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SMWS 44.178 Craigellachie 2005 18 Year Old

£100
2.6%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

34

Houses

1

Last sold

145 days ago

SMWS 44.178 Craigellachie 2005 18 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Craigellachie aged 18 years. Based on 34 recorded auction lots across 13 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £110, with the most recent sale at £100. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £85 (low) to £130 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 44.178 Craigellachie 2005 18 Year Old is £91–£109 9% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, SMWS 44.178 Craigellachie 2005 18 Year Old is up 2.6%, with a 6-month trend of -16.7% (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.

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About Craigellachie

Craigellachie is a whisky distillery. SMWS 44.178 Craigellachie 2005 18 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 18 years old, distilled in 2005.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2005), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Age statement

    A 18-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 44x178) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.

  • Independent bottling

    An independent bottling by smws, typically produced in far smaller numbers than an official distillery release.

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
Craigellachie
Age
18 years
Vintage
2005
Cask number
44x178
Bottler
SMWS
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£100

24-month median

£110

24-month high

£130

24-month low

£85

Estimated value · likely range

£91–£109 ±9%

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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

4 lots

Cadence

≈ every 91 days

Trend

85% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

145 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

16.7%vs 6 months ago
2.6%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£82£108£134Aug 24Oct 24Dec 24Feb 25Apr 25Jul 25Apr 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
April 2026£1002
January 2026£1202
July 2025£952
June 2025£1102
April 2025£1102
March 2025£1102
February 2025£1202
January 2025£1302
December 2024£1302
November 2024£1002
October 2024£1076
September 2024£854

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is SMWS 44.178 Craigellachie 2005 18 Year Old at auction?

SMWS 44.178 Craigellachie 2005 18 Year Old appeared in 4 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That is down 85% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 22% by auction activity among the 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of SMWS 44.178 Craigellachie 2005 18 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for SMWS 44.178 Craigellachie 2005 18 Year Old at auction is £100. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £110, with a high of £130 and a low of £85. 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 SMWS 44.178 Craigellachie 2005 18 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

SMWS 44.178 Craigellachie 2005 18 Year Old is up 2.6% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 16.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell SMWS 44.178 Craigellachie 2005 18 Year Old?

SMWS 44.178 Craigellachie 2005 18 Year Old 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 £110 (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 SMWS 44.178 Craigellachie 2005 18 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months SMWS 44.178 Craigellachie 2005 18 Year Old has moved up 2.6%, with a current median hammer price of £110. The bottle has been observed at auction across 34 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 SMWS 44.178 Craigellachie 2005 18 Year Old?

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 £100, 24-month median £110 — 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 SMWS 44.178 Craigellachie 2005 18 Year Old that hammers at £100 would cost the buyer approximately £126 all-in including buyer's premium.

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