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Kilkerran 8 Year Old Cask Strength

£55
40.5%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 11 lots a year

Auction lots

2,050

Houses

2

Last sold

173 days ago

Kilkerran 8 Year Old Cask Strength is a collectable Scotch whisky from Kilkerran aged 8 years. Based on 2050 recorded auction lots across 87 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £71, with the most recent sale at £55. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £35 (low) to £123 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Kilkerran 8 Year Old Cask Strength is £39–£71 30% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Kilkerran 8 Year Old Cask Strength is down 40.5%, with a 6-month trend of -20.3% (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.

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About Kilkerran

Kilkerran is a whisky distillery. Kilkerran 8 Year Old Cask Strength is an age-stated bottling at 8 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as caskstrength, 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
Kilkerran
Age
8 years
Edition
Cask Strength
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£55

24-month median

£71

24-month high

£123

24-month low

£35

Estimated value · likely range

£39–£71 ±30%

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

11 lots

Cadence

≈ every 33 days

Trend

48% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 7% of tracked bottles

Last seen

173 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£71

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions174£55£71
Whisky Hammer6£60£58
20.3%vs 6 months ago
40.5%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£34£80£127Jun 17Aug 18Jan 20May 21Jul 22Sept 23Jul 25Mar 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
March 2026£552
December 2025£556
July 2025£652
March 2025£702
September 2024£7816
August 2024£704
July 2024£6910
June 2024£6828
May 2024£1034
April 2024£8610
March 2024£7420
February 2024£7310

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Kilkerran 8 Year Old Cask Strength at auction?

Kilkerran 8 Year Old Cask Strength appeared in 11 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 48% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 7% 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 Kilkerran 8 Year Old Cask Strength?

The latest hammer price for Kilkerran 8 Year Old Cask Strength at auction is £55. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £71, with a high of £123 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 Kilkerran 8 Year Old Cask Strength changed in value over the past year?

Kilkerran 8 Year Old Cask Strength is down 40.5% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 20.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Kilkerran 8 Year Old Cask Strength?

Kilkerran 8 Year Old Cask Strength 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 £71 (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 Kilkerran 8 Year Old Cask Strength a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Kilkerran 8 Year Old Cask Strength has moved down 40.5%, with a current median hammer price of £71. The bottle has been observed at auction across 2050 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 Kilkerran 8 Year Old Cask Strength?

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 £55, 24-month median £71 — 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 Kilkerran 8 Year Old Cask Strength that hammers at £55 would cost the buyer approximately £69 all-in including buyer's premium.

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