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    Macaloney launched his own distillery in Victoria in 2016 and was soon winning top awards—but then the Scotch Whiskey Association filed suit (Photograph by Libby Oliver)

    ‘Big Scotch’ is going after this Canadian distiller for naming his whisky after himself

    The Scotch Whisky Association filed a lawsuit alleging Graeme Macaloney’s distillery was illegally branding its whisky as though it were Scotch, with his use of words like ‘island’ and even his surname, ‘Macaloney’

    On the rocks

    Whiskey supply is on the rocks

    Scotland is struggling to keep up with skyrocketing international demand