The Whiskey Lab | Single Cask Scotch from Independent Bottlers

Independent Scotch, Delivered

We're not a distillery.
We do something harder.

Single cask and small batch Scotch from independent bottlers. Jay picks every release. When a cask is gone, it's gone.

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Whispering Waters Black Label Springbank 1996, 30 Year

Giveaway Club · Q4 Drawing · Opens October 2

Win the Springbank 1996.
30 years. One Cask.

Whispering Waters Black Label, bottled 30 years to the day. Free to enter, drawn live on Instagram on Christmas Day.

8 years 1st Fill Madeira21 years refill Oloroso1 year refill bourbon

Distilled November 22, 1996, bottled November 22, 2026
8 years 1st Fill Madeira, 21 years refill Oloroso, finished in refill bourbon
One bottle to one member, or pre-order your own at $1,750

30Years in Cask

Dec 25Live Drawing

FreeTo Enter

$1,750Pre-Order Price

30 years · free to enter · drawn Dec 25

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Wolfburn 12 Year and Ballindalloch 2016, cask selected by The Whiskey Lab

New · Cask Selected by The Whiskey Lab · Just Landed

Our name on the label.
Chosen Among Many.

For the first time, single casks picked by The Whiskey Lab at the distillery, with both names on the label.

Wolfburn 12: 12 years in one ex-Islay quarter cask, cask strength
Ballindalloch 2016: 1st Fill bourbon barrel No. 367, chosen blind by every group that tasted it
Landed in November. The pair is $285

2Distilleries

1stCo-Branded Casks

NowLanded in Virginia

$285The Pair

2 co-branded casks · just landed

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Finn Thomson Whisky Glenlivet 1970, 50 Year

Finn Thomson Whisky · Private Cask Collection

Distilled 1970. 50 years
in one sherry hogshead.

Glenlivet, filled into a 1st Fill sherry hogshead in 1970 and left alone for 50 years.

Cask No. 2366, 50 years in one 1st Fill sherry hogshead
Bottled by the 9th generation of Scotland's oldest whisky family
6 bottles for the United States, by special order

50Years Old

1970Distilled

6Bottles for the USA

2366Cask Number

50 years · 6 bottles for the USA

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Q4 Import / November releases

Just Landed & Now Shipping

Picked by Jay. When a cask is gone, it's gone.

26 bottles

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Obscurities & Curiosities

Secret Speyside (M) 10 Year - 1st Fill Oloroso

Rich & Dried Fruit

$120.00

Ballindalloch

10 Year - 1st Fill Bourbon Barrel No. 367 - Cask Selected by The Whiskey Lab

Oak & Spice

$160.00

The actual cask, filled September 21, 1993, matured in Speyside

Whispering Waters

Vintage French Brandy 1993 – 33 Year – Single Cask

Rich & Dried Fruit

$250.00

Obscurities & Curiosities

Bunnahabhain 18 Year - Oloroso Sherry Butt

Rich & Dried Fruit

$210.00

Millstone Dutch Single Malt Heavily Peated Cask No. 2625 bottle

Blackadder

Millstone - Heavily Peated PX Cask No. 2625

$90.00

$90.00 ~~$90.00~~

Fib Whisky

Amrut 6 Year - Ruby Port Barrique Finish - Permutations Series III

Rich & Dried Fruit

$145.00

Little Brown Dog

Aberdeenshire Single Malt 12 Year

Oak & Spice

$90.00

Wolfburn

Ex-Islay Quarter Cask TWL Selection

Smoke & Peat

$135.00

Little Brown Dog

Orkney 24 Year - Small Batch

Coastal & Maritime

$190.00

Finn Thomson Whisky

Caol Ila 2010 - 15 Year - Passito di Caluso Finish

Smoke & Peat

$175.00

Wolfburn

Madeira Cask Finish - 12 Year - Small Batch

Rich & Dried Fruit

$110.00

Glaschu Spirits Ledaig 14 Year, Koval rye barrel finish, The Whiskey Lab label with 1973 Dodge Challenger

Glaschu Spirits Co

Ledaig 14 Year - 1st Fill Koval Rye Barrel Finish - The Whiskey Lab Label

Smoke & Peat

$145.00

What we do

The whisky the distilleries don't tell you about

Independent bottlers go directly to Scottish warehouses, taste through hundreds of casks, and select the ones that are genuinely exceptional. Different from the house style. More interesting. Sometimes better.

It's one of the oldest traditions in Scotch whisky, and one most Americans have never heard of. That's what we bring to the US market.

Meet the Bottlers

Whispering Waters bottle at the Glenfinnan Viaduct, Scotland

Independent bottling

What makes these bottles different

01

Somebody chose this bottle.

Independent bottlers go directly to Scottish warehouses, taste through hundreds of casks, and select the ones that are genuinely exceptional. Then Jay picks which of those we bring to the US.

02

You know exactly what you're buying.

Exact age, cask type, bottle count. No marketing fog. The Whiskey Lab publishes every technical detail a curious drinker could ask for: distillery, cask number, cask type, distillation date, ABV, outturn.

03

Once it's gone, it's gone.

Finite bottles from a single cask. No second batch. Ever. Familiar names, new flavors. Caol Ila. Bruichladdich. Craigellachie. Same distillery, completely different whisky.

From Our Customers

What people are saying

More than 1,000 whisky drinkers read our once a month email. Here is what three of them said after the bottle arrived.

★★★★★

"I absolutely love this dram. Top quality scotch - so smooth, balanced and delicate. Fruity, waxy, subtle smoke - gods voice in a bottle. This is whisky as it was 30-40 years - and I have missed it madly. Bravo"

Roland

Tri Carragh - Bowmore 27 Year

★★★★★

"I was blown away at the first sip. It totally shocked me. Spicy and strong, like a bat outta hell. The finish was LONG. I needed time to process it and had to come back the next day. What a dram. What an amazing whisky."

James L.

Uncharted - Bat Out of Hell, Macduff 13 Year

★★★★★

"In the World of Whisky, Jay Roberts is the Man. As a first-time buyer, I entrusted Jay to import an entire 250L barrel from Scotland to my doorstep. Jay delivered. He is a man of his word."

In Jay We Trust

Cask Club Customer

Independent bottlers

The houses we import

Independent Bottlers

The people behind the bottles

Jay & Vanne

Founders, Whispering Waters

Jack & Danna

Founders, Uncharted Whisky Co

Ryan & Ola

Founders, Tri Carragh

Paul & Julian

Founders, Glaschu Spirits Co

Alex & John

Founders, Ferg & Harris

Iain Croucher

Founder, North Star Spirits

Finn Thomson

Founder, Finn Thomson Whisky

Robin Tucek

Founder, Blackadder

Andrew & Chris

Founders, Little Brown Dog

Kenny & Viktorija

Founders, Dràm Mòr

Sunil Dyal

Founder, Wonders of Whisky

Fib Whisky

Independent bottler, Fife

Wolfburn

Highland distillery, Thurso

Aidan Dunn

International Sales Executive, Ballindalloch

Jay & Vanne

Founders, Whispering Waters

Jack & Danna

Founders, Uncharted Whisky Co

Ryan & Ola

Founders, Tri Carragh

Paul & Julian

Founders, Glaschu Spirits Co

Alex & John

Founders, Ferg & Harris

Iain Croucher

Founder, North Star Spirits

Finn Thomson

Founder, Finn Thomson Whisky

Robin Tucek

Founder, Blackadder

Andrew & Chris

Founders, Little Brown Dog

Kenny & Viktorija

Founders, Dràm Mòr

Sunil Dyal

Founder, Wonders of Whisky

Fib Whisky

Independent bottler, Fife

Wolfburn

Highland distillery, Thurso

Aidan Dunn

International Sales Executive, Ballindalloch

Membership

Founder's Access

First to the cask. Last to compromise.

A membership for the people who take this seriously. Early access to every new release. An automatic 5% on every order. Free shipping at $250. And member-only bottles that never touch the public shelf.

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$120 a year · All benefits active on day one · Cancel anytime from your account

5%
Off Every Order
Applied automatically at checkout. No codes, no steps. Just less on every bottle.
$250
Free Shipping Over $250
Members-only threshold. Standard orders ship at our normal rate.
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New releases hit your inbox two days before the public. First pour, first pick.
Quarterly
Allocation
Reserved bottles from our private selection. Members only, no exceptions.