Bottles
All bottles listed on THE SWEX are checked for authenticity and stored either in a whisky safe in The Netherlands or in a bonded warehouse in Scotland. That means the authenticity of all bottles is guaranteed. However, once a bottle leaves our storage facilities, this guarantee lapses, because we no longer have any insight into what happens to the bottle. The fill level of ceramic bottles cannot be checked and is therefore not guaranteed.
Whisky in cask
The casks (whisky in cask) are stored in a secure bonded warehouse in Scotland.
When someone wants to have their bottles listed on THE SWEX and the bottles appear to be unauthentic, we are forced to exclude this person from investing on THE SWEX and inform the authorities. This also applies to other forms of fraud.