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

Trading volume: #136of 182 distilleries by lots sold
Bids per lot: 17.5Whisky Auctioneer only, against 19.9 across all distilleries
Median hammer price: £160average £164, pulled up by the top lots
Independent bottlings: 78%of lots (426), the rest official bottlings (121)

Highest hammer prices
Bottle	Sold	Hammer
Cooley 1989 SMWS 12 Year Old 117.1	2021	£1,100
Cooley 1989 SMWS 13 Year Old 117.2	2021	£855
SMWS 117.1 Cooley (Unpeated) 1989 12 Year Old	2019	£700

Most often sold
Bottle	Lots	Median
Cooley 11 Year Old	88	£161
Cooley 25 Year Old	85	£210
Cooley 12 Year Old	56	£80

Past auction results, not a valuation or a guide to future prices. Figures compiled 1 November 2026.

Questions

What is the cheapest Cooley whisky?

The cheapest Cooley whisky is Connemara Peated Single Malt Irish Whiskey (40% ABV, 70cl), at £33.45 from Master of Malt. That is £38.40 delivered to the UK mainland for one bottle. Next cheapest: Connemara Peated Irish Single Malt 12 year old Whiskey (£60.90).

What is the oldest Cooley whisky you can buy?

Connemara Peated Irish Single Malt 12 year old Whiskey, at 12 years old, from £60.90.

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.