The Lakes Distillery’s The Whiskymaker’s Reserve No.4 was awarded the World’s Best Single Malt.

The whisky industry’s finest gathered together at the Honourable Artillery Company in London on Thursday, March 24 to celebrate the 2022 Whisky Magazine Awards.

Returning as an in-person event, the global awards ceremony saw the announcement of the World Whiskies Awards and the Icons of Whisky global winners, as well as four new inductees to Whisky Magazine’s renowned Hall of Fame.

The Whisky Magazine Awards seek to honour the very best in the industry, across its people, places, and products. 

The World Whiskies Awards named its World’s Best winners across the breadth of categories within whisky, with The Lakes Distillery’s The Whiskymaker’s Reserve No.4 taking home the “World’s Best Single Malt Whisky”.

Kirsty Taylor, commercial director at The Lakes, who was presented with the award said, “Last night, we were incredibly honoured to be awarded The World’s Best Single Malt Whisky for The Whiskymaker’s Reserve No.4.

“To be a finalist alongside hugely respected global brands such as Glenmorangie, Bunnahabhain, Aberlour, Kavalan, and relatively new entrants such as Westland, Stauning and Millstone is a credit to the hard work and sacrifices of everyone who has played a part in building The Lakes Single Malt from a derelict Victorian farmstead into a respected whisky found in some of the world’s leading bars. 

“We are overjoyed to have received this award as it not only highlights The Lakes Single Malt Whisky as being one of the finest sherry-matured single malts in the world, it also helps to put England on the map as a whisky-producing region.”