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Ben Nevis Whisky Market Stats

This is an overview of The Ben Nevis distillery performance. This is one of a series of posts providing insights into different distilleries’ market performance. Our line of work includes handling large quantities of data, and we thought that sharing some of this might help other whisky enthusiasts to better understand the whisky market drift. This article is updated on the monthly basis, so it could be useful to bookmark it for later use. We will present a dataset of 4719 lots from the Ben Nevis distillery. Ben Nevis is a much-known distillery to delicate whisky lovers. After they have been purchased by the Japanese Nikka Whisky distillery, they have been used as a core whisky in Nikka’s famous blends. You can find The Ben Nevis brief history summary here. Ben Nevis is responsible for 0.73% of total lots sold on auctions.   Macro performance indicators of Ben Nevis sales on auctions Total Bottles Sold:
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10 Most popular Ben Nevis whiskies to meet on auctions

Method: for this section I took only whiskies that were actually sold, meaning that I didn’t count lots that were put on the auction and didn’t have wining bid due to reserved price not met etc. In practice, this list might look different, given that there are certain percentage of lots that was never sold.

Ben Nevis 1996 19 Year Old Cask 1424
70cl,
Lowest price sold on auction: £115, 2019-11-12, link
Highest price sold on auction: £525, 2021-12-07, link
First time ever sold on auction: £125, 2019-10-08, link
Latest auction selling price: £420, 2022-04-12, link
Average annual return: 98.33%
Total lots sold on auctions: 120

Ben Nevis 1996 Hawkin's Legacy 22 Year Old
22 Year Old, 70cl, 46%
Lowest price sold on auction: £80, 2021-10-18, link
Highest price sold on auction: £160, 2022-04-24, link
First time ever sold on auction: £90, 2019-11-25, link
Latest auction selling price: £160, 2022-04-24, link
Average annual return: 23.33%
Total lots sold on auctions: 102

Ben Nevis 10 Year Old
10 Year Old, 70cl, 46%
Lowest price sold on auction: £18, 2015-05-01, link
Highest price sold on auction: £150, 2022-02-13, link
First time ever sold on auction: £60, 1970-01-01, link
Latest auction selling price: £60, 2022-04-10, link
Average annual return: 0%
Total lots sold on auctions: 98

Ben Nevis 1996 21 Year Old Private Single Cask 1407
21 Year Old, 70cl, 48.8%
Lowest price sold on auction: £78, 2019-10-01, link
Highest price sold on auction: £260, 2021-03-01, link
First time ever sold on auction: £78, 2019-10-01, link
Latest auction selling price: £215, 2021-09-01, link
Average annual return: 68.5%
Total lots sold on auctions: 41

Ben Nevis 2013 7 Year Old Thompson Bros
7 Year Old, 70cl, 50%
Lowest price sold on auction: £55, 2021-04-13, link
Highest price sold on auction: £150, 2021-03-15, link
First time ever sold on auction: £70, 2021-03-04, link
Latest auction selling price: £65, 2022-03-13, link
Average annual return: -5%
Total lots sold on auctions: 39

Ben Nevis 2015 Carn Mor 6 Year Old
6 Year Old, 70cl, 47.5%
Lowest price sold on auction: £35, 2021-06-14, link
Highest price sold on auction: £65, 2021-03-15, link
First time ever sold on auction: £60, 2021-03-15, link
Latest auction selling price: £41, 2022-04-04, link
Average annual return: -19%
Total lots sold on auctions: 23

Ben Nevis 6 Year Old 2015 Carn Mor Strictly Limited
6 Year Old, 70cl, 47.5%
Lowest price sold on auction: £40, 2021-07-11, link
Highest price sold on auction: £65, 2021-03-23, link
First time ever sold on auction: £60, 2021-03-21, link
Latest auction selling price: £45, 2021-11-15, link
Total lots sold on auctions: 22

Ben Nevis 7 Year Old 2013 Vintage Thompson Bros
7 Year Old, 70cl, 50%
Lowest price sold on auction: £55, 2021-11-15, link
Highest price sold on auction: £120, 2021-03-15, link
First time ever sold on auction: £110, 2021-03-15, link
Latest auction selling price: £55, 2021-11-15, link
Total lots sold on auctions: 20

Ben Nevis 2012 8 Year Old Cadenhead's
8 Year Old, 70cl, 6%
Lowest price sold on auction: £80, 2022-04-10, link
Highest price sold on auction: £110, 2021-11-07, link
First time ever sold on auction: £85, 2021-05-22, link
Latest auction selling price: £80, 2022-04-10, link
Average annual return: -5%
Total lots sold on auctions: 19

Ben Nevis 10 Years Old
10 Year Old, 70cl, 46%
Lowest price sold on auction: £23, 2016-05-01, link
Highest price sold on auction: £85, 2021-05-01, link
First time ever sold on auction: £23, 2016-05-01, link
Latest auction selling price: £55, 2022-04-01, link
Average annual return: 5.33%
Total lots sold on auctions: 18

Now let’s see the best-performing Ben Nevis lots on auctions. The winners are chosen by simply looking for the best annual percentage yield (APY) for whiskies that have been in auctions for at least 2 years. Meaning that all the releases made in the last 2 years will not make it to this section.

10 Best performing Ben Nevis whiskies to meet on auctions

Ben Nevis 1996 21 Year Old Private Single Cask 1407
21 Year Old, 70cl, 48.8%
First spotted: 2019, £78
Last spotted: 2021, £215
APY: 66

Ben Nevis 1996 19 Year Old Cask 1424
70cl,
First spotted: 2019, £125
Last spotted: 2022, £430
APY: 51

Ben Nevis 1996
70cl,
First spotted: 2018, £100
Last spotted: 2019, £140
APY: 40

Ben Nevis 2005 Whisky Sponge 15 Year Old Edition No.29
15 Year Old, 70cl, 48.5%
First spotted: 2021, £90
Last spotted: 2022, £110
APY: 22

Ben Nevis 1996 Single Cask 12 Year Old #811
12 Year Old, 70cl, 46%
First spotted: 2020, £80
Last spotted: 2022, £120
APY: 22

Ben Nevis 1996 Hawkin's Legacy 22 Year Old
22 Year Old, 70cl, 46%
First spotted: 2019, £90
Last spotted: 2022, £160
APY: 21

Ben Nevis 2010 SMWS 10 Year Old 78.43
10 Year Old, 70cl, 61.9%
First spotted: 2021, £70
Last spotted: 2022, £85
APY: 21

Ben Nevis 10 Years Old
10 Year Old, 70cl, 46%
First spotted: 2016, £23
Last spotted: 2022, £55
APY: 16

Ben Nevis 1996 Whisky Show 22 Year Old TWE 20th Anniversary
22 Year Old, 70cl, 51.6%
First spotted: 2020, £170
Last spotted: 2022, £210
APY: 11

Ben Nevis 2009 SMWS 11 Year Old 78.47
11 Year Old, 70cl, 63.5%
First spotted: 2021, £65
Last spotted: 2022, £70
APY: 8