Cape Breton whisky makers lose round

[dowofbuchanan]

well i dont drink enough scotch im 20 and im not sending some one with 75 bucks to the store to get the wrong bottle at the bar they only carry dewars johnny black and CLAN BUCHANAN which i told the owner i should drink for free i like glenlivet and glenfiddich but not as easy to procure but in my knowledge whisky is only scotch and whiskey is everything else why are the canadians using the scottish spelling well if they cant figure it out ill have to stick to my homebrew it burns more but i dont have a name for it

[robthehiker]

well i dont drink enough scotch im 20 and im not sending some one with 75 bucks to the store to get the wrong bottle at the bar they only carry dewars johnny black and CLAN BUCHANAN which i told the owner i should drink for free i like glenlivet and glenfiddich but not as easy to procure but in my knowledge whisky is only scotch and whiskey is everything else why are the canadians using the scottish spelling well if they cant figure it out ill have to stick to my homebrew it burns more but i dont have a name for it

from http://whiskynews.blogspot.com/2005/...elling-is.html

"Whisky or Whiskey - which spelling is correct?
Maybe that should have been the very first post on this whisky blog - whisky or whiskey? Most well-known dictionaries give both spellings. The Oxford English Dictionary points out that in modern trade usage, Scotch Whisky and Irish Whiskey are thus distinguished in spelling. Well, that's right. However, not to forget Canadian and US whiskies. Canadian rye whisky is usually spelt without, while American-made whiskey with an 'e'. Although, there are always exceptions. For instance, Maker's Mark Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky, one of the most popular bourbon in the US. So, it's not true that all Kentucky Bourbon is called 'whiskey'."

So Canadian whisky (what we'd refer to as "rye whisky") is usually spelled without the "e". Frankly that's news to me!

[ccga3359]

If they're so proud of being Canadian, why not use a Canadian geographical feature?

Ya didn't see the big red maple leaf on the bottle or the box?

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Certainly "glen" offers some name recognition, but Glenora Distillers is based in Glenville, next to the community of Glenora Falls in Nova Scotia, a province named New Scotland (in Latin).

The problem isn't that they called their product Glenora, but Glen Breton, a totally made up place name. And obviously, a place name made up to cash in on the fact that many, if not most, premium brands of Scotch whisky are "Glen" whiskies. If you were to ask 100 Scotch drinkers where Glen Breton whiskey was distilled there is a very high probability that 100 of them would say Scotland. That's why the courts found in favour of the Scotch Whisky Association.

[robthehiker]

The problem isn't that they called their product Glenora, but Glen Breton, a totally made up place name. And obviously, a place name made up to cash in on the fact that many, if not most, premium brands of Scotch whisky are "Glen" whiskies. If you were to ask 100 Scotch drinkers where Glen Breton whiskey was distilled there is a very high probability that 100 of them would say Scotland. That's why the courts found in favour of the Scotch Whisky Association.

Fair enough. However I doubt the problem goes away if they call it "Glenora". If it were me I'd move the distillery to Scotsville or Scotsburn or better yet, Scotch Village - all towns in Nova Scotia.

Seriously though I wonder how dimwitted they think the consumers are.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Fair enough. However I doubt the problem goes away if they call it "Glenora". If it were me I'd move the distillery to Scotsville or Scotsburn or better yet, Scotch Village - all towns in Nova Scotia.

Seriously though I wonder how dimwitted they think the consumers are.

There would still likely be a problem with "Glenora" or "Glen Ora". For example, if your last name was Macmillan, you'd have problems setting up a publishing company called "MACMILLAN PUBLISHING"; same if your name is McDonald and you wanted to open a hamburger stand... but you get the idea.

How dimwitted are consumers? Well, like the man said, "No one ever went broke underestimating the buying public."

[ccga3359]

Necroposting here, but the Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear the appeal of a ruling that allows a Canadian company to call it's single malt scotch "Glen Breton". Good news to people such as our own McMurdo who thought he would have to change his name to Bob or Doug!

[siva011]

There would still likely be a problem with "Glenora" or "Glen Ora". For example, if your last name was Macmillan, you'd have problems setting up a publishing company called "MACMILLAN PUBLISHING"; same if your name is McDonald and you wanted to open a hamburger stand... but you get the idea.

But this isn't really the same thing as McDonalds. It's not like they are calling it "Johnny Walker Glen Breton". There isn't a single malt brand name in Scotland using the name Glen Breton. It's not like using the name McDonalds, this is more akin to another burger place being told they can't use the word "burger" in their name, because it could make people think that the burger came from McDonalds. In your example of Macmillan, this case would be akin to Macmillan publishing saying their competitors can't use the words "printer", because that word would make consumers assume that it was printed by Macmillan.

[siva011]

On a similar note, if this whiskey case is considered to be ok... could then a move be made to make companies like USA Kilts no longer be able to refer to their garments as "kilts"? Why not, since kilts are Scottish and a consumer could assume the kilt in question comes from Scotland, in the same way they assume using the word "Glen" will confuse whiskey drinkers as to where the product comes from.

Once you set the precedent....

[Colonel MacNeal]

Glen Campbell - watch out!
Actually, he might be OK, he's only 0.25% whiskey in his mug shot.