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140 expressions tracked

Ben Nevis Whisky

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Ben Nevis has 140 bottles tracked at auction. Current cross-expression median: £105. ▲ 93.3% year-on-year.

Hammer-price data from major auction houses. All prices in GBP, excluding buyer's premium.

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Bottles tracked
140
Cross-expression median
£105
All-time high
£20,000
All-time low
£15

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About Ben Nevis

Founded
1825
Region
Highland
Owner
Nikka / Asahi Group
Style
Robust, fruity, slightly waxy

Established in 1825 by John McDonald, known as 'Long John' — lending his name to the long-running Long John blend — Ben Nevis sits at the foot of Britain's highest mountain in Fort William. Water comes from the Allt a'Mhuilinn burn that flows directly from Ben Nevis, running through granite and into the distillery. The distillery produces a distinctive waxy, robust Highland new make using a mix of peated and unpeated malt, distilled through two relatively large wash stills and two spirit stills with descending lyne arms. Acquired by Nikka (Asahi Group) in 1989, some spirit is exported to Japan for use in Nikka blends, while the remainder is matured on site in a combination of ex-bourbon barrels, sherry butts, and virgin oak. Long-aged Ben Nevis single casks — particularly those from the 1990s and early 2000s — are highly sought after at auction.

Ben Nevis — distillery-level market trend (WhiskyHunter aggregate)

£29£272£515Jun 13Dec 18Apr 21Jan 23Oct 24Jun 26

Ben Nevis expressions at auction

ExpressionLatest price
Ben Nevis 35 Year Old The Scottish Colourists, 1967£20,000
Ben Nevis 20 Year Old God of Water, 1996 Blair Athol 11 Year Old God of Water, 2008 Caol Ila 9 Year Old God of Water, 2008 Dufftown 10 Year Old God of Water, 20092009£3,000
Ben Nevis 1966 55 Year Old Signatory Rare Reserve£2,800
Ben Nevis 1966 32 Year Old£900
Ben Nevis 1972 45 Year Old Scottish Folklore Series #1 Cask 88£900
Ben Nevis 1968 37 Year Old Old & Rare£650
Ben Nevis - 45 Year Old (1972) Scottish Folklore Series 1st Release£640
Ben Nevis - 19 Year Old (2001) Cask 88 (Sir Walter Scott 250th Anniversary) + Plinth£560
Ben Nevis - 33 Year Old (Vintage 1963) Single Grain Scotch Whisky (Signatory Vintage)£520
Ben Nevis - 40 Year Old (1962) Single Blend£500
Ben Nevis 1990 25 Year Old The Presidents Cask£460
Ben Nevis 1972 43 Year Old Maltman£440
Ben Nevis - 29 Year Old (1996) Thompson Brothers£420
Ben Nevis 1996 23 Year Old The Amber Light Thompson Bros Royal Mile Whiskies Exclusive Selected By Dave Broom£360
Ben Nevis 1996 25 Year Old Single Cask #856 For Alambic Classique£340
Ben Nevis 1996 25 Year Old The Whisky Exchange£340
Ben Nevis 1996 28 Year Old Thomson Bros£340
Ben Nevis 31 Year Old (1975) Signatory Vintage (1975) · Signatory£340
Ben Nevis 1996 27 Year Old The Whisky Blues£320
Ben Nevis 1996 28 Year Old Milroy’s£320
Ben Nevis - 23 Year Old (1996) Thompson Brothers£310
Ben Nevis 1996 25 Year Old For The Whisky Exchange£300
Ben Nevis 1996 The Whisky Jury£300
Ben Nevis 2005 18 Year Old Private Cask #399£290
Ben Nevis 21 Year Old Thompson Bros£280
Ben Nevis 1996 25 Year Old Murray McDavid£270
Ben Nevis - 22 Year Old (1996) Hawkin's Legacy£260
Ben Nevis 1996 21 Year Old Single Cask #1407£240
Ben Nevis 1996 26 Year Old for Spheric Spirits£240
Ben Nevis - 25 Year Old (1996) Single Cask #C22035 (Claxton's)£230
Ben Nevis 1990 26 Year Old Velier 70th Anniversary£230
Ben Nevis 1996 25 Year Old Wilson & Morgan Barrel Selection£230
Ben Nevis 25 Year Old For The Whisky Show£230
Ben Nevis 1996 22 Year Old Whisky Exchange Show 2019 Release2019£220
Ben Nevis 1996 25 Year Old Murray McDavid For TyndrumWhisky.com£220
Ben Nevis 1996 27 Year Old The Whisky Agency 15th Anniversary£220
Ben Nevis - 14 Year Old (1992) Single Sherry Cask£210
Ben Nevis - 1998 (Single Cask #1534) Berry Bros & Rudd£210
Ben Nevis 1997 22 Year Old Single Malts Of Scotland£210
Ben Nevis 1997 24 Year Old Hidden Spirits for Sansibar Whisky 10th Anniversary£210
Ben Nevis 1996 Caora 50cl£200
Ben Nevis 1996 24 Year Old Berry Bros & Rudd Exclusive To Royal Mile Whiskys£190
SMWS 78.30 Ben Nevis 1991 9 Year Old£190
Ben Nevis 1999 25 Year Old Cadenhead’s£180
Ben Nevis 1996 25 Year Old Claxton’s£172
Ben Nevis 1993 17 Year Old First Cask£170
Ben Nevis 21 Year Old Whisky Show 10th Anniversary£170
Ben Nevis - 22 Year Old (Whisky Show 2019) Whisky Auction£160
Ben Nevis 1997 21 Year Old London Story Friendship V Club£160
Ben Nevis 1997 21 Year Old Past Future The Whisky Show 2018 70cl / 47.5%2018£160
Ben Nevis 1997 23 Year Old Chorlton Whisky 70cl / 53.6%£160
Ben Nevis 1997 27 Year Old The Collaboration£160
Ben Nevis 1999 26 Year Old Cadenhead’s£160
Ben Nevis 1990 18 Year Old First Cask£155
Ben Nevis 1998 26 Year Old Lady Of The Glen£155
Ben Nevis 1996 22 Year Old Old Malt Cask 21st Anniversary£150
Ben Nevis 1992 21 Year Old First Cask£140
Ben Nevis 1999 25 Year Old Cadenhead’s Campbeltown Malts Festival 20242024£140
Ben Nevis 1999 26 Year Old Little Brown Dog£140
Ben Nevis 2013 Samurai Series Single Cask #11 Signatory for Kirsch Whisky£140
Ben Nevis 1997 16 Year Old Abbey Whisky£130
Ben Nevis - 10 Year Old (2008) Batch #1£120
Ben Nevis 10 Year Old Batch #1£120
Ben Nevis 1997 20 Year Old Kingsbury£120
Ben Nevis 1998 19 Year Old Nectar Of The Daily Drams£120
Ben Nevis 1998 24 Year Old Limited£120
Ben Nevis 2006 13 Year Old Hidden Spirits For The Whisky Exchange£120
Ben Nevis 21 Year Old Chorlton Whisky£120
Ben Nevis 22 Year Old Batch 7 That Boutique-y Whisky Company 50cl / 48.8%£120
Ben Nevis 2015 10 Year Old Artist #15 La Maison Du Whisky£110
Ben Nevis 1997 20 Year Old King Of The Hills Old Particular£100
Ben Nevis 1996 Best Casks Of Scotland£95
SMWS 78.98 Ben Nevis 13 Year Old Creators Collection£95
Ben Nevis 17 Year Old Chorlton Whisky£90
Ben Nevis 1996 10 Year Old Chorlton Whisky£90
Ben Nevis 1996 17 Year Old Old Particular£90
Ben Nevis 2013 10 Year Old Whisky Sponge Edition No.85£90
Ben Nevis - 19 Year Old (1999) Whisky Broker Whisky Auction£85
Ben Nevis 2012 12 Year Old Single Cask Nation£85
Ben Nevis 2015 5 Year Old Adelphi£85
Ben Nevis 1995 18 Year Old Montgomerie’s Select 75cl£80
Ben Nevis 1995 Duncan Taylor£75
Ben Nevis 2012 12 Year Old North Star£75
Ben Nevis 2012 9 Year Old SMWS 78.60 A Crofter's Breakfast 70cl / 59.6%£75
Ben Nevis 2013 11 Year Old Woodrow’s Of Edinburgh£75
Ben Nevis 10 Year Old Old Style£70
Ben Nevis 2012 Malts Of Scotland For Dein Whisky£70
SMWS 78.97 Ben Nevis 2012 12 Year Old£70
Ben Nevis - 11 Year Old (2012) SMWS 78.83£65
Ben Nevis 2012 12 Year Old Decadent Drams£65
Ben Nevis 1998 19 Year Old Ancient Mariner 50cl£60
Ben Nevis 2012 8 Year Old Cadenhead’s£60
Ben Nevis 2012 9 Year Old Thompson Bros£60
Ben Nevis 2015 6 Year Old Adelphi£60
Ben Nevis 14 Year Old Duthies£55
Ben Nevis 2010 14 Year Old Thompson Bros£55
Ben Nevis 2013 10 Year Old North Star£55
Ben Nevis 2013 11 Year Old Adelphi£55
Ben Nevis 8 Year Old Dram Mor£55
SMWS 78.90 Ben Nevis 2014 10 Year Old£55
SMWS 78.91 Ben Nevis 2012 12 Year Old£55
Ben Nevis 2010 14 Year Old Curious Whiskies£50
Ben Nevis 2012 10 Year Old Cadenhead’s£50
Ben Nevis 2012 9 Year Old Duncan Taylor The Octave For TyndrumWhisky.com£50
Ben Nevis 2013 7 Year Old Thompson Bros£50
Ben Nevis 2015 5 Year Old Adelphi For Loch Fyne Whiskies£50
Ben Nevis 2015 9 Year Old Signatory 100º Proof Edition #41£50
Ben Nevis 2012 10 Year Old Duncan Taylor The Octave£48
Ben Nevis Challenge Centenary Bottling£48
Ben Nevis - Traditional (McDonald's) Whisky Auction£45
Ben Nevis 2012 10 Year Old Cree£45
Ben Nevis 2012 7 Year Old Thompson Bros£45
Ben Nevis 2012 9 Year Old Duncan Taylor The Octave For The Whisky Shop Fort William£45
Ben Nevis 2012 9 Year Old Murray McDavid For TyndrumWhisky.com£45
Ben Nevis 2012 Skene For Stonehaven Whisky Howff£45
Ben Nevis 2015 8 Year Old Signatory 100º Proof Edition #5£45
Ben Nevis 2015 9 Year Old Signatory 100º Proof Edition #48£45
Ben Nevis 2015 Luvians Grad Dram 20252025£45
Ben Nevis 2019 6 Year Old ‘Caoineag’ The Whisky Exchange£45
Ben Nevis Coire Leis£45
Ben Nevis 2017 7 Year Old Bedford Park£43
Ben Nevis - 10 Year Old (2012) Single Malts of Scotland (Parcel No.10)£40
Ben Nevis 10 Year Old Bottled 2015 70cl / 46%£40
Ben Nevis 11 Year Old Cadenhead’s£40
Ben Nevis 2006 10 Year Old Provenance£40
Ben Nevis 2011 10 Year Old Signatory£40
Ben Nevis 2012 10 Year Old Single Malts of Scotland 75cl£40
Ben Nevis 2012 8 Year Old Golden Cask For TheWhiskyBarrel.com£40
Ben Nevis 2015 6 Year Old Carn Mor£40
Ben Nevis 27 Year Old James MacArthur’s Mini 5cl£40
Ben Nevis MacDonald’s Celebrated£40
Ben Nevis Single Cask #177 Stalla Dhu£40
Ben Nevis 10 Year Old£37
Ben Nevis 2012 8 Year Old The Whisky Trail Elixir Distillers£35
Ben Nevis 2015 6 Year Old The Whisky Trail£35
Ben Nevis 2015 9 Year OId The Cask Hound Messe Exclusive 50cl£35
Ben Nevis 5 Years Old The Adelphi Selection 70cl£35
Ben Nevis Blue Label£35
Ben Nevis 2002 16 Year Old Old Malt Cask 20cl£25
Ben Nevis 1986 10 Year Old Mini 5cl£15

Frequently asked questions

What is the current auction price of Ben Nevis whisky?+

The current median auction price across all tracked Ben Nevis expressions is £105. This is a hammer price in GBP, excluding buyer's premium, aggregated from major auction houses.

Is Ben Nevis whisky a good investment?+

Ben Nevis whisky has moved up 93.3% year-on-year based on auction hammer prices. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Ben Nevis whisky?+

Ben Nevis bottles regularly appear at Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Auctioneer, Just Whisky, Whisky Hammer, and Bonhams. Current median hammer price is £105, excluding buyer's premium.

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