Sorry for the delay in responding to these messages - unfortunately I've had no notification that there were replies, and every other post I had put in the forum was moderated out because they were all too 'advertisey' (is that a word?) so I haven't been back in a while.
Anyway - a quick update:
The order of JD and Woodford Reserve/Early Times barrels is confirmed. These barrels are freshly dumped and are still wet when the container is loaded. There's still a few available.
I can't lock in an order of the Three Ships barrels until I get a fair few more takers - there's around 240 in a container. These barrels have been stored for 8-12 weeks in between being picked up from the distillery and being loaded into the container for shipping.
Container of Wild Turkey barrels is getting close to enough orders for me to be able to confirm, but not quite there yet. These barrels are freshly dumped and our container will be loaded at the distillery and shipped direct.
Our shipping is calculated on cubic weight, not footprint - so whilst a pallet holding 4 barrels takes up the same floor space as a pallet holding 8 barrels, we pay for the extra height. We can't ship them off-pallet, but we can ship on pallets of different sizes so sending 2 barrels can be reasonably cost-efficient.
Any other questions please try to contact us direct.
Cheers - and Happy New Year!!