Our Story

We wanted to throw good whiskey events. Everything since has grown out of those rooms.

The events

Craft Whiskey Collective started with events. Get people in a room with the distillers behind the whiskey and pour something special. That was the whole plan.

The barrels

Then the first barrel picks came around, and we got the chance to select some genuinely special whiskey. As the community grew, so did a problem we were happy to have: people far beyond our rooms wanted the bottles we were picking.

The shop

Cask Collective is how we bring those barrels to people across the country who care about the craft. Every order helps us keep creating these opportunities, and we don't take the support for granted.

Craft Whiskey Collective

The group came first. The people who taste the samples and pick the barrels, the members who argue about proof in our Discord, the whole reason any of this exists. Founded to bring people together over great whiskey and shine a light on the craft producers redefining the industry.

Cask Collective

Our bottle shop, nothing more. When Craft Whiskey Collective picks a barrel, this is where it lands. Same people, same picks. Every order is fulfilled by licensed retail partners. We curate, they handle the license, the warehouse, and the shipping.

The Craft Whiskey Collective community group photo Collective members in the Whiskey Acres barrel warehouse The Craft Whiskey Collective crew at Brewzle Whiskey Festival The Craft Whiskey Collective inaugural event at Subourbon
15 events and counting Chicago, the suburbs, and beyond First access on Discord

Producer events

Intimate tastings built around one distillery at a time, with the people who make the whiskey in the room or live from the still house.

See our events

Barrel picks

We taste samples together and buy barrels as a group. Picks you won't often find at retail, tracked from selection to release.

Follow the barrels

The bottle shop

A curated craft whiskey catalog organized by flavor, so finding your next bottle takes minutes instead of guesswork.

Browse the bottles

Come hang out

Events are announced on Discord first, and they sell out fast.