Is Bimber a good whisky investment?

Based on 4,489+ auction observations across 259 expressions, the average bottle median is down 22.4% over the past 12 months. Volatility of returns sits at ±23.5%, meaning individual bottles can vary substantially around that average.

What's the best-performing Bimber bottle this year?

Compass Box X Bimber ‘Duality' is up 71.4% YoY — currently fetching £210 median at auction (vs £123 a year ago).

Where can I see live Bimber auction prices?

wsky1 aggregates hammer-price data from Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Auctioneer, Whisky Hammer, Bonhams, Whisky Bull and whisky.auction. See the full Bimber catalog with live prices: /distillery/bimber.

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Investing in Bimber

259 Bimber expressions tracked across 4,489+ auction observations.

12-mo avg return

-22.4%

Median return

-24.3%

Volatility (±)

23.5%

Verdict

Significant decline — wait for stabilisation

Top performers (12 months)

Bimber bottles with the largest year-over-year median price gains.

Bottle	Current median	12mo ago	Change
Compass Box X Bimber ‘Duality'	£200	£100	+71.4%
Bimber Single Cask #129 The Spirit Of The Underground King’s Cross St Pancras	£500	£350	+47.1%
Bimber Spectre’s Craft	£100	£50	+45.5%
Bimber - Ex-Bourbon Cask (Single Cask #376) Shoulders of Giants (Darwin - The Naturalist)	£150	£100	+30.0%
Bimber - Pedro Ximenez Cask (Single Cask #444) Spirit of the Underground (Liverpool Street Edition)	£200	£150	+25.0%
Bimber - Oloroso Cask (Single Cask #473) Shoulders of Giants (Winston - The Statesman)	£150	£100	+25.0%
Bimber - Santa's Edition 2023	£100	£50	+21.4%
Bimber - Bimber Klub Release No.3 (03/2022)	£50	£50	+20.8%

Blue-chip Bimber

Highest median auction price — the established collectables.

Bimber Single Cask #129 The Spirit Of The Underground King’s Cross St Pancras

£500

4 observations

Bimber The First (1st)

£320

21 observations

Bimber London Single Malt The 1st Release

£300

97 observations

Bimber Single Cask #107 The Spirit Of The Underground Chancery Lane

£285

44 observations

Bimber Single Cask #33 For The London Whisky Club

£280

3 observations

Entry-level (under £150)

Affordable Bimber expressions for first-time collectors — at least 3 auction observations to confirm market liquidity.

Bimber Apogee XII 12 Year Old

£25

22 observations

Bimber Ex-Bourbon Oak Casks Batch #3

£35

72 observations

Bimber Single Cask #103 For The Whisky Shop

£35

61 observations

Bimber Single Cask #169 Denmark Edition For CRT Spirits

£35

12 observations

Bimber Single Cask Italy Edition For Beija Flor

£35

3 observations

Cooled off (12 months)

Bimber bottles that have softened — either fair-value entry points or bottles to avoid, depending on your thesis.

Bimber Single Cask #97 For WFF To The Last	£50	-75.6%
Bimber Enigma #2 For Tudor House	£50	-69.0%
Bimber Single Cask #169 Denmark Edition For CRT Spirits	£50	-68.2%
Bimber Single Cask #126 The Spirit Of The Underground Baker Street	£150	-65.9%
Bimber Single Cask #12	£50	-63.5%

How wsky1 thinks about whisky investment

Past auction prices are the most defensible signal of a bottle's collectable value — but they are not a forecast. The data below comes from 4,489+ hammered lots across six major auction houses; none of it is curated or pay-for-placement.

Three rules-of-thumb a working collector should keep in mind:

Liquidity matters. A bottle that trades once a year cannot be priced reliably. Filter for ≥3 observations before you trust any "median" number.
Premium swings. Major auction houses charge 24–28% buyer's premium on top of hammer. Net return after both buy- and sell-side premium is roughly hammer × 0.78 ÷ paid × 1.26.
Concentrated risk. One bottle is a story; a 6-bottle portfolio across two or three distilleries is an asset class.

For a deeper view, the full Bimber catalog with live prices lists every tracked expression with its full price history chart.

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