Market note· 2 days ago
Port Ellen is doing Port Ellen things again
Mean auction hammer for the closed-distillery Islay is up 14% YTD. The next 12 months depend entirely on what Diageo does with the reopened distillery's first release.
Read more →The portfolio tracker for the cupboard nobody's allowed to touch
Know what your whisky is worth.
Worst case, you drink it.
wsky1 values your collection against live and historical auction data from 31+ houses. Track hammer prices, trends, and every bottle you own — or pretend to.
Free tier: 3 bottles · 12 months of price history · no card
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What it actually does
Four things. Well. Instead of forty badly.
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Live auction valuations
Your portfolio is priced against hammer data aggregated across 31+ auction houses — Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Hammer, Just Whisky, Whisky-Online, and more.
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Historical trends
See how each bottle — and your whole collection — has moved in price over the last twelve months. Gloat or grieve, either is valid.
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Built for collectors, not cork-dorks
Focused on limited, discontinued and genuinely collectable releases. No core-range noise. No tasting notes written by a robot that has never tasted anything.
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Worst-case protocol: drink it
If the market tanks, the bottle still works. No other asset class offers downside protection like this. We regret nothing.
Dispatch
Market notes, field reports, mild grievances
Index· 1 week ago
The Macallan 18 Sherry Oak — five-year trend
From £280 in 2020 to £550 in 2024, then a softer 2025. Still the most liquid collectable single malt at auction. Outperforms the FTSE. Drinks better than the FTSE.
Read more →Field report· 2 weeks ago
Queuing for Springbank in Campbeltown: a survival guide
A 4:30am flight, a 3 hour queue, a single Local Barley release, and a distillery shop cat who judges everyone. Worth it. Definitely worth it. Almost definitely.
Read more →Findings from the cellar
Numbers that shouldn't be numbers
- •Bottles someone in this dataset bought 'to open next birthday': 2,140
- •Bottles actually opened on said birthday: 12
- •Distilleries where buying one bottle now costs more than an all-inclusive holiday: 9
- •Collectors quietly checking prices during a family dinner: all of them
Numbers approximate. Collectors optional. Judgement real.
Three steps, two of them easy
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Search your bottle
Type a distillery and pick from the catalog. We've pre-filled the important stuff so you don't have to squint at a bottle neck.
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Enter what you paid
Or don't. But you should. This is how the 'am I up or down' number works. Rounding generously toward 'down' is permitted.
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We watch the market
Every day. While you sleep. We pull hammer prices from 31+ auction houses and update your valuation. You do nothing, which is ideal.
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Frequently asked
Questions people actually ask
What is wsky1?
wsky1 is a portfolio tracker for collectable whisky. You add the bottles you own, and we value them daily against hammer prices from 31+ auction houses.
How is the valuation calculated?
Each bottle is matched against a canonical key (distillery, age, vintage, bottler, cask, edition). We show the latest hammer price when we have a bottle-specific match, and fall back to a distillery-level market mean when we do not.
Where does the price data come from?
We aggregate public auction data from Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Hammer, Just Whisky, Whisky-Online and 28+ other houses via WhiskyHunter. Price history refreshes daily.
Is there a free plan?
Yes. The free plan covers up to 3 bottles with 12 months of price history, forever, with no card required.
How much does the paid plan cost?
£8 per month for the Collector plan: unlimited bottles, full price history, priority daily refresh, and price-change alerts.
What happens to my bottles if I cancel?
Your data stays. You drop back to the free tier (first 3 bottles visible) and can re-subscribe at any time to regain full access.
Add three bottles. See the damage.
No card. Takes ninety seconds. You'll either be pleased or you'll quietly close the tab — both are fine.
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