentially appreciated value. We cannot guarantee the market value in 5 years but at present Irish Whiskey is continuously increasing in value market.

Investors may choose to keep the cask at the bonded warehousing for a longer period to allow it to mature further before bottling, with some additional charges for storage and insurance.

Apart from offering the potential for significant price appreciation over the longterm, this proposal offers a virtually risk-free investment due to the structuring of a unique buy-back scheme offered by the Distillery. Casks will be offered to investors in a similar form to discount bonds, with initial entry prices at a substantial discount to the eventual buy-back par value offered by the Distillery at the end of year five.

Investment Scheme

Buy back Scheme
Apart from offering the potential for significant price appreciation over the long-term, this proposal offers a virtually risk-free investment due to the structuring of a unique buy-back scheme offered by the Distillery. Casks will be offered to investors in a similar form to discount bonds, with initial entry prices at a substantial discount to the eventual buy-back par value offered by the Distillery at the end of year five. 

Casks will be offered to investors at a discounted price ranging from €6,500 per cask. This price includes the relevant cask, the Whiskey and its ingredients, the labour of the Master Distiller, plus storage and insurance for the five-year period. The scheme therefore offers investors a virtually risk-free return of 4% p.a. compounding (or approximately €280 per year per cask). In other words, on maturation, the Distillery offers to execute the right to buy the cask back at the predetermined agreed value, offering investors a minimum 4% annually compounded return on their initial purchase. This repayment entitles investors to a CAGR of 4% per year or a total gross return of 21.7% for the five-year period.

Investors may choose to have the contents of their personalised Whiskey casks bottled on site by Blacks Distillery. These unique and special edition bottles of Whiskey could be then kept for future investment, resold via retail channels, exported or consumed.

The cost of this premium limited edition whiskey per bottle, in its own distinctive Founders Club bottle, with unique labels (including the individual bottle number and investor’s name) and factoring in the initial cask investment is just €25.63 per bottle at cask strength or just under €18.87 at regular retail strength.

No. Of litres @ 40% ABV	277.8 litres
No. of 700 ml bottles at 40%	397
Bottling and labelling (€2.50 per bottle)	€992.50
Total costs of cask plus bottling	€7,492.50
Cost per labelled bottle	€18.87

Note for Irish investors
The current rate of excise duty is €42.57 per litre at 100% abv which equates to €11.91 per 700ml at 40% abv. VAT is due at the standard rate of 23% per bottle.

For all other investors
Local duty taxes and Vat rates will apply in your specific region.