Pour & Sip April 2026 Box

This month things are getting fruity, but in five quite different ways, from impressively aged Scotch single malts to a taste of Canadian 100% corn whisky!

Scapa 10 Year Old: Founded in 1885, Scapa had intermittent production from the mid 90s into the 21st century. This contributed to a decade-long wait for the return of age statement releases. Thankfully, the reborn range is here! All American oak barrel matured, bright, luscious, and tropical in tone, leaning into the Scapa’s historic long fermentations, juicy new make spirit, and fruity character. Uniquely, the wash still is an old Lomond still with the plates removed, and a purifier on the way to the condenser.

Canadian Corn Whisky 6 Year Old (That Boutique-y Whisky Company): Part of the indie bottler and blender's ‘core range’, each of which has a deer on the front label of the 70cl bottles. Except this one. Which has a moose. Because Canada. Yes, this is something a little different. We usually see corn in bourbon (which must be at least 51% corn). This is corn whisky (Canada uses the spelling ‘whisky’, as opposed to ‘whiskey’ most common in America). 95% corn and, unusually, 100% oloroso sherry cask!

Glen Moray Forbidden Fruit: Something brand new (released Feb 2026) that comes complete with some tongue in cheek humour. Back in 2018 Glen Moray accidentally got themselves in hot water over a cider cask release that fell foul of the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) regulations. Don’t worry for them here though. Forbidden Fruit was instead finished in casks that previously held yummy Calvados, in this case distilled from just apples (as opposed to pears). Super fruity - one for highballs in the sun.

Tobermory 21 Year Old: The distillery today distills and sells more of their Ledaig peated single malt than their eponymous unpeated single malt. Founded way back in 1798(!), it was only in 1996 that the clear delineation was thankfully established though! Tobermory, with higher cut points, is slightly oily, maritime, and green. Aged for an extraordinary 21 years, this whisky started in refill casks, before a long secondary maturation in oloroso sherry casks said to create flavours of foraged fruits from the Isle of Mull.

Deanston 15 Year Old Tequila Cask Finish: An experimental limited edition here, from a distillery founded in 1965 but housed in an 18th century cotton mill on the banks of the River Teith. The house style of spirit is said to be waxy, a rare and prized quality for blenders and malt lovers alike. As touched on above, not all casks are permissible for Scotch whisky, but since 2019 Tequila casks have been on the approved list. This will be the third we’ve featured in as many years (one of the others coming from Glen Moray).