White Peak distillery's latest Wire Works whisky celebrates its 10th anniversary in operation.Joe B. HallThis will be the last of my new whisky roundup series on Forbes.com!For the last six months I’ve been providing information about new monthly whisky releases from around the world divided into three articles — covering USA/Canada, Scotland/Ireland, and Japan/Rest of World — while providing some basic information about each bottle.A few disclaimers: I’ve found information on the below whiskies from a combination of sources, including emails and press releases sent to me, social media posts, AI-assisted searches, and good old-fashioned Googling.Notably (and perhaps frustratingly), I am leaving out all single cask releases as it’s almost impossible to keep track of them — there’s just too many! Unfortunately, this means a few significant releases may not get featured, but I’ll argue in my defence one of the joys of appreciating single cask whisky is the thrill of the hunt in finding something unique.I’m also certain I’ve left out whiskies that should be here (especially for Japan/rest of world), and would love to know about them. Get in touch on Instagram or BlueSky to let me know what to add to these articles and I’ll do my best to do so promptly.Find April’s releases from the Scotland/Ireland HERE and the U.S. HERE.EnglandCooper King x The Plough Fadmoor Single Malt Whisky, 48% ABV, $115An inspiring collaboration between Yorkshire's Cooper King Distillery and The Plough in Fadmoor, a rural community pub being restored by local residents and recently featured on Channel 4's Our Yorkshire Pub Rescue. Produced as a net-zero-energy single malt, £10 from each bottle is donated to fund the pub's renovation.The Lakes Apex Velocity, 50.2% ABV, $815A premium limited release of 583 bottles from The Lakes Distillery in Cumbria, carefully layering flavour across a series of rare Oloroso casks. The distillery positions the expression as a challenge to the assumption that age alone defines character. The lack of age statement doesn’t prove an impediment to a deeply sherried in profile.White Peak Wire Works Caduro X Single Malt English Whisky, 46.8% ABV, $103A 10th anniversary limited release from Derbyshire's White Peak Distillery, vatted from first-fill ex-bourbon barrels and STR ex-red wine casks. Incorporates both standard and alternate distillation cut-points for a more tropical fruit-forward profile, alongside a subtle peat influence. Non-chill filtered and limited to 1,000 bottles.JapanKanosuke Artist Series #005 Water, 50% ABV, $103The fifth and final release in Kanosuke Distillery's Artist Series, concluding a four-year celebration of the Japanese Five Elements philosophy. Features whiskies matured in three Mizunara casks as the key malt, vatted with a selection of unpeated and peated malts. Label artwork by Alexander Kori Girard pays tribute to the Water element.
New Japanese And World Whisky Releases From April 2026
A new English whisky celebrates its distillery’s 10th anniversary, the Lakes Velocity is a celebration of sherry, and Kanosuke concludes its Artist series.






