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Benromach 2012 Contrasts: Peat Smoke

£40
▲ 0%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 8 lots a year

Auction lots

66

Houses

1

Last sold

3 days ago

Benromach 2012 Contrasts: Peat Smoke is a collectable Scotch whisky from Benromach. Based on 66 recorded auction lots across 29 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £40, with the most recent sale at £40. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £35 (low) to £60 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Benromach 2012 Contrasts: Peat Smoke is £36–£44 (±10% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Benromach 2012 Contrasts: Peat Smoke is up 0%, with a 6-month trend of +6.7% (up). 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.

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About Benromach

Benromach is a whisky distillery. Benromach 2012 Contrasts: Peat Smoke is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 2012.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2012), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as contrastspeatsmoke, 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.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Benromach
Vintage
2012
Edition
Contrasts Peat Smoke
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£40

24-month median

£40

24-month high

£60

24-month low

£35

Estimated value · likely range

£36–£44 ±10%

Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.

Market presence

last 12 months

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

8 lots

Cadence

≈ every 46 days

Trend

▼ 64% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 9% of tracked bottles

Last seen

3 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

▲ 6.7%vs 6 months ago
▲ 0%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£34£48£62Nov 21Apr 22May 23Dec 23Jan 25Dec 25Oct 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
October 2026£401
September 2026£451
June 2026£401
May 2026£501
December 2025£352
November 2025£502
August 2025£384
July 2025£452
May 2025£402
April 2025£402
March 2025£454
February 2025£502

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Benromach 2012 Contrasts: Peat Smoke at auction?

Benromach 2012 Contrasts: Peat Smoke appeared in 8 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is down 64% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 9% by auction activity among the 35,289 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Benromach 2012 Contrasts: Peat Smoke?

The latest hammer price for Benromach 2012 Contrasts: Peat Smoke at auction is £40. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £40, with a high of £60 and a low of £35. 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.

How much has Benromach 2012 Contrasts: Peat Smoke changed in value over the past year?

Benromach 2012 Contrasts: Peat Smoke is up 0% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 6.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Benromach 2012 Contrasts: Peat Smoke?

Benromach 2012 Contrasts: Peat Smoke 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 £40 (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%.

Is Benromach 2012 Contrasts: Peat Smoke a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Benromach 2012 Contrasts: Peat Smoke has moved up 0%, with a current median hammer price of £40. The bottle has been observed at auction across 66 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.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Benromach 2012 Contrasts: Peat Smoke?

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 £40, 24-month median £40 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding buyer's premium.

Does the price include 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 Benromach 2012 Contrasts: Peat Smoke that hammers at £40 would cost the buyer approximately £50 all-in including buyer's premium.

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