NotFiftyOne

Macaloney's Island Distillery

Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in British Columbia

Vancouver Island single malt whisky distillery and onsite brewery in Saanich, BC, founded by Graeme Macaloney and backed by about 700 Canadian investors, selling direct online and through BC Liquor Stores and other provincial liquor boards.

Saanich, BC CA · www.macaloneys.com

95.0

Macaloney Brewers & Distillers Ltd. is an active British Columbia corporation, incorporated in 2013, that distils single malt whisky and brews beer at one site at 761 Enterprise Crescent in Saanich, outside Victoria. The founder, Graeme Macaloney, still runs the stills, a new CEO joined in 2025, and the vendor says the business is backed by about 700 whisky lovers from coast to coast. Whisky is made from Canadian barley and island water in Scottish-built copper stills and aged in casks sourced from the US, Spain, and Portugal.

Factors

Ownership

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The site's terms name the operator as Macaloney Brewers & Distillers Ltd., and the BC Corporate Registry record via OrgBook BC shows an active BC corporation registered in 2013 under the name Macmhaol-onfhaidh ('Macaloney') Brewers & Distillers Ltd. The vendor says the distillery is backed by 700 whisky lovers from coast to coast, and the founder Graeme Macaloney is described by Global News as founder and president, so the profit is treated as staying with Canadian shareholders. The registry does not publish shareholders, Corporations Canada returned no federal record, and no press or filing names any foreign or institutional owner, so the all-Canadian split rests on the vendor's own statement.

Manufacturing

100.0 reported

CA 100%

All whisky is mashed, fermented, distilled, and cask-aged at the single Saanich distillery, which the footer lists under BC distillery licence 306935 and brewery licence 306936, and the beers are brewed onsite for the distillery bar. Global News reports the team has produced single malts in Saanich since 2016 and madeinca.ca lists manufacturing in Victoria, BC; no second production site was found.

People

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The only disclosed location is the distillery, tasting room, and bar at 761 Enterprise Crescent, Saanich, BC, and the vendor says its tasting room and production staff are Vancouver Islanders. Global News quotes the founder saying he would start employing Canadians in other provinces to support sales there, and no office outside Canada was found.

Inputs

66.5 reported

CA 60% · EU 20% · other 5% · US 15%

The vendor says its whisky uses the finest Canadian barley and island water, and the beers use local honey and BC water, but the copper pot stills are made by Forsyths in Scotland and casks come from Kentucky bourbon, Spanish sherry, and Portuguese wine cooperages, with peat sourced from Washington State, Islay, and Sooke and hops that include German and New Zealand varieties. The split is an estimate weighting the grain and water as the bulk of inputs, with the imported casks, peat, and hops as the remainder; the storefront runs on Shopify but the vendor also sells through provincial liquor boards, so platform dependence is limited.

Where to buy

Found via