English ambition and Scottish anger: new dispute over single malt

In the past, the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has proven itself to be extremely belligerent whenever the slightest shadow of a threat to its well-protected whisky designations has appeared. For example: Small, non-Scottish distilleries such as Glen Els or Glen Buchenbach were hit with lawsuits because of their name started with "Glen" and were forced to change their name. Woe betide anyone who dares gets too close to Scottish single malt! However, a new threat appeared in May 2022, which has the potential to drive Scottish destillers to open rebellion. This time, however, it's not some impertinent mainland Europeans utilizing misleading names for their spirits. It's much worse: it's the English, who are suddenly making their own whisky and even want their own protected origin designation.