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Lochside whisky

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

The weathered yellow tower of Lochside distillery in Montrose, its name painted on the wall, before it was demolished
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.

About the distillery

Region
Highland, Scotland
Founded
1957
Status
Closed (dismantled in 1992)
Owner
Owned by Distillerias y Crianza (DYC) (since 1973); as recorded October 2026
Notable
Coastal site

Read the full history on Whiskipedia

Secondary Market Barometer

1,348 lots sold · £485,565.50 hammer total

How Lochside 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
#127of 178 distilleries by lots sold
Bids per lot
25.7Whisky Auctioneer only, against 20.5 across all distilleries
Median hammer price
£233.50average £360.21, pulled up by the top lots
Independent bottlings
80%of lots (1,079), the rest official bottlings (269)
Highest hammer prices
BottleSoldHammer
Lochside 1966 SMWS 32 Year Old 92.62026£5,400.00
SMWS 92.1 Lochside 1966 75cl2021£4,000.00
Lochside 1966 SMWS 32 Year Old 92.72021£3,800.00
Most often sold
BottleLotsMedian
Lochside 1991 Connoisseurs Choice112£160.00
Lochside 10 Year Old 75cl90£160.00
Lochside 10 Year Old 1980s66£180.00

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

Questions

What is the cheapest Lochside whisky?
The cheapest Lochside whisky is Private Collection Lochside 1981 #804 (46.7% ABV, 70cl), at £3,750.00 from The Whisky Shop. That is £3,750.00 delivered to the UK mainland for one bottle.