Maker’s Mark has become the third prominent distillery this year to face a proposed class action over alleged false advertising—in this case for marketing its bourbon as “handmade” from an “old antique roller mill.” The suit contends Maker’s Mark is mass produced with modern equipment.

Plaintiffs Safora Nowrouzi and Travis Williams allege the Kentucky distillery deceptively markets and labels its bourbon as “handmade” in a process that uses an “antique hammer mill” to break up the grains.

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