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Kilbeggan whisky

1 full-size bottle (50cl to 1 litre) in stock, with the best current price from the UK retailers we check.

Known for

The flavour families that most often turn up for Kilbeggan.

A guide to the house style rather than a promise: individual releases can differ.

About the distillery

Region
Leinster, Ireland
Founded
1757
Status
Producing
Owner
Owned by Suntory Global Spirits (Suntory Holdings) (since 1757), through Beam Suntory; as recorded October 2026
Visitor tours
Open to visitors (tours from £15, avg £25; checked October 2026). See distillery tour guide.
Visitor rating
4.5 out of 5 (679 reviews); TripAdvisor, October 2026

Secondary Market Barometer

127 lots sold · £11,641.00 hammer total

How Kilbeggan bottles have traded at Scotch Whisky Auctions and Whisky Auctioneer between May 2011 and October 2026. Hammer prices exclude buyer's premium, VAT and delivery.

Trading volume
#165of 178 distilleries by lots sold
Bids per lot
12.9Whisky Auctioneer only, against 20.5 across all distilleries
Median hammer price
£41.00average £91.66, pulled up by the top lots
Independent bottlings
0%of lots, the rest official bottlings (127)
Highest hammer prices
BottleSoldHammer
Locke's Kilbeggan 1946 Last Known Cask 34 Year Old2021£1,707.00
Kilbeggan 15 Year Old2014£285.00
Kilbeggan 18 Year Old2017£185.00
Most often sold
BottleLotsMedian
Kilbeggan 18 Year Old21£95.00
Kilbeggan Irish Whiskey20£20.00
Kilbeggan 21 Year Old17£80.00

Past auction results, not a valuation or a guide to future prices. Figures compiled 2 November 2026.

Questions

What is the cheapest Kilbeggan whisky?
The cheapest Kilbeggan whisky is Kilbeggan Traditional (40% ABV, 70cl), at £23.75 from Master of Malt. That is £28.70 delivered to the UK mainland for one bottle.
How close did Irish whiskey come to dying out?
Very close. By the 1980s only two distilleries were working in Ireland, Midleton and Bushmills, both owned by Irish Distillers, which Pernod Ricard bought in 1988. The revival began when John Teeling founded Cooley in 1987 and later restarted Kilbeggan, and the number of distilleries has grown sharply since.