BenRiach 1976 27 Year Old First Cask is a collectable Scotch whisky from Benriach aged 27 years. Based on 13 recorded auction lots across 13 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £300, with the most recent sale at £280. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £80 (low) to £500 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for BenRiach 1976 27 Year Old First Cask is £215–£345 (±23% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, BenRiach 1976 27 Year Old First Cask is up 250%, with a 6-month trend of -6.7% (down). wsky1 aggregates hammer prices from major public Scotch whisky auctions including Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Auctioneer, and Bonhams. All prices are in GBP and exclude buyer's premium (typically 24–28% additional at major houses). Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Benriach is a whisky distillery. BenRiach 1976 27 Year Old First Cask is an age-stated bottling at 27 years old, distilled in 1976.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1976), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Considerable age
A 27-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.
Named / limited release
Released as caskfirst, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.
These are scarcity and demand signals drawn from the bottle's own attributes — they describe the bottle, not a prediction of future price. Not investment advice.
Latest sale
£280
24-month median
£300
24-month high
£500
24-month low
£80
Estimated value · likely range
£215–£345 ±23%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | £280 | 1 |
| August 2025 | £380 | 1 |
| December 2024 | £320 | 1 |
| March 2024 | £380 | 1 |
| November 2022 | £500 | 1 |
| December 2021 | £440 | 1 |
| August 2019 | £300 | 1 |
| September 2018 | £250 | 1 |
| January 2018 | £360 | 1 |
| September 2016 | £220 | 1 |
| May 2015 | £200 | 1 |
| April 2015 | £240 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for BenRiach 1976 27 Year Old First Cask at auction is £280. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £300, with a high of £500 and a low of £80. All prices are in GBP and exclude buyer's premium. Data is aggregated from major auction houses including Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Auctioneer, and Bonhams.
BenRiach 1976 27 Year Old First Cask is up 250% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 6.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
BenRiach 1976 27 Year Old First Cask regularly appears at major Scotch whisky auction houses including Scotch Whisky Auctions (Scotland), Whisky Auctioneer (Scotland), Just Whisky, Whisky Hammer, and Bonhams. The current median hammer price is £300 (excluding buyer's premium). At most major houses, buyer's premium adds 24–28% on top of hammer for the buyer; sellers typically receive the hammer price minus a sales commission of 5–15%.
Over the past 12 months BenRiach 1976 27 Year Old First Cask has moved up 250%, with a current median hammer price of £300. The bottle has been observed at auction across 13 recorded lots in our database. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice. Whisky is an illiquid alternative asset; secondary-market value depends heavily on bottle condition, fill level, label integrity, and timing.
wsky1 ingests public auction results from major auction houses (via direct scraping of Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Auctioneer, Bonhams, and Whisky Hammer, plus aggregated data from WhiskyHunter). For each bottle, we group hammer prices by year-month and compute the median price per month. The figures shown — latest £280, 24-month median £300 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding buyer's premium.
No. All prices on wsky1 are hammer prices only. Buyer's premium at major Scotch whisky auction houses currently runs at 24–28% on top of the hammer price. A bottle of BenRiach 1976 27 Year Old First Cask that hammers at £280 would cost the buyer approximately £353 all-in including buyer's premium.
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