Trading & Advisory · Drinks-Industry Assets
Celtica helps owners, professional advisers and qualified trade buyers assess, sell, source and commercialise whiskey casks, bulk spirit, bottled stock, brands and related drinks-industry assets.
For owners, lenders, receivers and advisers.
For distilleries, bottlers, distributors and trade buyers.
Across hundreds of transactions and mandates — principally maturing and bulk spirit and bottled stock, alongside warehouse and trade inventories, brands and intellectual property. Celtica acts for PLCs, international and domestic brand owners, distilleries, international distributors, wholesalers and alcohol dealers, and for lenders, receivers and restructuring advisers, worldwide.
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Route 01
Casks, bulk spirit, bottled and branded stock, warehouse inventories, packaging or a drinks brand. Celtica establishes what is actually there, assesses it on a defensible basis, and takes it to the buyers most likely to pay for it.
Route 02
Casks, bulk Irish whiskey, bottled and branded stock, private-label supply or a bottling programme. Register a defined requirement and Celtica will work it against current and forthcoming availability.
Route 03
Valuation and portfolio strategy, disposal planning, product development, bottling coordination, export readiness or international distribution. Advice can be taken on its own or alongside a transaction.
Assets & opportunities
Celtica works across the full drinks-asset range, in single parcels or complete portfolios. Live opportunities are available from time to time and are released only to qualified parties.
Casks and new-make spirit held under bond, assessed on age, cask type, provenance, current measurements and market demand.
Parcels traded for blending, bottling, brand supply and product development, assessed on specification and commercial function.
Finished, labelled product, branded and own-label, held under bond or duty paid.
Irish whiskey and other categories produced under a customer’s own name, from liquid selection through to delivered stock.
Bonded and duty-paid warehouse stock, distributor and wholesale inventories, and licensed-trade stock, in full or in parcels.
Brands, trademarks, recipes, distribution agreements, artwork, bottles, closures, labels and cartons.
What we do
A mandate may be a single assessment opinion, or the managed disposal or sourcing of an entire position. Most combine several of the areas below.
Valuation & Asset Assessment
Asset Management & Strategy
Disposal & Realisation
Acquisition & Sourcing
Route-to-Market Advisory
Bottling & Delivery
Due Diligence & Transaction Support
How a mandate runs
Every mandate follows the same sequence, so an instructing party always knows what has been established, what has been tested and what remains open.
International reach
A parcel that is surplus in one market may be in demand in another. A brand with no domestic future may be attractive to an overseas acquirer. Celtica’s role is to reach those counterparties confidentially and, where the mandate allows, place them in competition.
All management and operations are centralised in Ireland. International coverage means buyer relationships, distributor contacts and market access, not offices abroad.
How Celtica works
Celtica operates an asset-light specialist model. Each mandate is led commercially by Celtica and, where required, supported by appropriately appointed independent providers across bonded custody, laboratory analysis, legal and title work, bottling, packaging and logistics.
That keeps commercial judgement, transaction management and client reporting inside one mandate, with a single reporting line, while technical functions stay with the relevant specialists.
Market intelligence
Celtica publishes market reporting and technical reference for professionals who buy, sell, value, finance, bottle and move drinks-industry assets. Each publication states its reporting period and its sources.
The latest report published by Celtica, covering the period to 30 June 2026. Export performance, stock overhang, distillery activity and the commercial position for buyers and asset holders, with sources stated.
Read the report →Valuation is a professional judgement supported by evidence, not a formula. How to define the asset, weigh the evidence, normalise pricing bases and reach a conclusion that survives challenge.
Read →The measure at the centre of every cask negotiation: what LPA is, how it is calculated, how evaporation changes it, and why it is a measurement rather than a valuation.
Read →Enquiries
Every substantive enquiry receives senior review before a response is issued. Enquiries are handled in confidence, and availability, pricing and trade terms are supplied directly to qualified parties.