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Glengoyne 2008 Single Cask #978 Hug-A-Barrel

£130
27.8%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 8 lots a year

Auction lots

30

Houses

1

Last sold

6 days ago

Glengoyne 2008 Single Cask #978 Hug-A-Barrel is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glengoyne. Based on 30 recorded auction lots across 13 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £130, with the most recent sale at £130. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £110 (low) to £180 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glengoyne 2008 Single Cask #978 Hug-A-Barrel is £120–£140 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Glengoyne 2008 Single Cask #978 Hug-A-Barrel is down 27.8%, with a 6-month trend of +0% (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 Glengoyne

Glengoyne is a whisky distillery. Glengoyne 2008 Single Cask #978 Hug-A-Barrel is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 2008.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2008), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 978) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.

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
Glengoyne
Vintage
2008
Cask number
978
Edition
Hug Barrel
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£130

24-month median

£130

24-month high

£180

24-month low

£110

Estimated value · likely range

£120–£140 ±8%

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

60% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 11% of tracked bottles

Last seen

6 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

0%vs 6 months ago
27.8%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£107£146£185Jul 24Nov 24Jan 25Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£1302
January 2026£1202
December 2025£1302
September 2025£1302
August 2025£1302
July 2025£1102
April 2025£1302
March 2025£1254
January 2025£1202
December 2024£1204
November 2024£1202
September 2024£1402

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glengoyne 2008 Single Cask #978 Hug-A-Barrel at auction?

Glengoyne 2008 Single Cask #978 Hug-A-Barrel 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 60% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 11% by auction activity among the 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Glengoyne 2008 Single Cask #978 Hug-A-Barrel?

The latest hammer price for Glengoyne 2008 Single Cask #978 Hug-A-Barrel at auction is £130. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £130, with a high of £180 and a low of £110. 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 Glengoyne 2008 Single Cask #978 Hug-A-Barrel changed in value over the past year?

Glengoyne 2008 Single Cask #978 Hug-A-Barrel is down 27.8% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 0%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Glengoyne 2008 Single Cask #978 Hug-A-Barrel?

Glengoyne 2008 Single Cask #978 Hug-A-Barrel 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 £130 (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 Glengoyne 2008 Single Cask #978 Hug-A-Barrel a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Glengoyne 2008 Single Cask #978 Hug-A-Barrel has moved down 27.8%, with a current median hammer price of £130. The bottle has been observed at auction across 30 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 Glengoyne 2008 Single Cask #978 Hug-A-Barrel?

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 £130, 24-month median £130 — 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 Glengoyne 2008 Single Cask #978 Hug-A-Barrel that hammers at £130 would cost the buyer approximately £164 all-in including buyer's premium.

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