Cape Breton whisky makers lose round

[ForresterModern]

.....if this whiskey case .......

I like the soiund of that phrase, "whisky case", but probably for different reasons than its usage above.

Sounds like a tempest in a teapot to me. Single malt whiskies are made in numerous countries around the world, and Scotch, Irish, and Canadian are defined terms when they precede the word whisk(e)y. Scotch whisky, in order to be termed scotch, by definition has to be distilled, casked, and then rested in a previously used cask on scottish soil for a minimum of three years. I am sure other varieties have their own specific determinators that define the breed (bourbon must be laid in a fresh new oak cask to be called bourbon). What you name it after that is all marketing, and that is what this whole lawsuit is about, marketing.

The Canadians should be able to call their whiskey Glen whatever if they like, just like many canadian and American whiskies carry a family name that might be of scottish or irish origin, it does not imply that it is scotch or irish whisky just by the name. Much ado about nothing (never thought I would describe anything having to do with fine whiskey as "nothing").