Glenora Distillery
Glenville, Nova Scotia · Online shop · glenoradistillery.com
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Glenora makes Glen Breton Rare, a Canadian single malt whisky produced with copper pot stills at the distillery grounds in Glenville, Cape Breton.
The pricing and the structure we had with all our retailers and distributors down there just wasn’t going to work, so we have given up for a little while on sending bottled product into the United States.Source: whitehouse.gov, Sep 29, 2026
Glenora's Glen Breton single malt is Canadian whisky under HTS 2208.30.60, which carried a 50% US duty from August 22, 2026 and, since September 29, 2026, can no longer be imported into the United States at all. President Lauchie MacLean told CBC that 33 to 40 per cent of the distillery's sales in recent years went to the U.S., and a single-malt order meant for an American buyer is sitting on its dock.
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In their own words
The pricing and the structure we had with all our retailers and distributors down there just wasn’t going to work, so we have given up for a little while on sending bottled product into the United States.
Lauchie MacLean, president, Glenora Distillery (to The Inverness Oran) · invernessoran.ca, Sep 22, 2026
MacLean on the 50% US duty on Canadian alcohol, a week before the import ban; the paper reports US sales were about one third of revenue.
That order is in the tank sitting on our dock, and won't be going to the United States any time soon.
Lauchie MacLean, owner, Glenora (to Reuters) · mvariety.com, Sep 29, 2026
Reuters story on the day the US import ban took effect: a single-malt shipment for New York, California or Illinois buyers was cancelled after the 50% duty.
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Made in Canada
Glenora says "Our copper pot stills and time-tested traditions mean the whisky we produce is on par with the greatest single malts in Scotland."
On the tariff list
- HTS 2208.30.60 · Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 percent vol.; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages, Whiskies, Other · 50% since Aug 22, 2026
Glenora's "Glen Breton" is a "Canadian single malt whisky", a Canadian whisky under 2208.30.60.
Rates are the additional US duty under Section 338. About the tariffs
Sources
- glenoradistillery.com · accessed 2026-09-29
13727 Route 19, Glenville, Nova Scotia
- glenoradistillery.com · accessed 2026-09-29
Canada’s First Single Malt Whisky Distillery
- glenoradistillery.com · accessed 2026-09-29
Our copper pot stills and time-tested traditions mean the whisky we produce is on par with the greatest single malts in Scotland.
- glenbreton.com · accessed 2026-09-29
this rare and highly sought-after Canadian single malt whisky is produced at Glen Breton Distillery in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
- cbc.ca · accessed 2026-09-29
Lauchie MacLean, president of Glenora Distillers in Mabou, N.S., said 33 to 40 per cent of its sales over the past few years went to the U.S.
- mvariety.com · accessed 2026-09-29
Lauchie MacLean, owner of the Glenora whisky distillery in Nova Scotia, normally relies on U.S. states like New York, California and Illinois for about one third of his sales.
- glenbreton.com · accessed 2026-09-29
Shop Glen Breton Single Malt Whisky in the United States.
- whitehouse.gov · accessed 2026-09-29
2208.30.60
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