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2024 · data-driven

Best 2024 whisky investments

2,117 collectable bottles with credible auction data in both 2023 and 2024. Market average: -5.7%. Methodology: median hammer price year vs prior year, minimum 3 observations each.

Top 20 performers

Bottles with the highest year-over-year median price gains in 2024.

Best entry-level winners (under £200)

Affordable bottles that gained in 2024. Lower commitment, faster portfolio diversification.

Distillery winners

Distilleries with the highest average bottle-level appreciation in 2024 (≥3 bottles each).

DistilleryBottles in sampleWin rateAvg change
Old Pulteney4100%+16.9%
Oban4100%+16.5%
Glen Marnoch560%+12.3%
AnCnoc367%+10.8%
Caol Ila2365%+8.0%
Johnnie Walker1663%+6.9%
Auchentoshan743%+5.3%
Aberfeldy743%+4.8%
Benromach650%+4.5%
Aultmore475%+4.5%

Cooled off in 2024

Bottles that softened — could be fair-value entry points, or warnings about over-bought corners of the market.

Methodology

Each bottle's median hammer price in 2023 is compared to its median in 2024. Only bottles with ≥3 observations in both years are eligible — this filters out one-off curiosities and produces a credible signal of actual market movement.

Source: live hammer-price feeds from Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Auctioneer, Whisky Hammer, Bonhams, Whisky Bull, and whisky.auction. All figures are hammer (excluding 12–28% buyer's premium).