Macaloney Distillers resolves dispute with Scotch Whisky Association over whisky labelling and wins big at 2022 World Whiskies Awards, UK.

Macaloney Brewer & Distillers Ltd (MBD) and the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) have resolved their branding dispute after reaching agreement on the re-labelling of Macaloney’s single malt whiskies. MBD also recently also took another medal haul at the World Whiskies Awards including ‘Worlds Best’.

The SWA settlement agreement follows the lawsuit filed by the SWA in the B.C. Supreme Court on 5^th March 2021 where they expressed concern over the use of various branding terms ‘evocative of Scotland’. Dr. Graeme Macaloney, MBD’s President and Whiskymaker, a native Scot and proud Canadian, commented:

“We are delighted to announce that we have come to an agreement with the SWA. As a result, we will be rebranding our distillery and its associated tours and beer garden to ‘Macaloney’s Island Distillery & Twa Dogs Brewery’”.

“I am doubly pleased to announce that recently at the prestigious World Whiskies Awards in London, UK, our whiskies took ‘Canadian Best Single Malt’ for our signature expression formerly known as Glenloy, ‘Canadian Best Triple Distilled Potstill Whisky’ for our ‘Killeigh’ whisky, and ‘Worlds Best New Make-Young Spirit’ for our seaweed-peated spirit”.

With its SWA agreement and World Whiskies Awards medal haul in hand, MDB is now seeking to recoup its legal costs, and is actively selling its world-award-winning, single malt whiskies, direct to consumers across Canada and USA via its Canadian (www.MacaloneyDistillers.com) and US (https://shop-us.mcaledonian.com/)  online shops, which deliver direct to households across N. America.

With COVID-19 restrictions lifted, distillery tours (5 stars on TripAdvisor) and beer garden tastings (including chocolates and whisky) at Macaloney’s Island Distillery & Twa Dogs Brewery are now fully back in swing.