These terms and conditions will form the basis for the contract between Avalon Cask Share Ltd. and the purchaser.

Before submitting your order, please ensure that you have read these terms and conditions carefully.

Please email info@avaloncasks.ie if you need any clarification on any points. Your order constitutes a contractual offer that we may, at our discretion, accept. A legally binding contract between Avalon Cask Share Ltd. and the purchaser will be created upon our acceptance of your order. An email will be sent to confirm this. On receipt of your online order, we will send a confirmation email subject to availability. We will send through your certificate of ownership (as purchaser) once we have transferred your intended cask to Stafford’s bonded warehouse and assigned you a cask number.

A 20cl sample of the new make will be sent to the purchaser along with your certificate. A further sample will be sent yearly as part of the contract. Once the ownership of the cask has been passed to the purchaser, the purchaser agrees to pay the annual storage fee for that year (plus any annual inflation increases)

It is the responsibility of the cask owner to advise Avalon Cask Share Ltd. of any changes in address< & contact details of the purchaser may choose to have their cask disgorged and bottled any time after three years have passed from the fill date providing the purchaser provides reasonable notice and the Avalon Cask Share Ltd. are able to make the necessary arrangements without incurring unusual or exceptional costs in respect of the timing.

The storage fee includes annual insurance and the cask will be insured against fire, theft, or accidental damage.

The angel’s share or evaporation means the cask will likely lose approx. 2% of liquid annually as well as a decrease in alcohol strength. The purchaser agrees that the risk of either eventuality lies entirely with the purchaser the purchaser is solely responsible for shipping costs, vat, excise duty, and any other taxes caused by the removal of their casks or bottled product from Stafford’s bonded
warehouse.

All prices or costs quoted in these terms and conditions are correct at the time of release but will increase annually broadly in line with inflation and/or any increased costs and will where applicable also attract a charge for vat and/or any other applicable duties or taxes which will also be payable by the purchaser.

In the event that the Purchaser fails to make payment of any sums due under these terms and conditions despite being issued with at least three months’ notice in writing to the address notified to the Avalon Cask Share Ltd., the purchaser agrees that the ownership of the cask will pass back to the Avalon Cask Share Ltd. on the issue by the Avalon Cask Share Ltd. of a notice to this effect. These terms & conditions will form part of a contract which is governed by the laws of Ireland and the courts of Ireland shall have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to any dispute arising out of this contract.