Strathclyde whisky

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

About the distillery

Region
Lowland, Scotland
Founded
1927
Status
Producing
Capacity
39 million litres of pure alcohol a year (stated capacity, not actual output); as recorded October 2026. Number 5 of 169 by stated capacity.
Stills
Continuous (column stills)
Owner
Owned by Pernod Ricard, through Chivas Brothers; as recorded June 2026

Secondary Market Barometer

956 lots sold · £109,339.00 hammer total

How Strathclyde 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
#140of 178 distilleries by lots sold
Bids per lot
15.3Whisky Auctioneer only, against 20.5 across all distilleries
Median hammer price
£95.00average £114.37, pulled up by the top lots
Independent bottlings
87%of lots (834), the rest official bottlings (122)
Highest hammer prices
BottleSoldHammer
Strathclyde 1965 Càrn Mòr Celebration of the Cask2023£490.00
Strathclyde 1977 36 Year Old The Sovereign2024£420.00
Strathclyde 1969 37 Year Old Dewar Rattray (CASK NO 10722)2020£400.00
Most often sold
BottleLotsMedian
Strathclyde 1989 32 Year Old Cadenhead's85£140.00
Strathclyde 1995 29 Year Old OLO40£82.50
Strathclyde 1989 30 Year Old Cadenhead's31£200.00

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

Questions

What is the cheapest Strathclyde whisky?
The cheapest Strathclyde whisky is Strathclyde 1993 28 Year Old, Whisky Trail Cask #243383 (28 years old, 55.1% ABV, 70cl), at £69.00 from The Whisky Barrel. That is £73.95 delivered to the UK mainland for one bottle. Next cheapest: Strathclyde 35 Year Old 1990 (cask 21841) - The Sovereign (Hunter Lain Grain Whisky (£121.95).
What is the oldest Strathclyde whisky you can buy?
Which grain distilleries are in the Lowlands?
The working ones include Cameronbridge, Girvan, North British and Strathclyde. Cameronbridge, founded in 1824, makes grain whisky for Diageo blends such as Johnnie Walker, and Girvan, built in 1963, makes it for William Grant & Sons. Their output mostly goes into blends rather than single grain bottlings.