 As of 1997, the product sold 50,000 bottles per year, mostly on the Isle of Man and to the Far East.In 1997, a United Kingdom High Court case, brought by United Distillers and Allied Domecq, concluded that despite being based on whisky and tasting "like a good whisky", the redistillation process and lack of colour meant that the drink could not legally be sold in the United Kingdom while labeled as "whisky".ManX Spirit won 2 stars in the 2017 Great Taste Awards.